Paralympic symbol set up in Tokyo waterfront

Paralympic symbol set up in Tokyo waterfront

A gigantic Paralympic symbol is set up in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area in the leadup to the Tokyo Paralympics.

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Japan and IAEA to conduct safety assessment of Fukushima Daiichi's treated water

Japan and IAEA to conduct safety assessment of Fukushima Daiichi's treated water

Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency agree to start an international safety assessment of treated water at F...

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Tokyo ambulances increasingly unable to respond to COVID-19 emergency calls

Tokyo ambulances increasingly unable to respond to COVID-19 emergency calls

Ambulances in Tokyo are increasingly becoming unable to respond to emergency calls from COVID-19 patients amid surges in...

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Japan's Paralympic team pledges to do its best

Japan's Paralympic team pledges to do its best

Japan's Paralympic team pledges to do its best at a ceremony held ahead of the Tokyo Paralympics.

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Expert cautious about kids going to watch Tokyo Paralympics

Expert cautious about kids going to watch Tokyo Paralympics

Japan's top expert on coronavirus response expresses caution over a program for local schoolchildren to go and watch com...

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Corn from Hokkaido flown to Tokyo on day of harvest

Corn from Hokkaido flown to Tokyo on day of harvest

Corn grown in Hokkaido in northern Japan is flown to Tokyo and delivered to a supermarket in adjacent Chiba Prefecture o...

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Tokyo Paralympics to be held without spectators at all venues

Tokyo Paralympics to be held without spectators at all venues

The Tokyo Paralympics set to open on August 24 will take place without spectators at any of the venues.

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Sea otter's bazooka

Sea otter's bazooka

Toba Aquarium's star sea otter can now handle road cones.

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Jamaica offers Olympic staff all-expenses-paid trip

Jamaica offers Olympic staff all-expenses-paid trip

Jamaica's Ministry of Tourism offers an Olympic staff an all-expenses-paid trip after she saves a Jamaican hurdler.

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OB-GYN doctors call for pregnant women to get vaccinated

OB-GYN doctors call for pregnant women to get vaccinated

The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology calls for pregnant women to be vaccinated.

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