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Ano says he will not allow PNP to hide war on drugs info

January 30, 2020

Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano on Thursday said he will not allow the Philippine National Police (PNP) to hide anything to the public when it comes to the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. “We are not hiding anything. I will not

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Human-to-human spread of coronavirus confirmed in Japan

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Human-to-human transmission of a new strain of coronavirus that caused a pneumonia outbreak in China was confirmed in Japan, the health ministry said Thursday. The ministry called on not only people who have visited the Chinese city of Wuhan, the

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(Update) 3 Japanese returnees infected with Wuhan coronavirus

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Three Japanese nationals who returned home Wednesday from Wuhan aboard a government-chartered flight have been found infected with the new coronavirus originating in the Chinese city, the health ministry said Thursday. Two of the three had no symptoms and were

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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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