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COVID 19 IN JAPAN

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Mar 2, 2020
Criminals are taking advantage of fear over COVID-19
Where some people see calamity, criminals see opportunity. As concern grows over the outbreak of COVID-19 in Japan, the denizens of the underworld haven't lost any time trying to find a way to profit from the situation. Crime, like the virus, never sleeps.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2020
Burden of viral outbreak threatens Abe's government and his legacy
On the road to becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe has overcome countless political perils. He may have met his match with COVID-19.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Japan sees rise in harassment, bullying and discrimination linked to COVID-19
Japan is seeing a growing number of cases of harassment, bullying and other forms of discrimination targeting local communities affected by the outbreak of the new virus that causes COVID-19 and those involved in dealing with the situation.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 2, 2020
Abe has crossed the coronavirus Rubicon
Leaders need deft political skills to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Virus shuts down facilities offering low cost kids' meals in Japan
A growing number of kodomo shokudō (children's cafeterias) that offer free or low-priced meals to children, including those from poor families, have suspended operations amid the spread of COVID-19.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2020
Japan's Luminous Cruising blames coronavirus as it files for bankruptcy
A cruise ship company in Kobe was effectively bankrupted by the coronavirus crisis on Monday after filing for protection from creditors under the corporate rehabilitation law.
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JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Limited virus testing in Japan masks true scale of infection
Japan is becoming a center of concern as the coronavirus spreads globally, with the country's official infection tally suspected to be the tip of the iceberg of a much wider outbreak.
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JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
All passengers and crew leave virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship
All 3,711 passengers and crew members of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, quarantined at Yokohama port due to COVID-19 infections, disembarked from the vessel Sunday, the health ministry has said.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2020
A kiss is just a kiss — except when it spreads a virus
King Henry VI of England banned kissing in 1439 to battle the plague. As the world confronts the coronavirus spreading from China, some health authorities are again urging people to refrain from physical displays of affection.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2020
Abe uses news conference to battle criticism — and coronavirus
In a rare weekend broadcast, Abe made an unusually emotional appeal for public cooperation and attempted to soften the blow of his government's containment measures.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 1, 2020
Armed conflict response fears linger as MSDF's Middle East mission starts
With the Maritime Self-Defense Force having fully started its information-gathering mission in the Middle East as part of the effort to ensure sea lane safety there, concerns over what its contingent can effectively do to that end—given its operational limits—continue to grip the government.
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2020
How far can Japan go to curb the coronavirus outbreak? Not as far as you may think
What some critics slam as Japan's lax initial response has highlighted the more draconian steps countries other than China are taking to contain the crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2020
Australia's first coronavirus death confirmed as former Diamond Princess passenger
A former passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined off Japan for coronavirus died in a hospital in Perth early on Sunday, a health official said, becoming Australia's first death from the virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 1, 2020
Mainland China reports 573 new coronavirus cases for highest daily increase in a week
Mainland China reported 573 new confirmed coronavirus cases as of Saturday, up from 427 the previous day and the highest daily increase in a week, the country's health authority said Sunday.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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