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Japan PM Suga signals intention to end COVID-19 curbs as scheduled

Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday signalled his intention to end state of emergency curbs to prevent the spread of the coronavirus when they expire on Sunday.Hospital bed conditions in the capital region have improved enough to allow for the measures to be lifted, Suga said."I will make a final decision towards ending the curbs, after listening to the views of experts," Suga told reporters.The government declared a state of emergency around New Year's as Japan's third and deadliest wave of COVID-19 cases took its toll.Most prefectures affected by the declaration lifted the measures at the end of February, but greater Tokyo has remained under watch as the decline in new infections slowed.Roughly 451,200 people have tested positive in Japan and

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Asian shares slip ahead of Fed's view on US economic outlook

TOKYO – Asian shares fell in muted trading Wednesday as world markets cautiously awaited the U.S. central bank's latest assessment on the economy.

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‘Covid pandemic has resulted in valuations higher than in 2008’

₹2.33 trillion, largely belonging to 6,740 families.The company, which started in 2008, is the only pure wealth management firm listed on the stock exchanges, with a market cap of around ₹10,300 crore.Mint spoke to the two senior wealth management professionals on the equity and bond markets and the emerging trends among high networth investors.Edited excerpts:What is your outlook on equity valuations?Anirudha Taparia: The entire world, from Europe to the US to Japan, has been printing money. The last time the world saw a crisis like this was during the Spanish flu.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay: Masks, quiet cheering and caution

TOKYO – Organizers plan to exercise extreme caution when the Olympic torch relay starts next week, knowing any stumble could imperil the the opening of the Tokyo Games in just over four months.

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Asian shares rise after US stocks gain for fifth day

TOKYO – Asian shares rose on Tuesday, cheered by a rally to all-time highs on Wall Street.

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Thailand PM gets AstraZeneca jab, 1 Asian country suspends

BANGKOK – Thailand's prime minister received a shot of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by AstraZeneca on Tuesday, as much of Asia shrugged off concerns about reports of blood clots in some recipients in Europe, saying that so far there is no evidence to link the two.

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Japan, US to share China concern as ministers meet in Tokyo

TOKYO – Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.

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Trees bursting into bloom seen as sign of hope in Spain

Fruit trees in Aitona in Spain's Catalonian province of Lleida have burst into spectacular bloom with the approach of spring.

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Lost to mountain, Japanese internee's bones return home

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – When Giichi Matsumura arrived at his final resting place in late December, the people who knew him best when he disappeared from a Japanese internment camp in 1945 already were there.

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1st US ministers' Japan visit under Biden to focus on China

TOKYO – Concerns about China's growing influence in the region is expected to be a main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden's administration visits Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts.

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Flights canceled during China's worst sandstorm in decades

BEIJING – China’s capital and a wide swath of the country's north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancelation of hundreds of flights.

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China, NKorea loom as Blinken, Austin head to Asia

WASHINGTON – Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration's first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort to bolster U.S. influence and calm concerns about America's role in Asia.

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Dustin Johnson decides again not to go to Japan for Olympics

One year later didn't make Dustin Johnson change his mind. He's not going to the Olympics.

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Warp-speed spending and other surreal stats of COVID times

WASHINGTON – The U.S. effort in World War II was off the charts. Battles spread over three continents and four years, 16 million served in uniform and the government shoved levers of the economy full force into defeating Nazi Germany and imperial Japan.

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'Quad' countries to launch joint venture to boost Covid vaccine production

New Delhi: The US, India, Australia and Japan on Friday announced the launch of their ambitious joint partnership venture to boost production of vaccines to combat covid-19, in a move seen as mounting a challenge to China, at the inaugural summit of Quad now upgraded to the leaders’s level.US President Joe Biden, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga shared a virtual stage to herald the start of a reinforced partnership aimed at global good.

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US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India's vaccine production

President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad are set to announce a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine manufacturing capacity in India, according to administration officials.

