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Japan gov't rules out imminent return of emergency for Tokyo, Fukuoka over COVID-19

The Japanese government has no immediate plan to reinstate a state of emergency for the capital of Tokyo and Fukuoka Prefecture despite an increase of COVID-19 cases i

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Japan completely lifts COVID-19 state of emergency

Japan lifted a nationwide state of emergency over the coronavirus on Monday, gradually reopening the world's third-largest economy as government officials warned cautio

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Japan to fully lift COVID-19 emergency state in Tokyo area, Hokkaido

The Japanese government plans to fully lift the state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Hokkaido on Monday, economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Ni

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Japan's economy enters recession for 2nd quarter after virus-hit decline

Japan's economy shrank for a second straight quarter in the January-March period and entered a technical recession as a result of the adverse effects of the coronaviru

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Japan lifts COVID-19 emergency for 39 of 47 prefectures ahead of planned deadline

The Japanese government on Thursday decided to lift a nationwide state of emergency for 39 of the country's 47 prefectures where the coronavirus has been less prevalen

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Japan to decide on partial lifting of state of emergency over virus

TOKYO, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government will decide on Thursday whether it will partially lift the nationwide state of emergency over the COVID-19 for some prefectures where the virus has b

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Japan eyes lifting restrictions in some prefectures as COVID-19 cases decline

COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 87 to 15,662, with the figure including 39 new infections in the capital, remaining below 100 for a sixth straight day and dropping well below the April 17 peak

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Japan extends state of emergency until May 31 for COVID-19 fight

The Japanese government on Monday officially announced its decision to extend the nationwide state of emergency for COVID-19 by nearly a month until May 31. Japanese P

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Japan to restart some public facilities after state of emergency extended

Japan will restart parks, museums, libraries and some other public facilities after a nationwide state of emergency is expected to be extended, a senior government off

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Gov't panel of experts back extended emergency measures in Japan, COVID-19 cases spike in Tokyo

A panel of medical experts has recommended that the Japanese government continue requesting the nation to continue to follow social restrictions to tackle the spread of the COVID-19 and they believe

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Global Business Daily: Ryanair anger, Exxon losses, Boeing bonds

"What's going to happen now, because all of this state aid dumping, is that the well-run, financially strong airlines going into this the strongest are going to come out the weakest."Ryanair's Michae

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Japan's stimulus to boost real GDP by 4.4 percent: Economy minister

Japan's new economic stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic is estimated to boost real gross domestic product by about 4.4 percent, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on F

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Japan's Abe calls for more cooperation to tackle COVID-19

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo on Tuesday called on the Japanese public to cooperate more in the nation's fight to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. A

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Japan's COVID-19 infections top 9,000 as Abe declares nationwide state of emergency

Coronavirus cases in Japan increased by 570 new daily infections, health ministry and local authorities said as of Thursday evening, bringing the national total to 9,292. As the number and pace

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Japan's Abe declares nationwide state of emergency over COVID-19

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday expanded the state of emergency beyond seven prefectures to the entire nation in an attempt to curb the COVID-19 outbrea

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Japan to give 2,800 USD to each household hurt by COVID-19 outbreak

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday agreed to give 300,000 yen (2,800 U.S. dollars) in cash to each household whose inc

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Tokyo eyes July 2021 for delayed Olympics amid COVID-19 uncertainty

The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers have supported the idea of holding the Tokyo Games in July next year after rounds of talks, according to Japanese media.Local public bro