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JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 18, 2022
Japan looks to balance no COVID restrictions with growing strain on hospitals
The government is facing a two-pronged challenge of preventing the medical system from being overwhelmed while at the same time keeping society running as normal.
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JAPAN
Jul 17, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 17,790 new cases
The daily new cases in the capital also topped 10,000 for sixth straight day while Tokyo reported one death linked to COVID-19.
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MORE SPORTS
Jul 17, 2022
Olympic legend Kosuke Kitajima spearheads Tokyo pro sports movement
The four-time gold-medalist swimmer hopes his new initiative, Tokyo Unite, will boost the capital's international profile and enable its members to tackle pressing social issues.
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JAPAN
Jul 17, 2022
Tokyo falls to ninth most expensive city for expats amid weak yen
Hong Kong topped the list of the priciest cities in the world, a return to pole position after ceding it to Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat in 2021.
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JAPAN
Jul 16, 2022
Japan logs record 110,000 COVID-19 cases as seventh wave grows
Several prefectures saw record-high case counts as infections continued to surge in major cities across the country.
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JAPAN
Jul 15, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Daily infections in Japan top 100,000 for first time since February
Meanwhile, the daily figure in Tokyo posted a week-on-week rise for the 28th consecutive day.
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JAPAN
Jul 15, 2022
Japan adopts measures against COVID-19 seventh wave
To curb infections, the panel stressed that it is necessary to speed up vaccinations, maintain medical care functions and thoroughly implement basic infection prevention measures.
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JAPAN
Jul 13, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Daily cases top 90,000 in Japan for first time since Feb. 17
The daily figure in Tokyo grew by 8,537 from a week earlier to 16,878, marking a week-on-week increase for the 26th straight day.
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JAPAN
Jul 10, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 9,482 new cases
New cases in the capital on Sunday were up by 5,694 from a week before, marking a week-on-week rise for the 23rd straight day.
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JAPAN
Jul 10, 2022
Tokyo to increase number of evacuation shelters amid growing missile threats
The move comes in response to growing security threats, including nuclear-armed North Korea and China in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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JAPAN
Jul 9, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 9,716 new cases as upward trend continues
According to the metropolitan government, the seven-day average of new infections in the capital stood at 6,746.4, up 129% from a week before.
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JAPAN
Jul 8, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 8,777 new infections as case numbers rise for 21st day
The recent increase is believed to be led by the spread of the highly contagious BA.5 omicron variant.
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BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2022
Cheaper yen lures Hong Kong's rich to Japanese real estate
International property agents said sales have increased this year as the yen fell to multi-decade lows against the Hong Kong dollar.
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JAPAN
Jul 7, 2022
New surge in COVID-19 cases across Japan prompts alarm
The spike in cases comes at a time when people are planning summer holidays and large, in-person events have begun to return.
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JAPAN
Jul 6, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 8,341 new cases, topping 8,000 for the first time since April
The Japanese capital saw its daily infection number grow week on week for the 19th straight day, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 6, 2022
Giants and Shosei Togo put brakes on runaway Swallows
The win at Tokyo Dome moved the second-place Giants to within 12u00bd games of the Swallows in the Central League pennant race.
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BASEBALL
Jul 5, 2022
Japan icon Yukiko Ueno awarded by WBSC for long-term contributions
The 39-year-old threw six shutout innings to help Japan beat the United States in last summer's gold-medal game as Olympic softball returned for the first time since 2008 in Beijing.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 4, 2022
Swallows' Munetaka Murakami may use red-hot June as springboard to bigger things
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami was one of the hottest players in baseball last month.
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JAPAN
Jul 4, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 2,772 cases as week-on-week rise continues
New COVID-19 cases in the capital on Monday were up by 1,255 from a week earlier, posting a week-on-week increase for the 17th straight day.
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LIFE / Digital
Jul 4, 2022
YouTube escapism offers a glimpse of Japan's luxurious life
From luxury apartments to swanky ski lodges, real estate agent Alex Shapiro showcases the country's most lavish real estate on his YouTube channel, Tokyo Portfolio.

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals