2 Hokkaido Boys Infected with New Coronavirus

February 22, 2020

Sapporo- Two boys in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido have been confirmed to have the new coronavirus, the prefectural government said Friday. The two, who are brothers, are students at the same elementary school in the town of Nakafurano.

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Almost All Passengers Leave Virus-Hit Cruise Ship

February 22, 2020

Tokyo- Almost all symptomless passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus have left by Friday the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has been quarantined for the virus at the port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan. On Friday,

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Takeshima Day Ceremony Joined by Japan Govt Rep for 8th Year

February 22, 2020

Matsue, Shimane Pref.- The Shimane prefectural government held the 15th ceremony to mark Takeshima Day, designated by a prefectural ordinance, on Saturday, attended by a parliamentary vice minister from the central government for the eighth consecutive year. The annual ceremony

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EXCLUSIVE: DMAT Struggled on Quarantined Diamond Princess

February 22, 2020

Tokyo- Japanese doctor Hoei Hayashi has given a detailed account of the struggles of disaster medical assistance team, or DMAT, members aboard the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess. “There was no manual. It was incessant trial and error,” said Hayashi,

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Japan Wants Int’l Rules on Disease Outbreaks on Cruise Ships

February 22, 2020

Tokyo- Japan will call for ending the lack of clear global rules on who is responsible for dealing with infectious disease outbreaks aboard international cruise ships, officials said Friday. The coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess “is the first case” in which the

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Duty-Free Sales Plummeting in Japan amid Viral Outbreak

February 22, 2020

Tokyo- Sales of duty-free items at department stores in Japan have been plummeting this month, reflecting a sharp drop in the number of customers from China in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak that originated in the nation, it

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Western Japan City to Ban Plastic Shopping Bags

February 22, 2020

Kyoto- The municipal government of Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Friday proposed an ordinance prohibiting all retail stores in the city from providing both free and paid plastic shopping bags. The ban is the first of its kind in

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Japanese Princess Aiko to study at Gakushuin Univ.

February 21, 2020

Tokyo–Princess Aiko, the only child of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, will study at the Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Gakushuin University’s Faculty of Letters from April, the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. The department is for

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