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A look at what quarantine is like in Olympic-host Japan
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A look at what quarantine is like in Olympic-host Japan

TOKYO (AP) — What’s it like traveling to Japan, six months ahead of the Olympics? Almost impossible, unless you’re a…
Japan mulls four-day working week amid COVID pandemic
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Japan mulls four-day working week amid COVID pandemic

Japanese employees are famous for putting in agonizingly long hours at their desks and declining to take all their annual…
Column: Athletes can get in line for vaccines like everyone
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Column: Athletes can get in line for vaccines like everyone

The world may yet gather in Tokyo this summer for an Olympics already postponed once because of the pandemic. Listen…
Tokyo Olympic Q&A: Officials try to explain how games happen
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Tokyo Olympic Q&A: Officials try to explain how games happen

TOKYO (AP) — With calls for a cancellation mounting, pressure is building on Japanese organizers and the IOC to explain…
Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics: researcher
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Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics: researcher

(Reuters) – Japan is likely to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19 through mass inoculations only months after the planned Tokyo…
Japan vaccination uncertainty casts doubts over Olympics
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Japan vaccination uncertainty casts doubts over Olympics

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it…
First-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons enters into force
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First-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons enters into force

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic…
The Latest: Chinese province ups restrictions amid outbreak
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The Latest: Chinese province ups restrictions amid outbreak

BEIJING — A Chinese province grappling with a spike in coronavirus cases is reinstating tight restrictions on weddings, funerals and…
In Tokyo’s lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call time
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In Tokyo’s lockdown, some drink on even after authorities call time

TOKYO (Reuters) – For Yuuki Hamazono, it was a relief to find bars and restaurants in Tokyo flouting the Japanese…
Japan widens virus emergency for seven more areas as cases surge
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Japan widens virus emergency for seven more areas as cases surge

TOKYO (AP) — Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency for seven more prefectures Wednesday, affecting more than half the…
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