Kenrokuen garden prepares for winter: Preparations for snow have begun at Japan's renown Kenrokuen garden.
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JAPAN TACKLES OVERTOURISM | Asian View - Radio | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Live & Programs: Japan is once again extending the welcome mat to tourists now that COVID-19 ...
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Novelist Yu Miri has been living in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture since 2015. Now, she has produced a play shedding light on the Great East Japan Earthquake ... Show more
Japan allows individuals to decide whether to wear anti-coronavirus masks: The Japanese government eased its coronavirus mask-wearing guidelines on Monday ...
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Kishida instructs ministers to consider downgrading COVID-19 classification: Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has instructed ministers to consider steps ...
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Quick Glance: Japan is considering downgrading Covid-19 to the same level as seasonal flu.
- According to the CDC, due to high levels of vaccination and population immunity from previous infections, the risk of death or hospitalisation from Covid-19 is greatly reduced for the vast majority of people.
- "It won't," he said flatly.
- The ban will be lifted after the Lunar New Year holiday, when many people are expected to travel, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
- If you have Covid-19-related symptoms, are in a high-risk group, have recently had contact with a positive case, or are in a crowded area, the agency strongly advises you to wear a mask.
Japan distributes Xocova, first domestic COVID drug: Health authorities in Japan say the first locally-developed COVID drug, Xocova, can be used even by people ...
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Japan to Downgrade COVID-19 Classification on May 8 - Learn Japanese from the News | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand
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Earthquake Information (Japan) | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: All seismic activity of 3 or higher on the Japanese scale in the past 30 days, with maps and detailed ...
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Japan to lower COVID-19 classification on May 8: Japan has decided to downgrade COVID-19 to the same category of infectious diseases as seasonal influenza on May ...
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Japan to downgrade COVID-19 to flu level in spring: Japan plans to reclassify COVID-19 as a health issue on par with the flu. The government has consulted ...
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Japan to officially downgrade COVID-19 in May: Japanese health officials have formally decided to reclassify COVID-19 as an infectious disease on par with the ...
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WHO keeps its highest alert for COVID-19 | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: The World Health Organization says COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of ...
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Japan eyes 1 year extension to free COVID vaccination scheme: Japan's health ministry plans to extend a free COVID-19 vaccination program until March of ...
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Kishida announces emergency COVID border controls for travelers from China: Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has announced that emergency border ...
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Wedding held in front of red-crowned cranes in Hokkaido: A couple has held a wedding in front of red-crowned cranes in the northern Japanese prefecture of ...
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WHO committee to decide whether COVID-19 remains global health emergency | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Japan health ministry panel agrees on COVID-19 classification downgrade: An expert panel of Japan's health ministry agreed on Friday that COVID-19 should be ...
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What to do with masks. Chinese Lunar New Year travel and the coronavirus. Macao's new bet. All here.
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Japan to count COVID cases using method for seasonal flu: Japanese health authorities say they will start counting coronavirus infections using the same method ...
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Japan confirms 95,308 coronavirus cases on Monday: Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 95,308 new cases of the coronavirus and 336 deaths on Monday.
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China reports over 12,000 COVID-19 deaths in week through Jan.19: China's health authorities said over 12,000 hospitalized people infected with the ...
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Japan's large-scale COVID-19 vaccination sites to be shrunk next month: The Japanese government plans to cut back the operations of the large-scale coronavirus ...
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Japan's metaverse pioneers draw on old-world skills: Japanese businesses are playing catchup in the immersive, 3D online world known as the metaverse ...
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China suspends issuing visas for Japanese travelers | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: The coronavirus is rapidly spreading in China. And, travelers from there are facing ...
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Quick Glance: China Hits Back at South Korea, Japan in Covid Retaliation
- China has suspended issuing some visas for South Korea and Japan in Beijing's first retaliation against Covid-related curbs on Chinese travelers.
- Chinese consulates in South Korea will stop issuing short-term visas for visits, business, tourism, medical care, transit and personal matters from Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy in Seoul said in a statement.
- The suspension will be adjusted if South Korea removes its "discriminative inbound restrictive measures" targeting China, it added.
Mass Travel in China for Lunar New Year | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: Lunar New Year starts in China this Sunday, and millions of people will be on the move in the ...
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China says COVID cases already at low levels nationwide: China's government says coronavirus cases nationwide are trending at low levels ...
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Covid Protests in China | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: Frustration with Zero-COVID policies sparked rare anti-government protests just weeks after Xi Jinping started ...
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Quick Glance: China's Deadly Fires Fuel Protests Against Xi's Covid Policies
- Travel restrictions and government restrictions on international journalists make it impossible to report on the protests.
- "We want freedom," they declared.
- For the most part, since Covid spread from Wuhan about three years ago, many Chinese have accepted severe regulations, including extensive travel restrictions, as a price for avoiding the widespread illness and death that the United States and other countries experienced.
- The Chinese authorities is likely to be concerned that photographs and footage of the Shanghai protests may spread over online control, inciting further upheaval.
Employees coming back to offices: Economic activities are returning to normal in Japan after the government downgraded COVID-19 to a low-level infectious disease ...
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Chinese govt. ships spotted near Senkakus for record 334 days: Japan Coast Guard officials say they spotted four Chinese government ships navigating just outside ...
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Nearly half of new COVID-19 cases in US are Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant: The latest estimate released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows ...
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Health ministry confirms 9,628 new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo on Tuesday: Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 9,628 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo ...
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Japan's famous wisteria trees lit up for world to see: Wisteria is now blooming in Japan. Ashikaga Flower Park north of Tokyo is glamming up its world famous ...
