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Japanese WHO expert voices skepticism on China's theory 'virus int
Updated : 1 hour, 5 min ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 25 (ANI): A Japanese expert from the World Health Organization (WHO), who visited Wuhan as part of the investigative team to look into the origins of COVID-19, has voiced skepticism on China's stance that the virus had originally entered the country from abroad throug
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Japan's Unicharm shift its strategic focus to India, Africa from C
Updated : 22 hours, 38 min ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 24 (ANI): Japanese personal care group Unicharm has announced its decision to shift its strategy in developing countries by moving production facilities from China to India and South Africa, where a steady growth in domestic consumption is expected.
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G7 'firmly condemns' Myanmar coup, use of force against protestors
Updated : 1 day, 17 hours ago IST
Paris [France], February 23 (ANI): The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven most developed countries on Tuesday 'firmly condemned' the deadly use of force by Myanmar's military against people protesting a coup.
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Japan PM appoints 'Loneliness' minister to cabinet
Updated : 1 day, 19 hours ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Japan has appointed its first Minister for Loneliness this month after the country's suicide rate increased for the first time in 11 years during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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12 Japanese companies to cease business deals involving Uyghur for
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Tokyo [Japan], February 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing human rights abuse on Uyghurs by China, 12 major Japanese companies have announced their decision to cease their business deals with the Chinese companies found to be benefiting from the forced labour of the minority ethnic community in Xinj
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Tokyo's new daily COVID-19 cases drop below 200 for 1st time in 3
Updated : 2 days, 18 hours ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Tokyo on Monday reported 178 new daily COVID-19 infections, marking the first time the daily tally has dropped below the 200-mark since Nov. 24.
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5,800 students left school in Japan in 2020 due to COVID-19 pande
Updated : 3 days, 22 hours ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 21 (ANI): The Japanese government on Sunday has found that at least 5,800 college students either left school or took time off because of the spread of the coronavirus between April and December of last year, reported NHK World.
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Japanese Encephalitis controlled in UP, says Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 3 days, 22 hours ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 21 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh government and the state health department together have successfully controlled Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) in the state, said Yogi Adityanath on Sunday.
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Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady, wins 2nd Aus Open title
Updated : 4 days, 20 hours ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 20 (ANI): Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka on Saturday won her second Australian Open title and as a result her fourth Grand Slam.
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Suga expresses concern over China's assertiveness in East and Sout
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Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday has expressed concern about China's unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the East and South China seas in G7 talks, reported NHK World.
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Japan lodges protest over Chinese ships' entry into Japanese coast
Updated : 4 days, 23 hours ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 20 (ANI): Japan has lodged a protest with China after two Chinese ships intruded into Japanese coastal waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, local media reported.
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France sends warships to South China Sea, ahead of maritime exerci
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Paris [France], February 20 (ANI): Stepping up its presence in the South China Sea, France has planned two voyages through the disputed waters.
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