SENDAI MUNICIPAL GOVT. GETS NUMEROUS INQUIRIES ON COVID-19 VACCINE VOUCHERS

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• Sendai Municipal govt. gets numerous inquiries on COVID-19 vaccine vouchers.
• The vaccine vouchers are said to lack specific information on where to get the shot.
• Around 270,000 residents aged 65 and older received the vac...

TOKYO HIGH COURT ORDERS GOVT. & TEPCO TO PAY DAMAGES FOR NUCLEAR CRISIS

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• Tokyo High Court orders govt. & TEPCO to pay damages for nuclear crisis.
• Japan govt. and TEPCO is to pay $2.63 million to people who had to evacuate their hometowns.
• This is the 3rd high court ruling among 30 other la...

TOHOKU UNIV. WITH SHIMADZU CORP. DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT COVID-19 VIA BREATHE

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• Tohoku Univ. with Shimadzu Corp. develop technology to detect COVID-19 via breath.
• The two organizations said to have developed the world’s first technology of such a kind.
• The technology uses a method of analyzing ...

TEPCO ORDERED TO PAY $9.5 MILLION IN DAMGES FOR THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER

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• TEPCO ordered to pay $9.5 million in damages for the Fukushima disaster.
• The Sendai High Court announced the same.
• The high court has also found the state responsible for the incident and needs to pay damages.
• ...

A WOMAN FROM SENDAI REGION SEEKS DAMAGES FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT FROM CATHOLIC CHURCH

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• A woman from Sendai region seeks damages for sexual assault from Catholic Church.
• A lawsuit was filed against the Sendai Catholic Diocese and a bishop, among others.
• An amount of around $484,000 is sought as damages.

SOFTBANK STARTUP OYO REDUCING OUTLETS IN JAPAN

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• Coronavirus pandemic is causing harm to tourism industry in Japan.
• Oyo Hotels is closing many of its regional outlets in Japan.
• Support from SoftBank is also not able to rescue Oyo from losses.

One of the larges...