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BASEBALL
Mar 10, 2023
Masataka Yoshida leads charge as Samurai Japan routs South Korea in World Baseball Classic
Japan routed its rival to improve to 2-0 in the WBC.
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JAPAN
Mar 10, 2023
Government to scale back COVID support with disease downgrade on May 8
The move means much of the state subsidies for screening and treatments will be scaled back and free COVID testing and outpatient care will end.
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JAPAN
Mar 10, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 778 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 760.3, down 15% from a week earlier.
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BASEBALL
Mar 10, 2023
Shohei Ohtani captivates crowd, teammates and opponents in WBC debut
Ohtani rose to the occasion with the type of performance only he could credibly attempt — let alone deliver.
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EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2023
Japan must do more to build stronger ties with South Korea
Seoul has decided that the future is more important than the past — and offered Japan a settlement on its wartime labor dispute.
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JAPAN
Mar 10, 2023
Japan reports first death directly linked to COVID-19 vaccine
The woman received a Pfizer shot targeting the omicron variant on Nov. 5 at a mass vaccination center.
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JAPAN
Mar 10, 2023
Diamond Princess returns to Yokohama, three years after mass COVID outbreak
The outbreak of infections on the ship in February 2020 led to thousands being quarantined and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 10, 2023
The Oscars are upon us. What films are you rooting for?
Discussing what makes a great movie is fun conversation fodder. What kind of movie do you think is worthy of an Academy Award?
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BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2023
Shohei Ohtani delivers in two-way role to help Japan defeat China in WBC opener
Shohei Ohtani led Japan on the mound and at the plate in his WBC debut.
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 794 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases came to 754.3, compared to 850.0 a week earlier.
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BASEBALL
Mar 9, 2023
Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar happy to expand his baseball family with Samurai Japan
The run-up to the World Baseball Classic has been a whirlwind, once-in-a-lifetime experience for the 25-year-old who arrived in Japan on March 2.
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to visit Japan on March 16
The meeting is expected to help mend bilateral ties, which have been impacted for years by a dispute over wartime labor.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 9, 2023
Tokyo is very much invested in Taiwan's future
Japan's strategic agenda with Taiwan will continue to entail more frequent engagement and fostering new avenues of cooperation.
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
Japan to extend domestic travel subsidy program beyond April
The program is aimed at bolstering the tourism industry's post-pandemic recovery.
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JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
Japan, U.S. and South Korea looking to boost info sharing on North Korean missiles
Currently, there is no mechanism for Japan and South Korea to immediately exchange information about the North's missile launches, while the U.S. has established separate systems with each.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2023
The geopolitical trajectory of the Philippines is changing
Growing anxiety toward China, improved U.S.-Philippine relations and growing momentum to advance trilateral-security cooperation that includes Japan is changing Philippine diplomacy.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 8, 2023
Shohei Ohtani ready to lead powerful Japan at World Baseball Classic
After more than a decade of frustration, Japan is back and stronger than ever, with the Angels star — who may one day surpass Ichiro Suzuki in the Japanese baseball pantheon — at the helm.
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JAPAN
Mar 8, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 926 new coronavirus cases
New COVID-19 deaths totaled five in the capital, while the number of severely ill coronavirus patients under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's criteria stood at eight.
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JAPAN
Mar 8, 2023
Health ministry panel proposes five basic habits for preventing COVID
The new approach comes as the government prepares to shift toward a post-pandemic normal through measures such as removing unified mask guidance.
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BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2023
Murakami and Yoshida power Japan to final WBC warmup victory
Munetaka Murakami blasted a three-run first-inning homer and Masataka Yoshida drove in four runs as Samurai Japan cruised to a 9-1 win over the Orix Buffaloes.

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