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China factory activity grows for first time in 4 months: China's factory activity grew in January for the first time in four months ...
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55-year-old soccer star 'Kazu' looks forward to 2023 season | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Expert warns of surge in COVID-19 cases in Japan this month: A coronavirus expert in Japan has warned that the number of daily new cases could rise sharply after ...
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About 60% of new COVID-19 cases in US are Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant: The latest estimate by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that about ...
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HORSEHAIR CRAB - Trails to Oishii Tokyo | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand: Horsehair crabs — the ones covered with tiny hairs. The high-end crustacean is loved for its ...
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5,388 new COVID cases confirmed on Monday in Tokyo: Japan's health ministry said it confirmed 5,388 new cases of coronavirus in Tokyo on Monday ...
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A Float Artisan & His Muse - Hometown Stories | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand: The Nebuta Festival, which features illuminated floats, is a tradition in Aomori ...
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Japan to outline medical system changes following COVID-19 legal downgrade: Japan's health ministry will outline around early March how the medical system ...
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Japan to lift blanket anti-COVID requests: Japan's health ministry says individuals and businesses will be free to make their own choices about anti-coronavirus ...
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Japan prepares for a possible double virus outbreak: All the facts about the coronavirus. Find the latest information and answers from experts on everything ...
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Clinics in Japan start prescribing domestically-made COVID drug: Selected medical institutions in Japan have begun prescribing an oral COVID-19 pill, Xocova ...
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China Halts Visas for Japanese, S.Korean Travelers | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: Beijing warned of a response when other countries imposed restrictions on arrivals ...
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Japan pushes for counterstrikes. Guangzhou softens on Zero-COVID. Tsunami-hit museum finally reopens. And much more: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/programs/
New Year’s is a time for festivities with the family! See what brings people together in Japan! Come along to uncover what goes into creating osechi ... Show more
Omicron BA.5 vaccine in Japan: All the facts about the coronavirus. Find the latest information and answers from experts on everything COVID-19.
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COVID-related deaths in Japan surge, top 10,000 in just over a month: The number of people in Japan who died after being infected with the coronavirus has topped ...
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Japan faces new wave of infections: An uptick in infections is likely an indication that Japan is heading into its eighth COVID wave ...
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[IN DEPTH] Japan's New Security Strategy Sparks Division | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Japan scraps controls, hopes to revive tourism boom: Japan is reintroducing a visa waiver program for short-term visitors, and allowing visits by non-escorted ...
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A lonely struggle with long COVID: The world is slowly emerging from the long shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, but many patients grappling with the mysterious ...
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Smiles and Tears on Day One of Japan's Reopening | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: Japan has finally reopened. Whether for a honeymoon or just a good bowl of ramen ...
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Fighting COVID-19 on the Frontlines: Takeda Shinhiro, ICU Doctor - The Professionals | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand
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China's southern city of Guangzhou partially lifts lockdown after protests | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Japan govt.: Children can chat during school lunches with proper measures: Japan's education ministry has notified prefectural officials that children will ...
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Japanese scholar looks to Marx's theory to explain pandemic, climate change: A Japanese academic has penned a surprise bestseller that is prompting a new ...
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Quick Glance: Japanese scholar applies Marx's theory to explain pandemic and climate change
- A Japanese academic writes a surprising bestseller, inspiring a new generation of readers to consider the ideas of German philosopher Karl Marx.
- He uses Marx's warning about unrestrained capitalism 150 years ago to explain the climate crisis.
- Saito, a 35-year-old associate professor at Osaka City University, is already well-known as a translator of Marxist ideas for the modern world.
- Saito Kohei discovered Marx's ecological ideas in unpublished notes from his later years.
China's coronavirus surge strains major city hospitals: A surge in coronavirus cases is severely straining hospitals in Beijing and other major Chinese cities.
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Zero-Covid policy protests spread to HK. One month after Itaewon crowd crush. Behind Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese nationals. All here.
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11,196 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Tokyo on Tuesday: Japan's health ministry says 11,196 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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China's Q1 GDP grows a rosy 4.5%: New stats suggest China's economy is turning the corner as the government's ultra-strict coronavirus measures fade ...
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COVID cases rise in China amid discrepancies between national, local data: China's Zhejiang Province reported more than one million new coronavirus cases on ...
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Japan health ministry approves payout for deaths of 5 after COVID vaccinations: Japan's health ministry has approved lump-sum payments for the deaths of ...
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Foreign visitors to Japan nearly double in Nov. from previous month: The number of foreign visitors to Japan nearly doubled in November from the previous month ...
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Dual COVID-flu antigen home-test kits go on sale in Japan: Japan's health ministry has approved the retail sale of government-certified antigen self-testing ...
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China pushes booster to elderly as cases surge | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News: Chinese authorities are working to pull up lagging COVID vaccination numbers among the ...
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Japan to relax COVID-19 reporting rules, ease border entry | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Bracing for Future Pandemics with Next-Generation Vaccines | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Japan starts administering COVID vaccines targeting Omicron: Japan started administering coronavirus vaccines targeting the Omicron variant on Tuesday ...
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Will to Survive: 900 Days in the COVID Ward - NHK Documentary | NHK WORLD-JAPAN On Demand
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Tokyo likely to raise COVID alert level for medical services to second highest: An expert panel of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is expected to raise the ...
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Study: COVID-19 greatly increased risks of heart, vein disorders: NHK has learned that a scientific study in Japan shows that people infected with the ...
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