Japan to scale down Olympic torch relay to lantern tour

Japan to scale down Olympic torch relay to lantern tour

Tokyo Games organizers plan to scale down the Olympic torch relay to a lantern tour by car amid the growing novel corona...

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CORONAVIRUS: Govt sets guidelines for reopening schools

CORONAVIRUS: Govt sets guidelines for reopening schools

Japan's education ministry sets guidelines for reopening schools that have been temporarily closed due to the novel coro...

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Japan's major cellphone carriers to begin 5G services

Japan's major cellphone carriers to begin 5G services

Japan's major cellphone carrier NTT Docomo will launch its next-generation 5G wireless service on March 25. Its rivals a...

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Japan Post tests drone delivery

Japan Post tests drone delivery

Japan Post conducts a trial delivery of snail mail to residents in a remote area of Tokyo using a drone.

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CORONAVIRUS: Man arrested for disrupting train operations by lying he has coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS: Man arrested for disrupting train operations by lying he has coronavirus

A 54-year-old passenger is arrested in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, for disrupting train operations after lying tha...

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CORONAVIRUS: Japan to postpone emperor's visit to UK

CORONAVIRUS: Japan to postpone emperor's visit to UK

Japan plans to postpone Emperor Naruhito's and Empress Masako's planned visit to the United Kingdom this spring.

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Great East Japan Earthquake, nine years on

Great East Japan Earthquake, nine years on

A couple in Miyagi Prefecture is reunited with their deceased daughter nine years after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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SDF delivers 350,000 masks to govt.

SDF delivers 350,000 masks to govt.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces delivers nearly 350,000 masks from its stockpile to the government amid a serious shortage o...

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Abe, BOJ gov. Kuroda talk COVID-19 economic impact

Abe, BOJ gov. Kuroda talk COVID-19 economic impact

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hold talks about the impact of the novel coronaviru...

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Tokyo Olympic summer could be hotter than usual

Tokyo Olympic summer could be hotter than usual

The Japan Meteorological Agency announces that this summer could be hotter than average.

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