TOKYO – After declaring a COVID-19 state of emergency for 13 prefectures, including Tokyo, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has broadened the declaration to eight more areas as the country struggles to contain a fifth wave of infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.
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TOKYO – More than 50 million people in Japan have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Tuesday, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced.
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MANILA – The Japanese government on Friday, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), disbursed 10 billion yen (roughly PHP4.59 billion) to the Philippines, the fourth and final tranche of the Post-Disaster Standby Loan Phase 2 (PDSL 2).
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TOKYO – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga extended Japan's fourth coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka and Okinawa until Sept. 12 and added seven prefectures to the list due to a surge in cases caused by the Delta variant.
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TOKYO – The Delta variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the Japanese capital, accounting for an estimated 95 percent of new cases, according to a health ministry advisory board.
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