Key words : vaccinate elderly
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Coronavirus vaccinations for about 36 million elderly people aged 65 and older will begin in Japan on Monday.
The vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech has been administered to medical workers in Japan since February.
Japan's health ministry says shots will be given in at least 120 locations across the country, including a facility for the elderly in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward and a gymnasium in Matsubara City, Osaka Prefecture.
Three-thousand-nine-hundred doses had each been delivered to Tokyo, Kanagawa and Osaka prefectures by Sunday, while other prefectures received 1,950 each.
The ministry says, if everything goes smoothly, it can deliver enough vaccine to allow all elderly people to receive two shots each by the end of June.
Those who wish to be vaccinated need to make reservations by phone or online after receiving coupons from their municipal offices.
Key words : coronavirus okinawa trip
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The number of coronavirus cases in Japan continues to trend upward. Tokyo has recorded the highest daily count since the second state of emergency ended there in March. Osaka Prefecture has reported a new peak.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 570 new cases on Saturday. That number is up 124 from the figure confirmed one week ago.
Health authorities in Osaka reported more than 900 new infections. Over 3,600 new cases were reported on Saturday across Japan.
Tighter anti-virus measures will soon be in force across six prefectures. They are scheduled to begin from Monday in parts of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Okinawa.
The new measures are expected to remain in place for about a month in limited areas.
Governors will ask bars and restaurants to close by 8 p.m. Residents will be urged to refrain from unnecessary travel outside their prefectures.
The stricter measures are being implemented before a week-long holiday that starts in late April.
Tokyo's governor is calling on people to hold off on taking trips.
Koike Yuriko said, "We're facing a threat of the N501Y variant virus, which is highly infectious. We want everyone to be aware that we are now in a critical situation."
The Tokyo government is also preparing to launch an effort to oversee the implementation of the measures. Officials plan to inspect about 120,000 restaurants and other establishments.
Key words : magnitude 6
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday afternoon, killing eight people and injuring 23 others.
The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred at 2:00 p.m. local time on Saturday. It was centered off the coast of Java, about 148 kilometers south of Surabaya at a depth of 82 kilometers. No tsunami were reported.
Indonesia's disaster management agency says more than 300 buildings on the island of Java were damaged.
Key words : turkey ukraine
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged support for Ukraine as tensions escalate in the country's east over a long-running conflict with Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Turkey on Saturday to seek support from Erdogan's government. The two countries have been strengthening economic and military ties.
Erdogan told reporters after the talks that he hopes the conflict would be resolved peacefully through dialogue.
Ukrainian government troops and armed pro-Russian forces have been fighting in eastern Ukraine for the past seven years.
Media reports say that Russia has been building up troops near the border with Ukraine since March.
Russia's presidential office says Erdogan held phone talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday to ask how he plans to respond to the situation.
Turkey is apparently playing the role of mediator and is trying to ease tensions.
Key words : peru election
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Peru's presidential election is likely to be carried over into a run-off as none of the 18 candidates are projected to win a majority in the first round of voting.
Peruvian voters will cast their ballots on Sunday.
The focus of the poll is how to rebuild the country's sharply plunged economy and its medical system, which is on the verge of collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The candidates include Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who was in office between 1990 and 2000.
She advanced to the run-offs in the 2011 and 2016 presidential elections.
The latest polls show that her support rating is only around 10 percent.
In Peru's presidential races, fierce disputes have raged between supporters of Alberto Fujimori and anti-Fujimori factions that criticized him for committing what they view as human rights violations.
Key words : united kingdom funeral
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The funeral of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, will be held on April 17.
Prince Philip died at Windsor Castle on Friday.
Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday that the funeral will take place at St George's Chapel within the castle.
The queen and other members of the royal family will attend the funeral.
British media report that Prince Harry, who withdrew from royal duties and now lives in the United States, will be at the ceremony but that his wife Meghan, who is pregnant, will not attend the service on doctor's advice.
The service is said to be limited to 30 mourners due to COVID-19. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not be among them.
On Saturday, the military across the United Kingdom fired gun salutes to pay tribute to Prince Philip.
His eldest son, Prince Charles, told the media that his dear father was very special and that he had given the most remarkable, devoted service to the Queen, to the family, and to the country over the last 70 years.
Key words : baby eel
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Baby Japanese eels were exported to Taiwan for the first time in 45 years last month, following the easing of restrictions by Japan's trade ministry and fisheries agency.
The Japanese eel, which has been designated an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, is being traded in a controlled manner to conserve stocks.
However, the international community has been critical of the lack of transparency, as many of the baby eels Japan imports for cultivation are obtained through Hong Kong, which actually does not catch baby eels.
The ministry and the agency eased restrictions based on the ordinance on export and trade management in February.
They say that the restrictions imposed by Taiwan and Japan, which are major producers of baby eels, do not suit the real situation and are causing obscure transactions.
Late last month, 10 kilograms of baby Japanese eels were exported to Taiwan after the agency confirmed they had been caught according to the relevant laws and regulations, and their origin and distribution channel are known.
A focal point is whether the move will lead to a similar easing of restrictions by Taiwan to normalize trade in baby eels with Japan.
Key words : recycling battery
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Efforts are underway among Japanese firms to recycle electric vehicle batteries.
Nissan Motor is collecting batteries from its retired electric and hybrid models for reuse. Nissan has the highest number of sales of EVs in the country.
The condition of retrieved batteries is checked at a dedicated base. Those in decent shape will be sold as replacement batteries for electric cars, and the others as batteries for power storage or for emergency power supply at factories and elsewhere.
Ten years after the release of its first EV model, Nissan is seeing more of these cars going out of service.
The firm plans to collect old batteries from several thousand units per year.
Sumitomo Metal Mining has begun trials of retrieving cobalt from old cells to reuse as battery material.
Battery maker Envision AESC is also promoting technological development for recycling.
Amid a global shift to electric vehicles, the production of EV batteries is expected to rise.
Reuse of old cells is seen as a key to de-carbonization, as a large amount of carbon dioxide is emitted during the battery production process.
Key words : matsuyama
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Golfer Matsuyama Hideki has become the solo leader at the end of the third round of the men's Masters Tournament.
The 29-year-old Japanese golfer started Saturday's round in sixth place, three strokes behind the leader.
Matsuyama maintained steady shots. He had five birdies and an eagle to post a bogey-free round, improving his score by seven strokes. He is carrying a four-shot lead into the final on Sunday at 11 under.
The Masters, which is held every year at the Augusta National Golf Club in the US state of Georgia, is one of the world's four major men's golf tournaments.
Matsuyama finished fifth at the 2015 Masters. He now aims to become the first Japanese man to win a major.
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