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

• SoraNews24
  Sep 4, 2021
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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)

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)

What colors of clothing will keep you cooler in summer? Japanese researchers experiment

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2021

We all know white is cool and black is hot, but what about the colors in between?

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• Japan
• (fashion • health • heat exhaustion • heat stroke • hot • science)

Mizkan develops world’s most “beautiful” natto, Mr. Sato takes it for a spin

• Master Blaster
  Aug 4, 2021

But true beauty is in the eye of the bean-holder.

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• Japan
• (Binatto • fermented food • food • health • Lawson • Mr. Sato • natto • Natural Lawson • soy beans)

Masturbatory aid rocket launches in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2021

Tenga pulls off its biggest, boldest stunt yet.

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• Japan
• (awesome • crazy • funny • health • rockets • science • space • Tenga • video • weird)

What it’s like to get the Moderna vaccine at the large-scale vaccination centre in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jul 7, 2021

A helpful guide to the reservation process, precautions, and possible side effects you can expect when getting the jab in Japan.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Large-Scale Vaccination Centre • mass vaccination • Moderna • Otemachi • Self-Defense Forces • SNJO • Tokyo • vaccinations • vaccine)

Japanese masturbatory aid Tenga’s rocket project is a go, shaft will pierce the heavens soon【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2021

Rocket will support research with the goal of creating a Tenga that can be used in outer space.

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• Japan
• (crazy • funny • health • space • Tenga • weird)

Search is on for COVID-19 patient who escaped out a sixth-floor window of Osaka hotel

• Master Blaster
  Jun 24, 2021

Patient possibly infected with the “Spidey” variant of COVID-19.

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• Japan
• (APA Hotel • coronavirus • COVID-19 • disease • escape • health • hotels • Osaka • quarantine)

Please drink alone in your room and don’t have sex, Tokyo Olympics tells athletes

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2021

Organizers don’t want people getting randy or rowdy in the Olympic Village.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • alcohol • COK • health • Olympics • sports • Tokyo Olympics)

U.S. government lowers Japan travel warning level

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2021

Japan was placed at highest warning level in May.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • government • health • travel)

New Yakult desserts now available at special concept store in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2021

Yakult’s first foray into the sweets world proves Lactobacillus can be decadently delicious.

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• Japan
• (Anjo • cafes • COK • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • lactic acid bacteria • parfaits • pop-up shops • review • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yakult)

Please take Tokyo Olympics condoms back to your home country and use them there, organizers say

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2021

Basically, more than 150,000 condoms will be given to athletes as souvenirs of their time in Japan.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • crazy • health • Olympic Village • Olympics • Tokyo Olympics • weird)

“Do not travel to Japan” U.S. government tells citizens

• Casey Baseel
  May 25, 2021

Don’t go to Japan, and if you’re already traveling there, come home ASAP, says State Department.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • government • health • travel)

Yakult opens a dessert store in Japan and releases a new ice cream in supermarkets

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2021

Ice creams and parfaits filled with good bacteria for gut health.

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• Japan
• (cafes • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • lactic acid bacteria • parfaits • pop-up shops • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • sweets • Tokyo • Yakult)

Coronavirus vaccinations for general public in Japan to start in mid-July at the earliest

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2021

Trained dentists granted special permission to administer shots.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • vaccinations)

Japanese businesses to reopen automatic hand dryers in public restrooms

• Master Blaster
  Apr 14, 2021

New study fears shutting them down might do more harm than good.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • hand dryers • health • Japan Business Federation • Public restrooms • safety)

New color-changing cat sand from Japan reaches crowdfunding goal

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 24, 2021

This cat sand changes color to tell you about what’s wrong with your cat’s waste!

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• Japan
• (cat sand • cats • cool • health • pet care • pets • science • Toilets)

Japanese YouTuber talks candidly about sex education with fresh flair and funny anecdotes

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 7, 2021

Shelly is here to talk to you about the tori and the hachi—er, the birds and the bees.

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• Japan
• (body • Condoms • education • health • informative • Japanese YouTubers • sex education • SHELLY)

Coronavirus vaccinations finally begin in Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2021

Eight inoculation centers begin administering shots as first vaccine shipment arrives in the country.

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • medicine • pandemic • vaccination • vaccine)

Japan to begin administering coronavirus vaccine next week

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 11, 2021

Syringe problem likely to keep process from being as fast as it could be, though.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • health • medicine • pandemic • vaccination • vaccine)

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