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Japan is close to suspending relaxed entry restrictions for foreign nationals under business travel and other agreements with 11 countries and regions, including China and South Korea, regardless of whether or not those areas are confirmed to have a mutated strain of the novel coronavirus.
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At first, noted contemporary artist Akira Yamaguchi had no desire to put his talent to work to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. “I did not want to be involved in the Games and had no interest in it,” he said.
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At Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, many of the sparse number of visitors on New Year's Day said they prayed that the novel coronavirus would go away quickly.
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Emperor Naruhito delivered a video message for the first time to address the nation and mark the new year by saying he prayed that 2021 will prove to be a sea change in the COVID-19 crisis so everyone's lives can move forward.
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KOBE--It’s been nearly 80 years since a “visa for life” helped young Jewish refugee Berl Schor escape from the horrors of Nazi Germany and make his way to this western port city.
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YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Charred work-related documents dated Dec. 2, 2012, remain stuck fast to a young woman's bag.
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Exceedingly high radiation levels found inside crippled reactor buildings at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant were labeled by nuclear regulators as an “extremely serious” challenge to the shutdown process and overall decommissioning of the site.
