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COVID-19 (Page 7)

Coronavirus vaccine to be free for all people in Japan as government foots bill, insiders say

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2020
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Initiative comes with a massive price tag for Japanese government.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • public health • society • vaccine)

Japanese vending machines now sell pandemic goods

• Oona McGee
  Oct 1, 2020

Welcome to the new normal.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • drinks • Dydo • face masks • health • Japanese vending machines • masks • vending machines)

Company uses empty buses to create giant maze after tours drop due to COVID-19【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2020

A very different kind of bus tour for tourists.

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• Japan
• (bus tour • buses • business • clever • COK • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Hato Bus • marketing • maze • Tokyo • tours • travel • video)

Japan to reopen borders to travelers from all countries worldwide starting in October

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2020

Sightseeing still off the table, though.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • foreigners in Japan • Living in Japan • society • travel)

Aichi man gets 10 months in prison for saying “I got corona” in electronics store, loses appeal

• Master Blaster
  Sep 23, 2020

The “I was talking about the beer” defense failed.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Bic Camera • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crime • free speech • law • Nagoya)

What pandemic? Onsen towns, hiking trails and theme parks packed with crowds on four-day weekend

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2020

Startling photos have everyone concerned about a possible new spike in coronavirus cases.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • crowds • Go To Campaign • holidays • Japanese holidays • overcrowding • Silver Week • tourism • traffic jam • travel)

Is the end nigh for tapioca? Tokyo tapioca shops suffer closures in the midst of COVID-19

• Ingrid Tsai
  Sep 20, 2020

Will this be the nail in the coffin, the last boba straw through the lid?

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • coronavirus • COVID-19 • drinks • pearl milk tea • store closure • sweets • tapioca • tapioca bubble tea • Tokyo)

Over 500 karaoke boxes close due to Covid-19, dealing historic blow to the industry

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 18, 2020

Safety fears and an urge to social distance has rung a death knell for one of Japan’s most famous pastimes.

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• Japan
• (business • capitalism • COVID-19 • industry • JKBA • karaoke • pandemic)

The number of suicides among Japanese citizens jumped in August, worrying officials

• Dale Roll
  Sep 18, 2020

Many are concerned that the stress of the pandemic could be causing more people to experience depression.

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• Japan
• (COVID-19 • depression • mental health • pandemic • statistics • suicide)

Japanese study shows that persimmon tannin juice may render the coronavirus harmless

• Shannon
  Sep 17, 2020

But wait – don’t run to the supermarket just yet! It’s a little complicated.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Nara • Nara Medical University • persimmon juice • persimmon tannin • persimmons • possible cure)

People who won’t wear masks have to dig graves for COVID-19 deaths in this Indonesian town

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2020

If you’re going to be part of the problem, you’re going to have to be part of the clean-up too.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crazy • graves • health • Indonesia • masks)

Japanese government appoints Hatsune Miku as corona countermeasure spokesperson

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2020

Her artificially generated voice will be a crucial instrument in disseminating information.

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• Japan
• (Cabinet Secretariat • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Cypton Future Media • Hatsune Miku • music • Office for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control • virtual idols • Vocaloid • vocaloids)

Samurai face mask covers are here to serve during the pandemic

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2020

Channel a samurai from the Warring States Period, when masks were worn to protect the face from swords and arrows.

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• Japan
• (armor • armour • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • fashion • mask covers • masks • samurai • samurai armor • Samurai Warriors • Sengoku period • warriors)

Pilot makes unscheduled landing after passenger refuses to wear face mask

• SoraNews24
  Sep 9, 2020

People in Japan are seething with anger at the selfishness of the anti-masker.

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• Japan
• (anti maskers • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face mask • face masks • flights • flying • mask • masks • Peach • planes • travel)

Tokyo Olympics will take place as scheduled “with or without COVID” says IOC exec

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2020

Promises that they will be “the Games that conquered COVID.”

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• Global, Japan
• (2020 Olympics • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • IOC • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)

Nearly half of survey respondents in Japan feel healthier since before COVID-19

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2020

A widespread health crisis served as a wake-up call to many people’s own personal health crises.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • lifestyle • Meiji Yasuda Life • society • survey)

SoraNews24 founder develops effective yet inexpensive COVID-19 guards for restaurants

• Master Blaster
  Sep 3, 2020

It’s the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’m not just saying that because he signs my cheques.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shop • AS Field • coronavirus • COVID-19 • inventions • public health • restaurants • safety • umbrella • Yoshio)

Tokyo tourist sites look eerily quiet without tourists 【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2020

Empty streets at Sensoji and Shinjuku have us seeing the capital in a very different light. 

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • beautiful • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Golden Gai • Kabukicho • Sensoji • shinjuku • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • videos • YouTube)

To prevent heatstroke and COVID-19, Ibaraki vending machines dispense free cold water to students

• Ingrid Tsai
  Aug 31, 2020

The vending machines have been set up at 14 different elementary and middle schools in Tsukubamirai city.

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• Japan
• (COVID-19 • disease prevention • health • heat prevention • heat stroke • Ibaraki • summer • Tsukubamirai • vending machine)

Japanese divorce rate drops nearly 10 percent during quarantine, netizens try to figure out why

• Scott Wilson
  Aug 30, 2020

Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, love and quarantine.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • divorce • Japanese society • marriage)

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