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Tag: Yoshihide Suga

Posted inCOVID-19

Vaccines, Masks? Japan Puzzling over Sudden Virus Success

by Associated Press 10/18/202101/10/2022

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August peak of nearly 6,000 in Tokyo, with caseloads in the densely populated capital now routinely below 100, an 11-month low. The bars are packed, the […]

Posted inJapan

Japan New PM to Seek Fresh Mandate to Handle Virus, Economy

by Associated Press 10/04/202107/08/2022
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by Associated Press 10/01/202101/10/2022
Posted inJapan

Ex-Diplomat Kishida Wins Japan Party Vote, to Become New PM

by Associated Press 09/29/202107/08/2022
Posted inJapan

Japan’s Next PM Must Work Quickly on Virus, Economy, China

by Associated Press 09/28/202101/10/2022
Posted inCOVID-19

Japan to Lift All Coronavirus Emergency Steps Nationwide

by Associated Press 09/28/202101/10/2022
Posted inPolitics

Biden Hosts Indo-Pacific Leaders as China Concerns Grow

by Associated Press 09/24/202101/10/2022
Posted inJapan

Japan Governing Party Begins Race to Pick Suga Successor

by Associated Press 09/17/202101/10/2022
Posted inCOVID-19

Japan Extends Virus Emergency Until End of September

by Associated Press 09/09/202101/10/2022
Posted inOlympics

Paralympic Closing Marks End of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic Saga

by Associated Press 09/05/202101/10/2022
Posted inJapan

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by Associated Press 09/03/202101/10/2022
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by Associated Press 08/25/202101/10/2022

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