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Tokyo Games need 500 nurses; nurses say needs are elsewhere
World
May 3, 2021
Tokyo Games need 500 nurses; nurses say needs are elsewhere
TOKYO (AP) — Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of…
Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo
World
May 1, 2021
Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics torch relay will take another detour this weekend when it enters the southern island…
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
World
April 24, 2021
Summit catapults world ahead in crucial year to curb warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world moved closer to curbing the worst of global warming after this week’s climate summit. But…
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
World
April 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment…
Seoul court rejects sexual slavery claim against Tokyo
World
April 21, 2021
Seoul court rejects sexual slavery claim against Tokyo
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a claim by South Korean sexual slavery victims…
Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only
World
April 19, 2021
Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only
In 1964, less than two decades removed from World War II, Japan used the Summer Olympics to showcase its astonishing…
Japanese leader asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply
World
April 18, 2021
Japanese leader asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of the…
Biden and Japan’s Suga project unity against China’s assertiveness
World
April 17, 2021
Biden and Japan’s Suga project unity against China’s assertiveness
President Joe Biden on Friday sought to present a united front with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to counter an…
100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks
World
April 14, 2021
100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo pitched itself as “a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2…
Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
World
April 13, 2021
Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government decided Tuesday to start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into…