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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived in Britain early Friday to attend a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations, with discussions set to… Read
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The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday reported 435 new coronavirus cases, down four from Thursday. The average for Tokyo over the past seven days stands… Read
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Digitalization minister Takuya Hirai admitted Friday he instructed officials to coerce the developer of a smartphone app for monitoring the health of foreign visitors during… Read
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The Diet passed a bill Friday to amend procedures for a national referendum, in a step toward the possibility of a revision to its war-renouncing… Read
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