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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 6,231 new cases, doubling again week-on-week
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 8,054, compared to 3,380 a week before.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2022
U.S. hails Abe as 'man of vision' as family mourns late former leader
Top diplomat Antony Blinken said he had shared letters from U.S. President Joe Biden with Abe's family and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2022
South Korea's Yoon to visit Japanese Embassy to offer condolences over Abe death
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is also likely to dispatch a delegation led by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to a government memorial service for Abe later this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 10, 2022
U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken to visit Japan to offer condolences over Abe
Abe built tight relations with the United States, especially on defense issues, as he tried to shed some of his country's postwar pacifism.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 9, 2022
China's Xi 'deeply regrets' death of Japan's Abe
Ties between the neighbors have been plagued for years by a territorial dispute and the legacy of Japan's past military aggression, but relations warmed while Abe was prime minister.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2022
Japan's household spending slips again as chip shortage hits consumers
Households are also facing pressure from the yen's sharp decline that is pushing up prices of imported fuel and food.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 7, 2022
Japan panel moves to aid domestic vaccine development for eight infectious diseases
The panel chose the diseases based on the availability of effective vaccines and human-to-human transmissibility.
Japan Times
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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Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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