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Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

TOKYO – Japan will not take part in China's offer — accepted by the International Olympic Committee — to provide vaccines for “participants" in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year's Beijing Winter Games.

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Australian leader says Quad meeting will anchor stability

CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday his first-ever meeting with President Joe Biden as well as the leaders of India and Japan will become an anchor of stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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With 'big one' coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon

SALEM, Ore. – People in Oregon will be better prepared for earthquakes — particularly important in the Pacific Northwest because experts say “the big one" is coming — as an early warning system launched Thursday, the 10th anniversary of a devastating quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Japan marks 10 years since earthquake triggered tsunami and nuclear crisis

TOKYO (AP) - Japan fell quiet at 2:46 p.m. Thursday to mark the minute that an earthquake began 10 years ago, setting off a tsunami and nuclear crisis that devastated the country’s northeast coast in a disaster that one survivor said he fears people are beginning to forget.Carrying bouquets of flowers, many walked to the seaside or visited graves to pray for relatives and friends washed away by the water.

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IOC members worry about banning foreign fans from Olympics

TOKYO – Several IOC members on Thursday reminded Tokyo Olympic organizers about the potential negative consequences of banning overseas fans from attending the postponed games.

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10 years later, videos of the Japan tsunami are still just as haunting

Thursday marks 10 years since Japan suffered a devastating tsunami, which followed right behind a massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake.

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IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians

GENEVA – The International Olympic Committee and China have teamed up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming games in both Tokyo and Beijing.

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New Zealand pushes to end global tariffs on virus supplies

WELLINGTON – New Zealand is pushing for nations around the world to end tariffs on face masks, syringes and other supplies needed to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

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Torch relay among final hurdles for postponed Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO – The Olympic torch relay is yet another hurdle for the postponed Tokyo Games. It kicks off in two weeks from northeastern Japan, and any stumble could sow more doubts about the risk of holding the Olympics in a pandemic.

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Japanese scientists discover sea slugs that decapitate their own heads, grow new bodies

TOKYO - Japanese researchers have identified two species of sea slugs that have the ability to detach their own heads from their bodies, move around and grow entirely new bodies. Ecologists from Nara Women’s University in Japan published a study in the scientific journal Cell in which they identified two species of sacoglossan sea slug demonstrating the miraculous event. Researchers say that these animals were able to separate their heads from their hearts and body. The heads were then able to move around independently from its own body immediately after separation. Scientists say the wound from the separated heads would heal within a matter of days. The slug would feed on algae, and a new heart would be regenerated within a week.

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Covid-19, economic cooperation to be taken up by Quad leaders in 12 March Summit

Quad countries on Friday.White House spokesperson Jen Psaki at a briefing overnight Wednesday said, "President Biden will meet virtually with his counterparts in the Quad: Prime Minister (Yoshihide) Suga of Japan, Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi of India, and Prime Minister (Scott) Morrison of Australia" on 12 March.Also Read | The churn is on at the Kota factoryThe first “Leaders’ Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework" will be held virtually on 12th March, the Indian foreign ministry had said on Tuesday.“That President Biden has made this one of his earliest multilateral engagements speaks to the importance we place on close cooperation with our allies and partners in the Indo- Pacific.

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News Scan for Mar 09, 2021

The US and UK digital COVID-19 symptom checkers consistently suggest less healthcare contact than Singapore's and Japan's, which may cause more serious outcomes, according to a study released yesterday by BMJ Health & Care Informatics.While all four checkers failed to appropriately triage neutrope

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Biden joining summit with key Asia-Pacific 'Quad' leaders

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will join the first-ever meeting of the leaders of Japan, India and Australia on Friday as he seeks greater cooperation with U.S. allies to counter China's strength in the region.

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Universal’s Super Nintendo World gets opening date

OSAKA, Japan – Universal Studios Japan said its interactive Super Nintendo World will open to guests on March 18, kicking off the park’s 20th-anniversary celebration.

