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Ancient tombs get 4K video treatment in Osaka

A group of kofun, ancient Japanese burial mounds known for often having a distinctive keyhole-shaped layout, is the subject of a high-definition 4K video capturing the tombs' uniqueness and beauty.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Osaka, Tokyo, And Nagoya To Host Motorcycle Shows In Spring 2022

In 2022, motorcycle shows are returning to the event calendar throughout Japan and elsewhere. Here are three coming up later this spring in Japan.

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1,000 extra beds for covid patients to be set aside in Tokyo, Osaka

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the governors of Tokyo and Osaka agreed Wednesday to set up additional temporary medical facilities in the two prefectures to provide medical care for a total of about 1,000 patients.

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Government adds 18 prefectures to quasi-emergency list

The quasi-emergency measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus will be applied to 18 more prefectures, including Hokkaido, Osaka, and Fukuoka, the government decided Tuesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Pfizer launches Omicron vaccine trial; UK reports highest daily deaths since February – as it happened

Company hopes vaccine will be ready for approval by March; UK reports 439 deaths and more than nearly 95,000 cases

The Guardian - UK

Swamped public health centers scale back contact tracing workload

Public health centers were stretched to the limit during last summer's fifth wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, prompting the government in October to ask prefectural governments to make additional arrangements in preparation for future outbreaks.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Tokyo, 12 other prefectures under quasi-emergency priority measures

Tokyo and 12 other prefectures are now under quasi-emergency priority measures, effective from Friday, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Soon, Osaka and Hokkaido will be among the eight other prefectures expected to join them.

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Osaka Prefecture to ask for priority measures

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said the prefecture would request quasi-emergency priority measures be applied in the prefecture, as the occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients is close to 35%, the benchmark for seeking such measures.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan's Osaka and two more regions expected to request COVID-19 measures

Japan's western prefecture of Osaka and two neighbouring regions are expected to join in a widening declaration of COVID-19 prevention measures, Osaka's governor said on Thursday.

Reuters

France to ease restrictions; Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination – as it happened

French PM says from February work from home guidance will be changed and nightclubs reopen; Austria will have Europe’s first universal jabs mandate

The Guardian - UK

Patient mourns doctor's death a month after Osaka clinic arson attack

A strong sense of loss continues to linger a month after 25 people were killed in an arson attack at a psychiatric clinic in Osaka.

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