Kishida stresses sense of urgency over New Year break
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio emphasizes the need to have a sense of urgency over the New Year holidays to brace...
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Japan approves Merck's COVID-19 medicine
The Japanese government has approved the manufacturing and sale of Merck & Co.'s oral medicine molnupiravir to treat COV...
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Japan gov't approves draft budget for fiscal 2022, the largest in the last 10 years
PM Kishida’s cabinet has approved the draft budget for fiscal 2022, with increases in spending for social security and d...
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Japan to acquire 18 million additional Moderna vaccine doses by March 2022
Health Minister Goto Shigeyuki announces the Japanese government will acquire an additional 18 million doses of the Mode...
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Japan won't send Cabinet members to Beijing Olympics
The Japanese government announces that it will not send any Cabinet members to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Japan's Foreign Minister calls US military's COVID-19 measures "deplorable"
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa calls US military's COVID-19 measures "deplorable".
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Japan to spend 60million yen to dispose of infamous "Abenomask"
Japan plans to spend 60million yen to dispose of the infamous "Abenomask" cloth masks.
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Kishida unveils stricter plans to prevent omicron spread
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio unveils stricter plans to prevent the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in J...
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Omicron cases increase in Okinawa after COVID cluster at US base
Omicron cases increase in Okinawa Prefecture after a COVID-19 cluster breaks out at its US base.
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