Water quality at Tokyo Olympic venue

Water quality at Tokyo Olympic venue

Officials are working on improving the water quality in Tokyo Bay, where the Olympic marathon swimming and triathlon are...

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Saliva testing for coronavirus antigen begins at Haneda, Narita airports

Saliva testing for coronavirus antigen begins at Haneda, Narita airports

Japan's government will nearly double the coronavirus testing capacity at international airports such as Haneda by intro...

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Regulators greenlight nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

Regulators greenlight nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority gives the go-ahead to a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under construction in Aomor...

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Security camera LED lights in train cars

Security camera LED lights in train cars

Tokyu Railways has installed a new type of security cameras in all train cars in an attempt to prevent crime and imprope...

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Disinfectant robots tested at Tokyo's new railroad station amid pandemic

Disinfectant robots tested at Tokyo's new railroad station amid pandemic

East Japan Railway begins testing disinfectant robots at Tokyo's Takanawa Gateway Station to help prevent the spread of ...

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Japan approves 2nd coronavirus drug

Japan approves 2nd coronavirus drug

Japan approves the use of dexamethasone to treat people infected with the novel coronavirus, the second drug that doctor...

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Meteorites bombarded Earth, moon 800 million years ago

Meteorites bombarded Earth, moon 800 million years ago

A Japanese research team led by Osaka University Professor Terada Kentaro discovers that a massive meteorite shower fell...

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Rohto Pharmaceutical to test coronavirus drug that uses stem cells

Rohto Pharmaceutical to test coronavirus drug that uses stem cells

Rohto Pharmaceutical will start in August a clinical trial of a new drug to treat novel coronavirus patients. The medici...

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Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying UAE's Mars explorer

Japan launches H-2A rocket carrying UAE's Mars explorer

Japan successfully launches an H-2A rocket carrying the United Arab Emirates' Mars explorer.

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AI proposes age-based craft beer

AI proposes age-based craft beer

Electronics maker NEC uses artificial intelligence to develop craft beers for people in their 20s to 50s. The AI analyze...

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