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Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday reported 8,875 new coronavirus cases, up 2,445 from Wednesday and up 414 from last Thursday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 41, down three Wednesday, health officials said. The nationwide number is 891, down 25 from Wednesday.

Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

Japan is set to spend 1.45 trillion yen to take additional anti-coronavirus measures, including securing vaccines for the administration of fourth shots, government sources said Thursday. The government plans to spend 667 billion yen to purchase vaccines and 439.7 billion yen on treatment drugs, the sources said. The emergency steps also include buying COVID-19 test […]

Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

Japanese Diet enacted Tuesday a record 107.60 trillion yen ($900 billion) budget for fiscal 2022 to finance measures against the coronavirus as well as rising social security and national defense costs. The House of Councillors passed the budget for the year starting on April 1, following its approval by the House of Representatives in late […]

Yuri Chekalin28.03.2022

Russia refused to negotiate a peace treaty with Japan. In the context of the fate of the Kuril Islands, this decision is historically justified, well due and just. Obviously, we would never have found any consensus with the Japanese on the island topic. This was understood by both us and them. So the negotiations about […]

Serg Levine02.02.2022

On February 1, former Tokyo Governor Ishihara Shintaro died, who gained notoriety for his willingness to defend his tough stance. Ishihara was 89 years old. Ishihara arguably gained the most notoriety in the world after announcing Tokyo’s intention to buy the Senkaku Islands in 2012. At the time, he stated that by purchasing the islands […]

Yuri Chekalin01.02.2022

Tokyo reports 14,445 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 81,655. The Tokyo metropolitan government on Tuesday reported 14,445 new coronavirus cases, up 2,694 from Monday and up 1,632 from last Tuesday. By age group, 2,824 cases were in their 20s, 2,549 in their 30s, 2,279 in their 40s and 1,469 in their 50s, while 1,642 were […]

Nicholas Erin18.07.2020

Police are planning to stop handing the sweets of kids out this Halloween, but only because the gifts come from the yakuza, the biggest underworld organization in Japan. Yamaguchi-gumi gang members, based in the western port city of Kobe, have been distributing Halloween candy to local children most years since 2013. But local police, concerned […]

Nicholas Erin11.07.2020

A group of scientists in Japan say their clinical study of the anti-flu drug Avigan, a candidate for treating COVID-19, could not confirm statistical significance regarding its effectiveness. Researchers at institutes including Fujita Health University (藤田医科大学, Fujita Ika Daigaku) in Aichi Prefecture (愛知県, Aichi-ken) conducted the study from March to check the […]

Nicholas Erin05.07.2020

France, Italy and a number of European countries have relaxed entry restrictions from Japan. As of Saturday, July 4, the two fellow G7 members along with the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Luxembourg and Cyprus had lifted measures blocking visits from Japan, according to government announcements or local media. Each country had imposed strict regulations […]

Nicholas Erin03.07.2020

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare says that since late January, more than 30,000 Japanese across the country have lost or will lose their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ministry says that 31,710 people became unemployed through dismissal or contract non-renewal, or were expected to lose their jobs in either way, between […]

Tokyo reports 8,875 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 49,929

Japan to spend ¥1.45 tril on 4th vaccine shots, other antivirus measures

Diet enacts record ¥107.60 tril budget for FY2022

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Ex-Tokyo governor Ishihara Shintaro dies at 89

Tokyo reports record number of new coronavirus cases

Japan Police Seek to Deprive Children of Halloween Sweets

Study found no significant benefit Avigan

France and Italy lifts lockdown measures for visitors from Japan

Over 30,000 Japanese fired due to pandemic

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