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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2022

Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP on service sector weakness

The downwardly revised growth is bad news for policymakers tasked with keeping the country's fragile recovery on track.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 7, 2022

Pandemic worsens all-too-familiar challenges for women in Japan

International Women's Day offers a reminder of COVID-19's impact and of the nation's slow progress on gender equality issues.
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2022

People in Japan urged to provide first aid in emergencies despite COVID worries

The number of life-saving procedures performed by people present at the scene of an emergency has dropped significantly since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2022

Japan scrambles fighters as suspected Russian military helicopter enters Hokkaido airspace

The Defense Ministry said Russia's increased military activity in the sea and airspace around Japan is a cause for concern amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 25, 2022

Japan Tobacco halts Ukraine plant as fighting intensifies

The safety of all 900 workers at the facility has been confirmed and the company is monitoring developments closely, a spokesman wrote in an email Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2022

Japan to accept Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine for border entry next month

The J&J shot, which has not been approved in Japan, will join a list of three other shots that have been approved by regulators as sufficient for nonresidents to enter.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2022

Medical experts in Japan concerned that omicron symptoms will be mistaken for hay fever

This year's hay fever season has arrived amid the spread of the omicron variant, which often leads to similar symptoms, such as sneezing and a running nose.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2022

Japan set to fall short of February booster goal

The government plans to give boosters to 37.5 million people by the end of February, but to attain that target the pace of vaccinations would need to more than double.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2022

COVID tests still in short supply in Japan despite peak of sixth wave

Many pharmacies and doctors are complaining that they cannot get hold of PCR or antigen tests, but there are signs that supply will soon improve.
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2022

'Unusual' number of Russian warships spotted near Japan

24 Russian warships have been detected in the Sea of Japan and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk since Feb. 1, in an apparent show of force amid the Ukraine crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2022

Japan's economy rebounds on solid consumption but omicron clouds outlook

The world's third-largest economy expanded an annualized 5.4% in the final three months of 2021, with falling coronavirus cases helping to prop up consumption.

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
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