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Five Vietnamese sailors among 13 missing in Japan
21:48 | 02/03/2020
Five Vietnamese sailors and eight other crew members onboard a Belize-flagged cargo ship are missing after the vessel collided with a fishing boat off Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Aomori late Saturday (Feb 29).
COVID-19 outbreak: Japanese experts suggest avoiding indoor crowds
20:52 | 02/03/2020
A team of experts at Japan's health ministry say they found that most of the new coronavirus infections were spread in a closed environment where the air tends to be stagnant, reported public broadcaster NHK.
Japan medical university issues coronavirus prevention handbook
17:58 | 26/02/2020
A Japanese medical university has published an online handbook that explains how people can protect themselves from the new coronavirus, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Multilingual information hotlines launched in Japan amid coronavirus worries
22:30 | 24/02/2020
Japan’s authorities in some prefectures where people are confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are providing multilingual information services for foreigners visiting or living in Japan, NHK reported.
Two elderly passengers of coronavirus-wracked cruise ship in Japan die
12:21 | 20/02/2020
Two passengers from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition, Japanese media reported on Thursday (Feb 20).
780 coronavirus cases outside mainland China: NHK
11:06 | 17/02/2020
Outside mainland China, a total of 780 people is now confirmed to have been infected with the new coronavirus in 28 countries and territories.
Vietnamese community in Higashikawa (Japan) welcomes Lunar New Year
16:49 | 29/01/2020
Overseas Vietnamese community in Higashikawa, Hokkaido (Japan) has held a ceremony to welcome the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, a Government official and NHK national television reported.
