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When my German doctor told me to imagine my favourite tree approaching me to relax this is not what she had in mind (disinfectant robot)
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The whole thing is kind of … just surreal. Venues and lobbies are constantly sprayed down with disinfectant by workers sometimes wearing PPE with the Olympic Rings. When I got back to my hotel yesterday I almost slipped on floors that are frequently washed down with Lysol
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Hello, I wrote about the EXTREMELY dystopian vibes inside the bubble at the Beijing Olympics. Exhibit A: Hotel bartenders making specialty cocktails in their full PPE gear reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…
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Japan officially announced an easing of border restrictions just now. After the rules are eased next week (Nov. 8) foreign students, trainees, and workers will be able to enter the country. twitter.com/nyukoku_news/s…
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Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart on Tuesday and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess with PTSD reuters.com/world/asia-pac… @emlies16
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“Alkfreies Bier, Bässe, Biontech” ベルリンのワクチン接種会場 twitter.com/hilmarschmundt…
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I keep getting lost in Shibuya station, which I’m glad to learn isn’t unique to me. This map doesn’t help at all www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2021…
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Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a moment of silence, the first time this has happened. reuters.com/world/middle-e…
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The athlete who is missing was due to return to Uganda with other staff on the 20th without participating in the Olympics, NHK reports. A city official says the head of the team has all of the athletes' passports and the weightlifter also didn't have time to exchange cash
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A Ugandan Olympics athlete in Japan has gone missing, and the team's host city is conducting a search with police, Japan's top government spokesman said on Friday. NHK say it's a weightlifter, and that an official at the host city noticed he was missing during a PCR test.
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Japan imported 28 million doses of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine through late April, but has so far used only 15% of the stockpile, with the remaining 24 million doses sitting in freezers. reuters.com/world/asia-pac… @swiftrocky
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“Three health officials who asked to remain anonymous told me they believe that the daily number of COVID-19 deaths in India has already crossed the 10,000 figure.” twitter.com/RanaAyyub/stat…
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“We are fugitives now,” Myint Htwe told Reuters by phone from one of several hideouts, having left his wife and two children behind for their safety. “We are working in secret, together.” reuters.com/article/us-mya… @poppymcp #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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1/ NEW: A decade on from Japan's earthquake and tsunami, survivors have been left forever changed by the aftermath of their incomprehensible loss. I visited two cities decimated by the 2011 disaster. Here's the story of three survivors: reuters.com/investigates/s…
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There is something to dialing an old phone, the act of actually winding the numbers yourself that adds to the powerful experience. The owner says the confined space forces people to truly reckon with their emotions, which he sees as a way for people to find healing & move forward
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There’s already talk of building similar phone booths in Europe for people to call their loved ones lost during the global pandemic. The owner of this one said he hopes they build it in secluded places so grieving people can use them in peace
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"It all happened in an instant, I can't forget it even now," he says, weeping. I visited Otsutchi, a town hit by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake, to write about a poignant phone booth where survivors can call their lost loved ones widerimage.reuters.com/story/japans-t…
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Finally, a hero calls it out for what it is
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The protesters are marching through Shibuya to protest outside the Shibuya police station
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“Just because Japanese people don’t believe there’s racism here doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist,” one protester tells me.
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Today, I’m covering two protests in Shibuya, a Black Lives Matter rally and a march agaisnt police brutality in a case involving a Kurdish man from Turkey
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日本語でも配信しました。「解除の日」遠い医療現場、聖マリアンナ病院の葛藤 jp.reuters.com/article/health…
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