Science
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Third person dies in Japan after taking contaminated Moderna coronavirus vaccine
A 49-year-old man died the day after taking his second shot of the vaccine, though authorities said a causal l…
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Japan shrugs at name-and-shame policy amid Covid fatigue and changing norms
Social pressure and group mores have become less powerful as people become tired of staying homeSee all our co…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan experts urge nationwide state of emergency as Sydney suffers worst pandemic day
Advisers to government in Tokyo say Covid surge requires harsher measures, while Australian state of NSW annou…
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Coronavirus live news: England and Wales deaths reach three-month high; Indonesia struggles with surge in cases
Latest updates: Covid deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 23 July up 50%; Indonesia’s he…
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Coronavirus live: more than half of all European adults fully vaccinated; more Olympic athletes test positive in Tokyo
More than 200 million Europeans fully vaccinated but programme still behind summer target; more Olympic athlet…
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Spectators banned from Olympics as Tokyo Covid emergency declared
Japanese prime minister says Tokyo’s fourth state of emergency will begin on MondaySee all our coronavirus cov…
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Coronavirus live news: Italy opens vaccinations for all over-12s; Bulgaria to share doses with Balkan neighbours
After a slow start, Italy has now given 35m doses to adults; Bulgaria says it has secured enough doses to shar…
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To infinity and beyond: the spectacular sensory overload of Ryoji Ikeda’s art
Incandescent light, the thud of Kyoto nightclubs, particle physics … it all goes into Ryoji Ikeda’s extraordin…
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Japan extends Covid emergency in Tokyo as Olympics loom
Government admits restrictions that had been due to end on 11 May have failed to stop rising infectionsSee all…
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Coronavirus live: two members of India G7 team test positive; Tokyo Olympics ‘to go ahead’ after test event
Delegation self-isolating after members test positive for Covid; Seb Coe says Games in July will be ‘extremely…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX delivers new crew to International Space Station
Tech boss ‘proud’ to be working with space agencies as astronauts begin six-month missionFour astronauts on bo…
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Japan declares targeted state of emergency as Covid cases surge
Yoshihide Suga under pressure to act after sharp rise in infections in Tokyo, only months before OlympicsCoron…
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Coronavirus live: Merkel plans new German law to force restrictions on states; Hong Kong suspends AZ order
Angela Merkel wants to impose restrictions on regions recording high numbers of new infections; Hong Kong tell…
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‘I can’t go on’: women in Japan suffer isolation and despair amid Covid job losses
Suicide rates among Japanese women rose sharply during the pandemic, prompting calls for support for low-incom…
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Mind your head: scientists discover incredible self-decapitating sea slug – video
Researchers at Japan’s Nara Women’s University have discovered a new trait exhibited by the sacoglossan sea sl…
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Japanese billionaire looking for people who ‘push the envelope’ for moon flight
Yusaku Maezawa, an online fashion tycoon, needs to fill eight spare seats on the lunar spaceship being develop…
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Japan to discard millions of Pfizer vaccine doses because it has wrong syringes
Japan has secured 144m shots of the vaccine, but it does not have enough of the specialised syringes to be abl…
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Tokyo Olympics: definitely going ahead unless cancelled again?
Billed as a celebration of humankind’s victory over coronavirus, Games could fall foul of pandemic for a secon…
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Spacewatch: Nasa joins Japan’s mission to study sun’s atmosphere
EUVST telescope will study how solar winds emanate from the sun, creating ‘space weather’Nasa has approved a l…
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Suga considers new state of emergency for Tokyo amid Covid resurgence
Japan’s capital is battling a second wave of infections, just 200 days out from hosting the already-delayed Ol…