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A compound, which is usually found in mouthwashes, can block the entry of the Covid-19 virus into the cells A study has found that some mouthwashes can suppress Covid-19 infection. The researchers have said in the study that some mouthwashes, that contain a chemical known as ‘cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC)’ block the entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into the cells, thus, suppressing the infection. The researchers have said that commercially available mouthwashes contain a number of antibiotic and antiviral components that act against microorganisms in the mouth.

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Japan lists Covaxin as recognised Covid-19 vaccine to facilitate travel

Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin by Bharat Biotech of India, as one of the recognised vaccines for 1st and 2nd dose with effect from 10 April 2022 to further facilitate travel from India to Japan (sic)," the embassy took to Twitter to say.Government of Japan includes the indigenously developed and manufactured COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN by Bharat Biotech of India, as one of the recognised vaccines for 1st and 2nd dose with effect from 10 April 2022 to further facilitate travel from India to Japan#IndiaJapanat70 pic.twitter.com/6Rk7iAXLxb

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Japanese Minesweeper Ships in Colombo

COLOMBO (News 1st); Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships ‘URAGA’ and ‘HIRADO’ which belong to the Minesweeper Division One arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit on 01st and 02nd March 2022 respectively.Upon their arrival, the two ships were welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval tradition.The Minesweeper Division One to which both these ships belong is commanded by Captain NOGUCHI Yasushi.Meanwhile, the 141m long Minesweeper Tender ‘URAGA’ is commanded by Commander KONDO Koji and the ship is manned by a crew of 130.The Minesweeper Ocean ‘HIRADO’ is a 67m long ship where 55 crew members serve under the command of Lieutenant Commander ITO Akira, the ship’s Commanding Officer.Before their arrival at the port of Colombo, the duo of JMSDF ships conducted a successful naval exercise with the Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) Sindurala off Colombo on 28th February.Among the exercises worked off, Divisional Tactics (DIVTACS), Maneuvering Exercises and Photo Exercise (PHOTOEX) were chief.The proceedings of the visit of the ships will be conducted adhering to COVID-19 protocols owing to the pandemic concerns. Meanwhile, the ships are scheduled to depart the island on 03rd March.

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Formula One confirms 2021 Japanese Grand Prix cancelled over Covid

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Formula One has announced that the 2021 Japanese Grand Prix has been cancelled, with organisers blaming "ongoing complexities" related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The race, which was also cancelled last season because of the pandemic, was scheduled to return to the calendar in mid-October.

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Closing ceremony ends dour Tokyo Olympics after battle with covid-19 and the Japanese public

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Global COVID-19 cases top 200 million

With the world adding about 500,000 cases a day as the Delta (B1617.2) variant surges continue in many countries, the global total today topped 200 million cases, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.

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Covid-19 pill race heats up as Japanese firm vies with Pfizer, Merck

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Indo-Japanese partnership during COVID-19 more relevant for global stability: PM Modi

Narendra Modi today at the inauguration of a Japanese Zen garden and Kaizen Academy set up at the premises of the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) said that the the Indo-Japanese partnership during the COVID-19 crisis is more relevant for global stability and prosperity.

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Japanese scientists warn that Tokyo Olympics could help spread COVID-19

Dennis NormileScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.A group of Japanese scientists, including some of the nation’s most senior advisers on the COVID-19 pandemic, are warning that allowing spectators at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will help the virus spread domestically and internationally.

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Japan approves Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines as it races to stem COVID-19 wave

Japan on Friday approved the use of two new vaccines — Moderna and AstraZeneca — hours ahead of an expansion of a state of coronavirus emergency that will cover roughly 40% of the population. It’s the latest effort to contain a worrying surge in infections nine weeks ahead of the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said the two new vaccines will help speed up inoculations.

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Japanese town spends COVID-19 relief funds on giant squid statue in aim to boost tourism

A Japanese coastal town has spent 25 million yen of government coronavirus relief money on a giant squid statue with hopes that promoting its local seafood specialty will boost tourism.

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Japanese town spends COVID-19 relief money on giant squid statue

squid statue?Critics say something fishy is happening in the Japanese port town of Noto, where local officials reportedly splashed out half a million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds to buy a massive squid sculpture.Video shows there are now plenty of suckers and tentacles in Noto, where the pricey 13 metre-long sculpture now stands guard at the community’s waterfront. ‘Frenzy’ of hook-jawed sea worms spotted swarming off South Carolina The pink-and-white sculpture looks like the elusive giant squid of the ocean’s darkest depths, but it’s actually a larger-than-life replica of the smaller Japanese flying squid, according to the town.

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Modi dials Japanese PM, talks about fighting COVID together

ANI, the prime minister's office said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a phone call today with Japanese PM Suga Yoshihide. The two leaders discussed the COVID19 situation in the respective country and exchanged views on various regional and global challenges posed by the pandemic."They highlighted importance of close India-Japan cooperation to overcome challenges, by working together to create resilient and trustworthy supply chains, ensuring supply of critical material and technologies and developing new partnerships in manufacturing and skill development," PMO said.

