(Update) 3rd evacuation flight brings home Japanese from Wuhan

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The third charter jet sent to Wuhan by the Japanese government arrived at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Friday, bringing home 149 Japanese nationals from the Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus crisis. Nine of the passengers

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3rd Evacuation flight brings home Japanese from Wuhan

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The third charter jet sent to Wuhan by the Japanese government arrived at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Friday, bringing home 149 Japanese nationals from the Chinese city mired in the coronavirus crisis. Some of the people are complaining

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Japan to add newpneumonia to specified disease list on Satu

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The Japanese government decided Friday to designate pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus raging in China as a specified infectious disease Saturday, a week earlier than initially scheduled. The government is considering covering the airfares for chartered flights

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New coronavirus cases in Japan rise to 14

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The number of confirmed cases in Japan of the new coronavirus spreading from the Chinese city of Wuhan rose to 14 on Thursday. A man in his 50s, who has a foreign citizenship and lives in Mie Prefecture, central Japan,

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(Update) Japan to do follow-up survey on people who have stayed in Wuhan

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Japan’s government on Thursday decided to conduct a follow-up survey on all people entering the country who have been to China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the pneumonia outbreak caused by a new coronavirus. The decision was made at the first

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JOC chief targets well over 30 gold medals in Tokyo Olympics

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita pledged Thursday that the country aims to earn far more gold medals than the committee’s goal of 30 in the Tokyo Olympics this summer. “We’ll work hard to win many more gold medals than

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Japan diet approves FY 2019 extra budget for stimulus

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–The Diet on Thursday approved the Japanese government’s fiscal 2019 supplementary budget for total spending of 4,472.2 billion yen on economic stimulus and disaster prevention measures. The extra budget cleared the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Japanese

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Japan emperor emeritus faints

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Japanese Emperor Emeritus Akihito fainted at his residence in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday. No clinical abnormality was found in a medical checkup the Emperor Emeritus underwent Thursday morning, the agency said.

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