TOKYO – The Japanese government is considering a proposal to hand out 100,000 yen in cash to each person without setting an income limit to help alleviate hardships brought on by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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TOKYO/MANILA – The new coronavirus (COVID-19) is taking a greater toll on men than women in Japan and in the Philippines.
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TOKYO – The Japanese government will provide an emergency grant aid of US$1 million for the delivery of the antiviral drug Avigan (favipiravir) to countries with COVID-19 patients.
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TOKYO – The Philippines is not one of the 20 COVID-19-hit countries that were named by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi that will be provided by Japan with the antiviral drug Avigan (favipiravir) for free.
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TOKYO – A day before declaring a state of emergency, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced during a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office that the government will strengthen its preventive measures against the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
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