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Japanese leader asks Pfizer for additional vaccine supply

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine to speed up the inoculation drive that lags behind many other countries.

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Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Hideki Matsuyama delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all.

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New ‘Eek’ COVID-19 variant causes concern in Japan

Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of COVID-19 are driving a nascent fourth wave in the pandemic with just 109 days remaining until the Tokyo Olympics.The variants appear to be more infectious and may be resistant to vaccines, which are still not widely available in Japan. The situation is worst in Osaka, where infections hit fresh records last week, prompting the regional government to start targeted lockdown measures for one month from Monday.

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Japan fears COVID-19 variants are behind possible fourth wave

Japan. The situation is worst in Osaka, where infections hit fresh records last week, prompting the regional government to start targeted lockdown measures for one month from Monday.A mutant COVID-19 variant first discovered in Britain has taken hold in the Osaka region, spreading faster and filling up hospital beds with more serious cases than the original virus, according to Koji Wada, a government adviser on the pandemic."The fourth wave is going to be larger," said Wada, a professor at Tokyo's International University of Health and Welfare.

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Japan detects new coronavirus variant, says it came from overseas

COVID-19, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to overcome a third wave of the pandemic.The new variant has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan and in 2 cases at airports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters on Friday. The government is raising surveillance against mutant varieties as they may be more resistant to vaccines, which Japan started to distribute this week.

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Japan finds more than 90 cases of new covid-19 virus variant

TOKYO : Japanese health authorities have found more than 90 cases of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, the government's chief spokesman said on Friday.The mutant variant, known as E484K, has been found in 91 cases in the Kanto area of eastern Japan and in 2 cases at airports, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobo Kato told reporters.Also Read | Turnout modest for second covid shotThe variant is believed to have come from overseas but is different from those that originated in Britain and South Africa, according to an earlier report by the Mainichi newspaper which cited Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases.Japan has reported 151 cases of variants from Britain, South Africa and Brazil, according to the health ministry.

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New mutant strain of coronavirus discovered as Japan sees spike in new cases

coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has been found in four people who had recently arrived in the country from Brazil. The Asian country's health ministry confirmed that both men and women were infected, with ages ranging from teenagers to people in their 40s.While there are similarities to newly-discovered mutant strains first reported in the U.K.

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New Covid-19 strain: Japan confirms new virus variant, Iran reports 4 cases

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US reports more COVID-19 deaths in single day than over 100 countries have since pandemic began

more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday alone than the total number of virus-related deaths reported in more than 100 countries since the pandemic began.A record 3,157 deaths were reported Dec. 3 in the U.S., according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

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Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden launches booking for Winter Light Festival, announces new displays

website, as no walk ins will be accommodated. Southern Alberta tourist attractions see more local visitors amid continued Canada-U.S.

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Coronavirus can live on skin for 9 hours, Japanese researchers say

study, published in a journal of Oxford Academic in Clinical Infectious Diseases on Oct.

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Kenzo Takada, Iconic Franco-Japanese Fashion Designer, Dies From COVID-19 at 81

Kenzo Takada, the iconic Franco-Japanese fashion designer famed for his jungle-infused designs and free-spirited aesthetic that channeled global travel, has died. He was 81.

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Iconic French-Japanese designer Kenzo Takada dies from coronavirus at age 81

COVID-19 in a hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. A public relations officer for Kenzo’s brand confirmed that Takada died, but didn’t give a cause of death.“It is with immense sadness that KENZO has learned of the passing of our founder,” the fashion house said in a statement.

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French-Japanese designer Kenzo Takada dies from COVID-19

Paris Fashion Week, whose nine-day calendar is undertaking an unusual fashion season for spring-summer 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was only days ago that the Kenzo fashion house unveiled its bee-themed collection here.Though Takada had been retired from his house since 1999 to pursue a career in art, Kenzo remains one of the most respected fixtures of high Paris fashion.

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Kenzo Takada Dead - Japanese Designer Dies at 81 Due to Coronavirus

Kenzo Takada has died.

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Fujifilm's Avigan shown to be effective in Japanese Phase-3 trial for COVID-19

Avigan showed it reduced recovery times for COVID-19 patients with non-severe symptoms, boosting expectations for regulatory approval in Japan.The Phase 3 clinical study of 156 patients in Japan showed that those treated with Avigan improved after 11.9 days, versus 14.7 days for a placebo group.

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Japanese company’s ‘smart’ face mask translates wearer’s speech into 8 different languages

JAPAN - After the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic made it necessary for individuals across the world to wear a face mask, one Japanese robotics company saw an opportunity for innovation.Donut Robotics created a “smart mask” — a high-tech advancement of the traditional face coverings, that is designed to facilitate communication between people who speak different languages.With the help of an app on one’s smart phone, the C-Face Smart Mask can convert voice speech into text, as well as “type” on messaging apps and even translate speech into eight different languages, the company said on its website.Equipped with a WiFi router, the C-Face mask aims to advance online meetings and help facilitate the world’s transition into a socially distanced

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Japan approves dexamethasone to treat Covid-19 patients

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Japan health ministry has approved low-cost and widely available steroid drug, dexamethasone, for the treatment of patients suffering from Covid-19. This marks the second approval for a Covid-19 treatment in the country, following the authorisation of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir in May.

