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JAPAN
Aug 13, 2022
Tropical Storm Meari makes landfall on Japan's Izu Peninsula
The Meteorological Agency warned of potential landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, overflowing rivers, strong winds and high waves.
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JAPAN
Aug 12, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan tallies 168,826 new cases and 210 deaths
Tokyo, meanwhile, reported 20,401 new cases, down by 17,366 from a week before, along with 30 deaths.
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BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2022
Tokyo seeks to take lead as green ‘transition’ finance hub
Transition finance is the concept of investing in companies to help them cut emissions, something the government is pursuing on the way to its target of carbon neutrality by 2050.
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JAPAN
Aug 10, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 34,243 new cases
Seventeen new deaths linked to the virus were reported in the capital, while the number of severely ill patients remained unchanged from Tuesday at 40.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2022
Police quiz man found carrying homemade 'gunpowder' near U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
'I learned how to make gunpowder on the internet and came to throw it into the embassy,' the man is said to have told investigators.
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JAPAN
Aug 10, 2022
Japanese population in Tokyo area marks first ever drop
The population of Japanese people in Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa decreased by 34,498, or 0.10%, from a year before.
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JAPAN
Aug 9, 2022
Tokyo has already broken record for severe heat days in a year
Temperatures reached 35 degrees Celsius for the 14th time this year in the capital.
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JAPAN
Aug 8, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 17,884 new cases
The seven-day moving average of new infections fell 3% week on week to 31,150.7.
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JAPAN
Aug 8, 2022
Pair of state-run Tokyo universities to consider merging
The two universities are aiming to integrate operations and apply for financial assistance from a planned state fund designed to support research institutes.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 8, 2022
Number of kids on nursery waiting lists plummets in Tokyo
The number of children on day care waiting lists in Tokyo hit a record low as of April this year, falling 97% from the most recent peak of 8,586 in 2017.
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JAPAN
Aug 7, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 26,313 cases, down over 5,200 from a week ago
Nationally, the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Japan came to 227,554 on Saturday, rising by 5,297 from a week earlier and standing above 200,000 for the fifth straight day.
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JAPAN
Aug 6, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo records 30,970 new cases, down 2,500 from a week ago
The capital also reported 13 deaths linked to COVID-19, while the number of severely ill patients under its criteria fell by one from Friday to 37.
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JAPAN
Aug 5, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 233,767 new cases and 215 deaths
Thirteen of Japan's 47 prefectures have so far issued declarations for beefing up measures against the rapidly spreading BA.5 omicron subvariant of COVID-19.
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JAPAN / Explainer
Aug 5, 2022
How to self-test for COVID in Japan, and which antigen kits to use
Two kinds of antigen test kits are available, but most municipalities only accept those identified as being for medical use. Here's a guide on where and how to get them.
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CULTURE / Stage
Aug 4, 2022
So you want to be a stand-up comedian?
Learn the tricks of the trade at Tokyo Comedy Bar, the capital's new stand-up comedy venue.
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JAPAN
Aug 3, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs record nearly quarter-million new cases
A total of 249,830 new coronavirus cases were reported nationwide Wednesday, while the country's daily death toll hit 169.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 3, 2022
Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami conjures historic home run streak
Shortly after becoming just the 14th player to hit four consecutive home runs in NPB on Tuesday, the reigning Central League MVP broke new ground with a fifth straight at Jingu Stadum.
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JAPAN
Aug 2, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Cases in Tokyo fall week-on-week for second straight day
Tokyo confirmed 30,842 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, down by 751 a week before amid growing signs that the seventh wave of the virus may have peaked.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 1, 2022
Tokyo Metropolitan Government to mandate solar panels for new homes
To implement the mandate, the first of its kind in Japan, the metropolitan government hopes to revise a related ordinance by the end of the current fiscal year to March 2023.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 1, 2022
Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami hits three homers in win over Tigers
Munetaka Murakami's home run hat-trick rescued the Central League-leading Tokyo Yakult Swallows in a 4-2, 11-inning win over the Hanshin Tigers on Sunday.

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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