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KANAGAWA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 30, 2020
Kanagawa reports 31 new COVID-19 cases as Tokyo tops 50 for fifth straight day
New cases of COVID-19 infections jumped to 31 in Kanagawa Prefecture on Tuesday, up from seven the previous day, the largest daily rise in a month, while neighboring Tokyo confirmed 54 cases, recording more than 50 for the fifth straight day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 22, 2020
On duty at Japan's 'last-chance' hospital for coronavirus
In the midst of a global pandemic, St. Marianna University Hospital has become synonymous with the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2020
Loss, stigma, guilt: Life after recovering from COVID-19 in Japan
The experiences of those infected in Japan subverts the hopeful assumption that normal life will resume simply because one has recovered.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 16, 2020
Tokyo's bumper virus emergency fund highlights yawning wealth gap
The Tokyo package offers u00a5500,000 to u00a51 million in cash for small businesses that voluntarily comply with virus countermeasures and curtail or suspend their operations.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Apr 11, 2020
Creative women find harmony in Hayama: Communing in a sacred garden
When Sachiko Yatani began living in her house among the bamboo groves on the slopes of Hayama’s Mineyama hill, she started by closely observing the luxuriant vegetation that grows there. She didn’t set out to create and manage a garden, opting instead to trust nature to do what it does best and satisfying...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Apr 4, 2020
Creative women find harmony in Hayama: A haven between hills and ocean
Hayama, a coastal town on the northwest corner of the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture, is a place that draws people to a more old-fashioned, natural way of life, including poet and Japanese culture expert Chieko Hirota.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2020
Typhoon-flooded Musashikosugi plunges in Kanto ranking of top places to live
The Musashikosugi district in Kanagawa Prefecture plunged in this year's rankings of most desirable places to live in the Kanto region, a private survey showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2020
COVID-19 spread on Diamond Princess before quarantine, report suggests
Transmission toward the end of the quarantine period occurred mostly among crew or within passenger cabins, the report also said.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan