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New translation of a letter by the chief priest of Tokyo’s Renkoji temple to the Indian government in 2005 revealed that permission was given for DNA test of remains of Bose

The Hindu

Paralympian Lauren Parker named Newcastle's Citizen of the Year

Parker claimed silver in Tokyo in 2021.

Newcastle Herald

3 billion yen. siphoned out of Hiroshima nursing home operator's bank account

Hiroshima-based social welfare corporation Sun Phoenix, which operates special nursing homes for the elderly in that prefecture and in Tokyo and Okayama, effectively sold its management rights, which is not allowed by the central government, and about 3 billion yen in its bank account was siphoned away, The Yomiuri Shimbun…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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Australia's top skateboarders hit the Gold Coast for a training camp, looking ahead to Paris 2024

How the Tokyo Olympics has changed the future of skateboarding in Australia

ABC News

Daily coronavirus tally tops 50,000 nationwide; Tokyo logs over 11,000 cases

More than 50,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed across Japan on Saturday, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun tally, marking a record high for the fifth consecutive day.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo hits record 10,000 COVID cases, Japan over 50,000 for first time

Tokyo recorded its fourth record number of daily COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking above 10,000, while Japan's exceeded 50,000 for the first time as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly.

Reuters

‘I cried all day’: the anguish of people locked out of Japan by Covid

Travel restrictions have stranded almost 150,000 students, workers and others hoping to join relatives

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Japan Widens Virus Restrictions as Omicron Surges in Cities

Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as the country widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant, which has caused cases to surge to new highs in metropolitan areas. The restraint, which is something of a pre-state of emergency,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Swamped public health centers scale back contact tracing workload

Public health centers were stretched to the limit during last summer's fifth wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, prompting the government in October to ask prefectural governments to make additional arrangements in preparation for future outbreaks.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo, 12 other prefectures under quasi-emergency priority measures

Tokyo and 12 other prefectures are now under quasi-emergency priority measures, effective from Friday, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Soon, Osaka and Hokkaido will be among the eight other prefectures expected to join them.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan widens virus restrictions as omicron surges in cities

Restaurants and bars will close early in Tokyo and a dozen other areas across Japan beginning Friday as Japan widens COVID-19 restrictions due to the omicron variant causing cases to surge to new highs in metropolitan areas

The Independent UK

Japan's bullying problem: Social media worsens a deeply entrenched issue

Bullying at school, or "ijime", is a persistent problem in Japan. In 2020, there were 612,000 recorded cases at schools across the country – more than three times the number a decade ago. What begins as a joke among friends can end in insults and violence. Bullying leads to academic…

France 24

Tokyo logs 8,638 new coronavirus cases

The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 8,638 new coronavirus cases Thursday, logging a record-high for the second consecutive day.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Certified restaurants can serve alcohol in 5 prefs.

Tokyo and four nearby prefectures will give restaurants that are certified to have taken proper COVID-19 prevention measures the green light to serve alcoholic beverages while quasi-emergency priority measures are in effect.

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Prefectures split over whether to keep the booze flowing as coronavirus cases surge

Local governments that will be subject to quasi-emergency priority measures designed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus are split over whether to allow eateries to continue serving alcohol when the measures start on Friday in 13 more prefectures, including Tokyo.

Reuters

France and Japan face 'tougher' Indo-Pacific security situation, minister says

The security situation facing Japan and France in the Indo-Pacific is unstable and "getting tougher", Japan's defence minister said on Thursday, at the start of talks between the foreign and defence ministers of the two countries.

The Guardian - UK

France to ease restrictions; Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination – as it happened

French PM says from February work from home guidance will be changed and nightclubs reopen; Austria will have Europe’s first universal jabs mandate

France 24

Winners and losers of Microsoft's $75 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard

Shares in Sony slumped more by than 10 percent in Tokyo on Wednesday on news of Microsoft's $75 billion deal to buy the video games maker Activision Blizzard. Investors fear the acquisition could mean popular titles like Call of Duty would be moved exclusively to Microsoft platforms. FRANCE 24's Business…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan Widens COVID Curbs, Including in Tokyo, as Cases Surge

Tokyo and a dozen other areas in Japan are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions effective Friday, with local leaders shortening hours for restaurants, as omicron cases hit a record high in the capital. A government-commissioned experts’ panel on Wednesday approved a plan to put the 13 areas under a…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Govt eyes quasi-emergency measures from Friday to mid-Feb. for 13 prefectures

The government's policy to apply quasi-emergency priority measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus to 13 prefectures, including Tokyo, Kanagawa and Aichi, was approved on Wednesday morning at a meeting of specialists on basic policy to deal with the pandemic. A formal decision was expected to be made at…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo shrine prepares bird figures for annual ritual

Finishing touches are added to rows of wooden statuettes of uso, or Eurasian bullfinch, at Kameido Tenjin shrine in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Tuesday. The wooden birds carved by priests and other shrine staff will be used at the shrine's Usokae-shinji ritual on Jan. 23-25.

The Independent UK

Japan widens COVID curbs, including in Tokyo, as cases surge

The Japanese government will place Tokyo and a dozen other areas under new restrictions for COVID-19 effective Friday, allowing local leaders to shorten hours for eateries, as a surge in omicron cases threatens to paralyze society

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Omicron spreading rapidly among children

The daily total of new infections with the novel coronavirus set a new record in Japan on Wednesday with at least 37,000 cases, exceeding Tuesday's 32,197.

Reuters

Japan widens COVID-19 curbs as Omicron drives record infections

Japan on Wednesday widened COVID-19 curbs to the capital Tokyo and a dozen regions covering half the population as the Omicron variant of coronavirus drove record new infections.

The Guardian - UK

Czech Republic scraps mandatory jabs as daily cases hit new high; record cases in Bulgaria – as it happened

Czech government scraps decree to avoid ‘deepening fissures’ in country; Bulgaria reports highest daily tally of pandemic with 11,181 infections

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