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Japan mulls extending current state of emergency as Tokyo reports 535 new
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Tokyo reported 535 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the government mulls extending the current state of emergency in the capital and other prefectures.
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Japan conducts mock drill to defend remote islands from China
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Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Japan's Self-Defense Forces conducted live-fire drill in scenario for defending remote islands on Saturday in a scenario to prevent Chinese troops from landing on these territories.
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Japan declares COVID-19 state of emergency in Okinawa prefecture: Reports
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Moscow [Russia], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to add Okinawa, a popular tourist destination, to a list of prefectures where a state of emergency has been declared, NHK news agency reported.
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Japan: Gifu govt, Osaka TV station among targets of suspected Chinese mili
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Tokyo [Japan], May 20 (ANI): The headquarters of the government of Japanese city's Gifu and a television station in Osaka Prefecture were among the targets of a major series of cyberattacks in 2016 and 2017 in which the Chinese military is believed to have been involved, local media reported
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Japan enforces tougher measures against Covid from today amid surge in cas
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Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Japan enforced tougher measures against the coronavirus in six prefectures from Sunday amid a surge in infections ahead of the Summer Olympics, imposing an expanded state of emergency in three of them and a quasi-emergency in three others.
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Japan expands COVID-19 emergency state to 3 more prefectures
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Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday announced an expansion of a state of emergency over COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures.
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6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, no tsunami w
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Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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Japan expands COVID-19 Emergency to 2 more prefectures, extending till May
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Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in the prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo until May 31 and introduced the measure in two more prefectures, national media reported on Friday.
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Japan to extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage
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Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response said Friday.
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Japan declares 3rd state of emergency in four prefectures over COVID-19
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Tokyo [Japan], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A nearly three-week state of emergency, the third one since the outbreak of the pandemic, enters into force in Japan's prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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After surge in Covid cases, Japan declares emergency in four prefectures
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Following a rise in COVID cases, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a cabinet meeting Friday that four prefectures in Japan will go into a state of emergency starting Sunday.
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Japanese panel of experts approve plan to declare emergency due to surge i
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): The Japanese panel of experts on Friday approved a plan to bring Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures under state of emergency due to rise in COVID-19 infections.
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