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Posted in: Tokyo reports 49 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 369 See in context
Possible reason for low numbers:
High vaccination rate.
In Germany it's said that the vaccine does give you a good protection to not transmit the virus in the first 2-3 month, but this protection disappears.
Another reason is that japanese people don't go often to the doctor... If there is just a low fever or headache (thanks to the vaccine) they just go to work = No testing.
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Posted in: 6 injured as typhoon traverses central and eastern Japan See in context
Looks bigger and scarier than it actually was. Just some usual rain. Pretty slow
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Posted in: Tokyo opens oxygen station; asks all hospitals to accept more COVID patients See in context
That's nice, when I get covid in another prefecture, I will take the Shinkansen or plane to come to Shibuya...
Even of it's still in Tokyo... get in the packed train to the oxygen station.
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Posted in: Olympic broadcasters curb sexual images of female athletes See in context
More space for product placements!
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Posted in: TV viewership for Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony 56.4% in Japan See in context
I tried to watch something else on TV but it's on every channel ... Every(!) Channel
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 1,763 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 5,020 See in context
People in their 20s (574 cases), their 30s (368) and their 40s (305) accounted for the highest numbers, while 248 cases were aged under 19.
Looks like you are immune when you are 19 years old.
Saw this information the other days too but I wanted to check it several times.
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Posted in: Jill Biden to have busy 3 days in Tokyo See in context
3 days to watch Olympics from the hotel room while quarantined? Huh
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Posted in: Higher tolls, priority traffic lanes go into effect for Tokyo Olympics See in context
Well ... Then let's get everyone in the already packed train...
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 1,149 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 3,194 See in context
Nationwide:
Down 12 hospitalized.
20 deaths.
= 8 new with severe symptoms hospitalized.
Odaijini!
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Posted in: Bach says canceling Tokyo Olympics not an option despite COVID See in context
...with the cancellation, we would have lost a whole generation of athletes.
Instead we loose lifes of people around the world and ofc the not vaccinated "Chinese" population in Japan by spreading the virus more and more. Great idea. Not
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Posted in: Japan may get herd immunity for COVID-19 by mid-October: study See in context
The government has temporarily halted company applications for COVID-19 vaccinations at workplaces due to concerns it will be unable to distribute doses quickly enough.
Stopping it because it would be too slow? I don't get it. Well then don't doing it at all seems to be the better choice ...
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Posted in: If the Tokyo Olympics are held, will you watch any of it on TV? See in context
Gonna watch some e-sports instead.
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Posted in: 'Walkable chair' makes standing on the job an easier prospect See in context
Why not use a regular chair instead? ...
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Posted in: Hiroshima to conduct PCR tests for 800,000 to battle COVID-19 See in context
Just one more reason not to live in Tokyo but in Hiroshima instead.
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Posted in: Gov't to expand state of emergency to cover Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo See in context
Lucky to be in a company that allows everyone to work from home since March 2020. Stay healthy
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 294 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 1,323 See in context
I heard that most of the tests they do are from healthy people which have to do tests at the airport for example when arriving in Japan.
This would explain why there are so many negative tests when you actually have to be really sick to get tested.
(Or famous)
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 142 new coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 505 See in context
every day over 500 cases in Japan.. who cares only Tokyo..
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Posted in: Tokyo reports 208 new coronavirus cases See in context
Is it Tokyo Times or Japan Times?
I wonder why Tokyo alone is always in the focus... the reported 26k are just in one city. Its not Japans over all.
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Posted in: Japanese government to urge more teleworking as coronavirus cases surge See in context
I am living in west and I am work in Japanese company. We started teleworking end of March and its still continuing. They not all bad.. or I am just super lucky.
Good luck to everyone and stay healthy!
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