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COVID-19 cases plummeting in Japan, doctors puzzled why

• Master Blaster
  Oct 13, 2021
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Some perplexingly good news for once.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • infection rate • lockdown • PCR test • state of emergency • vaccination • waves)

You want fries with that? Too bad – KFC Japan running out of potatoes, suspending French fry sales

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2021

Bad news for anyone who’s craving some Kentucky-fried potatoes.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • fast food • food • french fries • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)

This cute cat is all of us after receiving the coronavirus vaccine

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2021

Feline’s sore-arm pose melts our hearts.

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• Japan
• (animals • Astra Zeneca • cats • coronavirus • cute • funny • Moderna • pets • Pfizer • photos • side effects • vaccine • viral)

Living with coronavirus in a Japanese share house

• SoraNews24
  Sep 15, 2021

Firsthand account reveals there are pros and cons to catching the virus in a communal living environment.

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• Japan
• (apartments • coronavirus • Delta strain • interview • pandemic • share house • shared living • social apartments • Tokyo)

Japanese university developing coronavirus vaccine in form of a nasal spray

• Katie Pask
  Sep 11, 2021

Would you rather get a vaccine in your arm or in your nose?

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Mie University • nasal spray • professor • research • spray • tetsuya nozaka • vaccine)

Pocari Sweat offers free self-care packages for those battling COVID-19 at home

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 9, 2021

They will deliver 12 bottles of Pocari Sweat plus 36 sachets of frozen drinks.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • hydration • medical • Otsuka Pharmaceutical • pandemic • pocari sweat • quarantine • self-isolation • society)

Stop selling oxygen, Japanese flea market app Mercari tells users, as stocks run out

• Katie Pask
  Sep 6, 2021

Panic buying takes hold of Japan once more, only this time it’s for oxygen.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • mercari • oxygen • oxygen cans • price gouging • scalper • shortage • wtf)

74-year-old Japanese politician starts Instagram account for open dialog about COVID-19

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2021

We shouldn’t rule out a milk crate challenge at this point.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Instagram • Japan Community Health Care Organization • Shigeru Omi • social media)

Vaccine side effects: How the first and second dose of Pfizer and Moderna affected our reporters

• SoraNews24
  Sep 4, 2021

Firsthand accounts reveal a wide range of different reactions to each dose.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • mass vaccination • Moderna • Pfizer • side effects • SNJO • Tokyo • vaccinations • vaccine)

Japanese mayor who bit athlete’s gold medal tests positive for coronavirus

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2021

Nagoya politician’s troubles continue.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • gold medal • mayor • Nagoya • politicians • Takashi Kawamura)

New COVID-19 delta variant discovered in Japan, believed to be domestically mutated

• Dale Roll
  Sep 2, 2021

But what this means for the pandemic is yet to be determined.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • disease • pandemic • science • virus)

Pokémon Center megastores across Japan shutting down indefinitely because of coronavirus

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 26, 2021

Humanity’s elemental weakness to the coronavirus leads to near-immediate temporary closures of almost every Pokémon Center and Store in the country.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • video games)

Osaka pachinko parlor volunteers to become public vaccination center

• Master Blaster
  Aug 26, 2021

The machines will be turned off at the time, so no need for earplugs.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • Osaka • pachinko • vaccinations • vaccine)

Young people in Tokyo to be offered points and discounts if they get vaccinated

• Katie Pask
  Aug 15, 2021

It pays to be vaccinated… literally!

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• Japan
• (app • cashless • corona • coronavirus • coronavirus. COVID-19 • COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application • points • Tokyo • vaccination • vaccine)

Fuji Rock Festival to send free COVID-19 test kits to all ticket holders

• Master Blaster
  Aug 8, 2021

Anyone who tests positive and stays home will get a full refund.

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• Japan
• (concerts • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Fuji Rock • Fuji Rock Festival • Fuji Rock Festival 21 • music • music festivals)

Return of Comiket doujinshi manga convention announced for 2021 in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 2, 2021

After missing multiple iterations due to the coronavirus, organizers feel confident about holding otaku gathering once again.

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• Japan
• (anime • Comiket • Comiket 99 • coronavirus • dojinshi • doujin • doujinshi • manga • otaku • pandemic)

A visit to statue of Tokyo comedian and COVID casualty Ken Shimura still brings smiles to hometown

• SoraNews24
  Aug 1, 2021

Ken Shimura put Higashimurayama on the map, and now Higashimurayama has put up a statue of him.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • entertainment • funny • Higashimurayma • Ken Shimura • moving • SNJO • statues • Tokyo)

Voice of Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake/Big Boss completes Tokyo coronavirus vaccination mission

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2021

Veteran voice actor orders everyone to stay safe during state of emergency.

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• Japan
• (Akio Otsuka • anime • COK • coronavirus • Metal Gear • Metal Gear Solid • video games • voice actors)

Japan to begin process of distributing vaccine passports, Chief Cabinet Secretary says

• Dale Roll
  Jul 15, 2021

The passports are meant to be used strictly for travel purposes.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • government • pandemic • travel • vaccine • vaccine passport)

Hokkaido senior secretly gets four doses of COVID-19 vaccine

• Master Blaster
  Jul 9, 2021

The refreshing taste of the COVID-19 vaccine kept him coming back for more.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hokkaido • overdose • Senior citizen • Teshikaga • vaccination)

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