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New COVID-19 cases top 45,000 in Japan, nearly double from last week
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COVID cluster leaves 43 inmates, workers at Osaka Prison infected
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Japan
- Japan ruling bloc tipped to win over half of upper house race seats
- Tokyo reports 8,341 new COVID-19 cases on July 6
- Japan party leaders repeat favored campaign lines as vote nears
- Donald Keene's Japan (Pt. 9): Time in post-war China before at last reaching Japan
- Japan's ex-PM Aso likens Russian war in Ukraine to bullying of weak
- Every 1% drop in youth vote costs Japan's young people $570 a year: researcher
World
- Shanghai, Beijing order new round of mass COVID-19 testing
- Japan, S. Korea, US planning talks between top diplomats this week
- Marcos plays balancing act in meeting with China's FM
- Homes of 85,000 people at risk, but rain eases around Sydney
- Some Russians won't halt war protests, despite arrest fears
- UK's Johnson vows to stay in office after top ministers quit
Business
- 90% of Japanese feel prices rising, highest since 2008: BOJ
- EU chief warns of danger of complete cut-off of Russian gas
- Tokyo stocks end down on US economy fears, COVID-19 surge in Japan
- Japan's FY 2021 tax revenue hits record $495 billion
- OPEC secretary-general dies at 63, just weeks shy of departure
- KDDI mobile service fully restored, ending 86 hours of disruptions
Sports
- Baseball: Pitching sensation Roki Sasaki earns first All-Star selection
- MLB: Cubs' Seiya Suzuki homers in 2nd straight game since injury return
- Soccer: Japan captain Maya Yoshida joins Schalke in German top flight
- Baseball: Giants, Togo put brakes on runaway Swallows
- MLB: Seiya Suzuki hits inside-the-park homer on return from injury
- Soccer: Japan international Doan joins Freiburg from PSV
Arts & Entertainment
- Grads in Japan use college cinema experience to focus on Ukraine's talented film directors
- Donald Keene's Japan (Pt. 9): Time in post-war China before at last reaching Japan
- Ukrainian evacuees join Osaka summer festival, wish for early end to war
- In Photos: Yukata-clad Ukrainian women take part in Osaka festival
- East Japan beach introduces AI system to warn about rip currents, prevent accidents
- Donald Keene's strong will to prove Japanese literature's beauty lives on in former student
Lifestyle & Health
- Japan ramen chain Ippudo offering free noodle refills to voters in upcoming election
- Many overseas voters sent mail ballot deemed 'non-voters' in 2021 Japan election
- Every 1% drop in youth vote costs Japan's young people $570 a year: researcher
- Nagasaki Pref. city's English map to guide tourists to tasty deep-fried mackerel hotspots
- Japan's perilously low birthrate a forgotten election issue
- Osaka NPO provides shared home for runaway kids crowding downtown streets
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