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Global report: Tokyo hits Covid-19 high as Australia limits arrivals
Japan reels from resurgence of virus while Australia restricts admissions to 4,000 a weekCoronavirus – latest …
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Fugaku, world’s fastest supercomputer, searches for coronavirus treatment
Japanese machine can perform more than 415 quadrillion computations a second and has already worked out how br…
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Workers in Tokyo’s red-light district to be tested for coronavirus after new spike
Dozens of new infections reported in Kabukicho, a district of more than 4,000 bars, restaurants and commercial…
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Contact-tracing and peer pressure: how Japan has controlled coronavirus | Tomoya Saito
Painstaking tracking of Covid-19 patients has kept deaths low in my country – but social etiquette has played …
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Global report: don’t count on vaccine, US scientist warns, as cases pass 5m
Brazil reports nearly 20,000 infections in one day; Trump says he’ll stop taking hydroxychloroquine in two day…
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Global report: US unemployment could hit 25%, warns Fed chairman, as Japan enters recession
India extends Covid-19 lockdown but eases many restrictions; South Africa reports highest daily new cases; Wor…
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Japan extends state of emergency amid fears second wave could cripple Tokyo hospitals
Shinzo Abe says lockdown measures will remain in place in all regions until 31 MayCoronavirus – latest updates…
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Wear a mask to protect me as well as you | Letters
Hilary Cashman and Bill Sharp urge the UK to adopt the wearing of masks to stop the spread of coronavirusThe d…
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Clash looms in Japan as Tokyo governor says Abe’s Covid-19 measures not enough
Yuriko Koike is expected to name the businesses she wants closed under PM’s state of emergencyCoronavirus – la…
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Coronavirus live news: global deaths near 90,000 as US says isolation measures are working
Boris Johnson still in intensive care; US protective equipment stockpile nearly empty; virus could push 500m p…
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Australian family’s cruise ship ordeal: ‘He was panicking because he couldn’t breathe’
Three members of the D’Silva family caught coronavirus on the Diamond Princess. They were shocked when they re…
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Coronavirus live news: Boris Johnson in intensive care as Japan declares state of emergency
UK foreign secretary to lead country; China reports no deaths from Covid-19UK live blog: PM spends night in in…
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Commuted sentence: Covid-19 spares the Japanese salaryman from ritual exhaustion
Pandemic forces even the most conservative companies to rethink their practices and let employees work from ho…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain death toll passes 10,000 with record single-day rise of 950
Iran passes 50,000 cases and 3,136 deaths; Russia and Afghanistan record single-day records; Cambodian governm…
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Karaoke warning in Tokyo amid calls for Covid-19 state of emergency in Japan
Capital’s population told to avoid bars and restaurants for two weeks as coronavirus cases riseCoronavirus – l…
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Coronavirus outliers: four nations with very different approaches to the crisis
Some nations have managed to maintain surprisingly low death rates – even without imposing draconian measures …
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Coronavirus live news: Cases in Italy overtake China, US infections pass 100,000
Trump invokes Defence Production Act; Syria introduces travel restrictions; The UK, Spain, Italy see biggest d…
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Around 20% of global population under coronavirus lockdown
Britons told to stay at home while Trump goes against tide, saying economy will reopen in weeks, not months Co…
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Tokyo Olympics organisers considering options to delay – reports
As thousands flock to the Olympic flame in Japan, the organising committee is reportedly drafting plans to pos…
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Japanese flu drug ‘clearly effective’ in treating coronavirus, says China
Shares in Fujifilm Toyama Chemical, which developed favipiravir, surged after praise by Chinese official follo…