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Main events scheduled for Monday, July 26
Main events scheduled in Japan for Monday, July 26: -- Municipalities to begin accepting requests for vaccine passports. -- 5 years since fatal stabbing at care home for mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture to be marked.
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China fines WeChat operator Tencent under anti-monopoly laws
The Chinese government said Saturday that it has fined the country's IT giant Tencent Holdings Ltd., operator of the messaging and payment app WeChat, 500,000 yuan ($77,000) under anti-monopoly laws. China's State Administration for Market Regulation has ordered a unit of Tencent to give up its exclusive rights to music labels in 30 days, a tabloid of the ruling Communist Party reported. In 2016, Tencent Music Entertainment Group merged with China Music Group, allowing the unit to occupy more than 80 percent of exclusive music resources, distorting market competition in the industry, the Globa...
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Tokyo Olympic foreign journalists eager to see city amid COVID rules
Foreign journalists now in Tokyo for the Olympics have been jumping on the opportunity to join local tours quietly arranged for them by the organizing committee and the metropolitan government amid their COVID-19 restrictions. The tours are open to journalists and camera operators whose activities will be restricted within 14 days of their arrival in Japan. To avoid contact with the general public, they take participants on a private bus to visit sightseeing and cultural facilities outside of business hours. The popular programs were planned after the foreign press requested that the Olympic o...
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Main events scheduled for Sunday, July 25
Main events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, July 25: -- No major events.
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Death toll rises to 51 after record-breaking rain in China's Henan
The death toll has risen to 51 after a record-breaking rainstorm hit Zhengzhou, the capital of China's central province of Henan, earlier this week, state-run media reported Friday. Local authorities have been making efforts to speed up water draining, solve the problem of communication and transportation disruptions as well as allocate and distribute materials in flood-stricken areas, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Many foreign companies, including Japan's major automaker Nissan Motor Co., have production facilities in Zhengzhou. Nissan said it resumed production at its factory in ...
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Main events scheduled for Sunday, July 24
Main events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, July 24: -- No major events.
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Main events scheduled for July 26-Aug. 1
Main events scheduled in Japan for July 26-Aug. 1: July 26 (Mon) -- 5 years since mass murder at care home for mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture which left 19 residents dead. -- Municipalities to start accepting applications for COVID-19 vaccine passports. July 27 (Tues) -- No major events. July 28 (Wed) -- Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from July 15-16 policy meeting. July 29 (Thurs) -- No major events. July 30 (Fri) -- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to release unemployment rate for June. -- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to release rat...
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URGENT: Business websites briefly hard to access in Japan, U.S. due to glitch
The websites of some businesses in Japan, the United States and Europe became temporarily difficult to access on Thursday due to a system glitch by U.S. firm Akamai Technologies Inc., but the problem has been solved. The internet disruption occurred in the early hours of Friday local time in Japan as the country braces for the official start of the Tokyo Olympics, with the opening ceremony scheduled later in the day amid high alert for possible cyberattacks.
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Toyota to temporarily suspend Japan plant due to parts supply crunch
Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it will suspend part of the production at its affiliate's plant in central Japan for a total of five days in late July and early August "due to a parts shortage resulting from the spread of COVID-19 in Southeast Asia." Operations at the Toyota Auto Body Co. plant in Aichi Prefecture will be suspended for two days next week and three days in the first week of August, the Japanese automaker said in a press release. The production line to be suspended manufactures five models, including the Alphard and Vellfire minivans. In Vietnam, COVID-19 infections have been r...
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Main events scheduled for Friday, July 23
Main events scheduled in Japan for Friday, July 23: -- French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Tokyo to attend opening ceremony of Olympics. -- Emperor Naruhito to meet foreign dignitaries attending opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics.
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