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Asian shares trade mixed on recovery hopes, yield worries

TOKYO – Asian shares were mixed Tuesday, cheered by the expected passage of the U.S. stimulus package, although that optimism was tempered by worries about inflation and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan seeks 'recovery of people's hearts' decade after quake

TOMIOKA – Ten years after Japan's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, the lives of many who survived are still on hold.

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Heads up: Some sea slugs grow new bodies after decapitation

TOKYO – Scientists have discovered the ultimate case of regeneration: Some decapitated sea slugs can regrow hearts and whole new bodies.

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Japan's vaccine roll-out hit by supply issues

Japan's Covid-19 inoculation campaign is moving at a glacial pace, hampered by a lack of supply and a shortage of specialty syringes that underscore the enormous challenge it faces in its aim to vaccinate every adult by the year's end.

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Asia shares mostly lower on selling of tech stocks

TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly lower Monday despite hopes for a gradual global recovery after the U.S. stimulus package passed the Senate over the weekend.

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Harvard professor ignites uproar over 'comfort women' claims

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A Harvard University professor has ignited an international uproar and faces mounting scrutiny for alleging that Korean women who were kept as sex slaves in wartime Japan had actually chosen to work as prostitutes.

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Asian shares mixed after US stimulus bill, profit-taking

TOKYO – Asian shares were mixed Monday, as some indexes were lifted by hopes for a gradual global recovery after the U.S. economic relief package passed the Senate over the weekend.

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Silver: NBA may return to normal in '21-22, virus permitting

The NBA is expecting arenas to be filled again next season and a return to its normal calendar, Commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday, while cautioning again that every plan is contingent on continued progress in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus.

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Japan extends COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area, PM apologises

Japan extended a state of emergency in the Tokyo area by two weeks on Friday to try to combat COVID-19, prompting a "heartfelt apology" by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.The state of emergency had been set to end on March 7. But 4-1/2 months before Tokyo is due to host the Olympic Games, Suga said there was a need for caution because of the threat from new coronavirus variants and the possibility of cases rising again."I am deeply sorry at not being able to lift the state of emergency by the previously-promised March 7.

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Spacewalking astronauts tackle more solar panel advance work

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – For the second time this week, a pair of astronauts floated outside Friday to get the International Space Station ready for new solar panels.

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WATCH LIVE: Astronauts conduct spacewalk on ISS

Two astronauts are conducting a spacewalk on the International Space Station on Friday.

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New Tokyo Olympic president tries to assure Japan on safety

TOKYO – The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has begun holding weekly news conferences hoping to win over a doubting Japanese public with the postponed games opening in just under five months.

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AP Interview: Lawyer says Kelly innocent of Ghosn pay scheme

TOKYO – The chief lawyer for Greg Kelly, an American on trial in Japan on charges of under-reporting Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s compensation, says his client was merely trying to prevent Ghosn from going to a rival automaker.

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Japan recommends extending coronavirus emergency for Tokyo region

Japanese government recommended extending by two weeks its virus state of emergency for the Tokyo region set to expire Sunday, trying to maintain a declining trend in infections as it looks to host the Olympics in about four months.The move was announced early Friday by the government’s point man for virus management, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura.

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This physician has studied the Fukushima disaster for a decade—and found a surprising health threat

Dennis NormileOne evening in June 2011, Masaharu Tsubokura went to bed and found he couldn’t close his left eye. His face was paralyzed, and for a few weeks the doctor who had spent months counseling residents displaced by a massive nuclear disaster was himself a patient.The paralysis was temporary.

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Japanese billionaire seeks volunteers for SpaceX flight around the moon

TOKYO - Eccentric Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight civilian volunteers to blast off to the Moon with him on the first-ever private commercial space trip.The week-long journey, initially announced in 2018 and named "dearMoon" is set for 2023 aboard Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy Rocket, formerly known as the SpaceX Big Falcon Rocket.Although the next-generation Starship is still in testing, some runs ending in fiery crashes, Musk has assured it will be ready to embark two years and has said he believes the mission will "make a real difference."It will take three days to get to the lunar planet.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0