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Misunderstandings over U.S. military’s COVID policies continue to reverberate in Japan

The Foreign Ministry claimed that it was not alerted until late December that pre-departure testing requirements had been lifted for U.S. military personnel, but Washington ...
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New COVID-19 cases in Japan surge by over 100,000 as serious cases rise to 1,100

In Tokyo, the occupancy rate for hospital beds for COVID-19 patients rose 1 percentage point from Friday to reach 55.1%.
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Suspect in knife attack outside University of Tokyo served fresh arrest warrant

The second-year high school student was served the warrant on suspicion of attempting to murder a 72-year-old man, one of the three victims.
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U.S. close to finalizing tariff exemption for Japan steel imports

The two countries are discussing establishing a tariff-free import quota but its size and some other details have yet to be finalized.
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Younger Americans benefited less from COVID booster shots than older people

Several recent studies have found that vaccination alone, without boosters, remained strongly protective against severe illness and death in most people, even after omicron’s appearance.
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Inside Johnson & Johnson’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims

If J&J succeeds, some experts argue, it could provide a blueprint for corporate America on how to circumvent jury trials involving allegations of defective products ...
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Three arrested in Japan for insider trading over COVID-19 drug

Tokyo police arrested the three on suspicion of buying shares in Japanese biotechnology and drug startup Tella Inc. on the basis of undisclosed information on ...
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Hotel guests in Japan hit record low for second straight year in 2021

The cumulative total of guests at hotels and inns was 315.75 million, down 4.8% from 2020 and 47% from 2019, according to preliminary data recently ...
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‘Trump is wrong,’ Pence says of false claim about overturning election

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday offered his most forceful rebuke of Donald Trump, saying that Trump is "wrong” that Pence had the legal ...
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Putin and Xi close ranks against the West on Ukraine and Taiwan

Putin and Xi said in a joint statement that China "treats with understanding and supports” Russia’s demand for binding security guarantees from the U.S. and ...