TOKYO – Japan’s quasi-emergency measures placed for Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa went into effect on Monday that will allow governors to order bars and restaurants to shutter by 8 p.m. and impose up to 200,000 yen in administrative fines on noncompliant establishments, among others.
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TOKYO – The Japanese government on Monday began implementing pre-emergency measures in Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi in response to the sharp resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the three prefectures.
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MANILA – The Japanese government has pledged PHP190 million to strengthen UNICEF’s support to the Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
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MANILA – The Philippines on Monday received the first tranche of one million doses of Sinovac vaccines out of the 25 million shots purchased by the national government from China.
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TOKYO – The Japanese government began imposing stricter requirements on its citizens and foreign residents returning to Japan from the Philippines on Monday due to concerns over reported cases of new and more contagious COVID-19 variants in the Southeast Asian nation.
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