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Shaking hands 'gone forever' after Covid-19, replaced by 'Japanese greeting culture'

coronavirus pandemic, which is slowly shifting the world towards a new normal.The custom of shaking hands to greet people may be ditched permanently to avoid the spread of the deadly bug.Instead, public health experts have suggested a "Japanese-style" greeting culture could be used, reports The Telegraph.Speaking to peers, Baron Piot, a professor and microbiologist from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discussed the need of changing individual behaviour in a bid to keep the community safe.He said the need for face masks and social distancing is likely to become the new norm to prevent the spread of not just coronavirus, but other respiratory diseases.Professor Piot said: "Shaking hands is probably out forever."Using face

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Coronavirus treatment: Japan approves use of dexamethasone for Covid-19

COVID-19 after a trial in Britain showed the drug reduced death rates in hospitalised patients.The ministry included dexamethasone as an option for treatment along with antiviral drug remdesivir in a recent revision to its handbook. The revision was widely reported by Japanese media on Wednesday.In results announced last month, a trial by researchers in the United Kingdom showed dexamethasone as the first drug to save lives of COVID-19 patients in what scientists said was a major breakthrough in the coronavirus pandemic.Japan's Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co is among those that produce the drug.

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Japanese shares extend falls as coronavirus worries persist

TOKYO : Japanese shares extended falls into a second session on Friday as the relentless spread of the coronavirus prompted some investor scepticism about a swift economic recovery.The benchmark Nikkei share average ended 0.32% lower at 22,696.42, with 50 advancers on the index against 170 decliners.The broader Topix lost 0.33% at 1,573.85, with all but seven of the 33 sector sub-indexes on the Tokyo exchange trading in the red.Japanese stocks opened modestly higher, taking cues from E-Mini futures for the S&P 500, which gained on COVID-19 vaccine and U.S.

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Japanese theme park execs demonstrate how to ride a rollercoaster without screaming

Fuji-Q Highland theme park reopened at the beginning of June and they’re asking visitors to ride their rollercoasters without screaming so they don’t potentially spread COVID-19 to others.

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Japan's Gen Hoshino Shares Self-Recorded Quarantine Love Song: Watch Video

J-pop artist Gen Hoshino released a song he wrote and recorded on his own during quarantine called "Oriai / Halfway" on Friday (June 19), along with the accompanying music video.

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Canadian researchers to test if antiviral drug can stop COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes

long-term care homes that have been devastated by the coronavirus.Favipiravir, sold under the brand name Avigan, is typically used to treat viruses, like influenza, and works by stopping a cell’s potential to become a factory for the virus and spread infection, according to the researcher leading the study.“If we have a drug that you reliably use to stop outbreaks after they have started, that would be extraordinarily helpful,” Dr. Allison McGeer, the director of infection control at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, told Global News.

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Japanese Jazz Trio H ZETTRIO Announce 'Post Covid-19' Virtual Concerts: Watch

Japan's H ZETTRIO will live-stream two concerts called GARDEN 3 Continuous Audience Delivery LIVE -Post Covid-19 2020- on their official YouTube channel this Monday (June 15) and June 29.

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Japanese bank to hire, expand operations in India

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group lans to persist with its overseas expansion by boosting headcount and seeking acquisitions even as the coronavirus clouds the profit outlook for Japan’s second-largest bank

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Rajnath Singh speaks to his Japanese counterpart, discusses ways to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Rajnath Singh and Taro Kono agreed that the India-Japan partnership provided a good basis to work together with third countries to deal with the post COVID-19 related challenges

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Japanese regulator approves Gilead’s remdesivir to treat Covid-19

Gilead Sciences has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for its antiviral drug remdesivir, under the brand name Veklury, to treat Covid-19 infection.

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Japanese aquarium asking people to video call its eels

The Sumida Aquarium in Japan, which is under lockdown for COVID-19, is asking people to video-call its eels. They say the spotted garden eels at the aquarium are shy and are starting to forget that humans exist.

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Coronavirus: With no fear of penalties, Japanese defy stay-at-home requests

Under Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency, people have been asked to stay home. Many are not.

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Japanese student tells of being stranded in Stirling during coronavirus lockdown

A Japanese student has shared her experience of being stranded in Stirling during lockdown.

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Japanese students virtually graduate thanks to iPads connected to robots

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, Japanese graduates are making sure not to miss an important milestone.

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Ken Shimura dead - Comic becomes first Japanese star to die from coronavirus aged 70

Ken Shimura has become the first Japanese celebrity to die from coronavirus aged 70.

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Japanese task force to put Tokyo Olympics back together after COVID-19 delay

The Tokyo Olympics need new dates for the opening and closing ceremonies in 2021.

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Carli Lloyd expresses optimism in spite of COVID-19's impact on sports, 2020 Summer Olympics

U.S. women's soccer star Carli Lloyd discusses how sports are being affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

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