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Posted in: Japan reports 18,654 new coronavirus cases See in context
Yes! The ski slopes are crowded again and the apres is back in Hakuba again! For those concerned, I've had no stinkeye going maskless on many JR shinkansen train trips the last three weeks. Enjoy what's left of winter!
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Posted in: Japan reports 41,438 new coronavirus cases See in context
Done, done done done… done!
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Posted in: Japan reports 15,612 new coronavirus cases See in context
Numbers so low I don’t even need to comment!
oh wait…
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Posted in: Japan reports 38,581 new coronavirus cases See in context
Nice numbers, ne?
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Posted in: Japan reports 55,537 new coronavirus case See in context
Nearly half a million people still hospitalized from the 8th wave .!.
Steven McCarthy, setting aside your COVID mis/disinformation, where did you come up with this unique punctuation?
.!.
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Posted in: Kishida grilled in Diet over son's excursion during overseas trip See in context
ShotarI looks cute - at least below the mask - in other coverage of this “scandal”
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Posted in: Japan reports 79,354 new coronavirus cases See in context
When the report was so late in posting yesterday, I was hoping we were done with the Covid-19 numbers.
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Posted in: Heavy snow warnings issued for parts of Japan; flights canceled See in context
Just got SUPER windy here in Minato, Tokyo!
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Posted in: Japan reports 64,450 new coronavirus cases See in context
Wow! These Covid numbers are certainly numbers!!!
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Posted in: Japan reports 78,954 new coronavirus cases See in context
Wow! These Covid numbers are certainly numbers!!!
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Posted in: Japan to lower COVID-19 to flu status in spring See in context
Hooray! Time to celebrate - hanami maybe?
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Posted in: Japan reports 82,614 new coronavirus cases See in context
Wow! These Covid numbers are certainly numbers!!!
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Posted in: Should governments alert people to every new coronavirus variant that shows up? See in context
Covid 19 is now endemic. Do governments regularly alert people of new influenza strains? How many people had even heard of RSV before this winter?
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Posted in: Foreign visitors to Japan in 2022 up 15-fold to 3.83 million See in context
Look how silly people look wearing masks outdoors! Who would want to tour like that? At least it's not summer... yet!
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Posted in: Japan reports 96,392 new coronavirus cases See in context
Wow! These Covid numbers are certainly numbers!!!
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Posted in: Japan reports 125,108 new coronavirus cases See in context
Oh yeah, Stephen is right - Korea is getting over Covid before Japan: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/01/119_343849.html
I wonder how that makes "Fighto!" and friends feel!
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Posted in: Japan reports 125,108 new coronavirus cases See in context
Wow! These Covid numbers are certainly numbers!!!
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Posted in: Japan reports 126,989 new coronavirus cases See in context
Wow! These Covid numbers are certainly numbers!!!
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Posted in: Gov't considers lifting anti-COVID recommendation to wear masks indoors See in context
Anecdote for the demask-curious: living in Minato Tokyo, working in Chiyoda, I stopped wearing a mask indoors (and usually even on transit) around the beginning of December and had no problems so far. I carry one just in case, and I did put it back on last week when I had the sniffles, but if you’re hesitant to take the step, just do it!
also, plenty of Japanese people at Tokyo American Club (where the mask mandate was lifted in September, I think) go without masks. As others have said, it should be a personal choice - if you think it protects you, go ahead and wear it
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Posted in: Azabudai Hills to be official name of Mori's Toranomon-Azabudai project in Tokyo See in context
A play on Abu Dhabi and Dubai? Major investors from that part of the world ?
nope. It’s the name of a neighborhood in Tokyo.
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Posted in: A look at the Tokyo museum just for bizarre Japanese-to-English mistranslations See in context
Whatever happened to engrish.com? No recent posts there…
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Posted in: China's daily COVID cases highest since pandemic began See in context
Silly China.
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Posted in: Kishida picks former Foreign Minister Matsumoto as new internal affairs head See in context
Silly photo, indeed
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Posted in: Tom and Jerry have been given an ultra kawaii redesign in Japan for a new animated series See in context
Barf. That’s not Tom & Jerry.
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Posted in: Halloween revelers fill Shibuya with security tight after Seoul disaster See in context
It’s so nice to see that people didn’t stay away after all the dramatic warnings last week!
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Posted in: Japan reports 34,173 new coronavirus cases See in context
Every day, sounds the same
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Posted in: Koike looking for tourists See in context
The bodyguards really do look like clones, especially with the face masks. What an oppressively boring country we live in!
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Posted in: Wear to be seen See in context
tamanegiToday 07:22 am JST Why no masks?
Because no one should wear them outdoors; even the gubmint says so.
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Posted in: Japan reports 63,871 new coronavirus cases See in context
I don’t think it’s a wave anymore. It’s endemic.
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