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New coronavirus detected in 3 Japanese returnees from Wuhan

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–A new coronavirus originating in Wuhan has been detected in three of the 206 Japanese nationals who returned home aboard a government-chartered flight Wednesday, a government official said Thursday. The three are among the 12 returnees hospitalized after returning from

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Second flight evacuating Japanese from Wuhan returns to Tokyo

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–The second chartered flight sent to Wuhan by the Japanese government returned to Tokyo on Thursday morning, evacuating 210 Japanese nationals from the epicenter of China’s coronavirus crisis. The plane arrived at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda, carrying the 210

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Japan confirms tour bus guide’s infection with China coronavirus

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–A tour bus guide in her 40s, a resident in the western Japan city of Osaka, has been confirmed to have pneumonia from the new coronavirus spreading from China, Japanese authorities, including the health ministry, said Wednesday. The guide had

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Probe into Shuri Castle fire ends without identifying cause

January 30, 2020

Naha, Okinawa Pref.–Police have ended their investigation into last autumn’s fire that devastated Shuri Castle in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa, without identifying the cause. The fire was not caused by arson, negligence or other

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Five Japanese returnees test negative for Wuhan coronavirus

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Five of the 206 Japanese nationals brought back on a government-chartered plane from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of pneumonia blamed on a new strain of coronavirus, have tested negative for the virus, it was

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Ano orders PNP to look into alleged prostitution in POGO centers

January 30, 2020

Interior and Local Government  Secretary Eduardo Ano on Thursday said he gave instructions to the Philippine National Police to look into alleged prostitution activities in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry. This after Senator Risa Hontiveros, chairman of the

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Office of the President yet to release details on Duterte’s order stopping Cabinet members from going to US

January 30, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano on Thursday said the Office of the President has yet to release details of President Rodrigo Duterte’s order not allowing his Cabinet members to go to the United States. “I’m sure the Office of the President

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Two students from Mindanao’s conflict-affected area win first JICA video blog contest

January 30, 2020

The Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) first video blog contest for young people in the Philippines attracted students from different universities and young professionals sharing their views on the value of JICA and the Philippine relations in their lives. Filipino

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