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New coronavirus cases rise in Italy, Korea and Iran but fall in China

... whether to introduce border controls. Japan had 773 cases as... Tokyo. A third passenger, a Japanese man in his 80s, ......
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Exclusive: Juul halts Indonesia e-cigarette sales, throwing Asia expansion in doubt

... exploring expansions in Vietnam and Japan later this year, the... spokesman declined to comment on Japan. International expansion has been......
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European shares suffer worst day since 2016 as virus spreads

... cases in Italy, South Korea, Japan and Iran sent investors... 763 and deaths to seven. Japanese markets were closed, but... index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan to its lowest...
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WHO says it no longer uses pandemic category, but virus still emergency

... WHO figures show. South Korea, Japan and Italy are experiencing......
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Oil prices slide over 3% on demand concerns as virus spreads

... Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan.” South Korea’s fourth largest city, ......
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Coronavirus spreads, investors scurry for safety

... index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan at its lowest since early February. Japanese markets were closed for... dipped to 111.34 against the Japanese yen JPY+, but against......
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Factbox: Sport events affected by the coronavirus epidemic

... Cup 2021 qualifying match between Japan and China, to be......
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Fear of coronavirus pandemic grows but China eases curbs as new infections fall

... buy surgical masks and supplies. Japan had 773 cases as... Tokyo. A third passenger, a Japanese man in his 80s, ......
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Asian shares take hit as new virus cases jump outside China

... Sensex lost 0.9 to 40, 804.98. Japan’s markets were closed for... U.S. dollar fell to 111.56 Japanese yen from 111.57 yen......
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Oil prices slide on demand concerns as virus spreads globally

... Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan.” South Korea’s fourth largest city, ......
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Impact of the coronavirus ripples across Asia: ‘It has been quiet, like a cemetery’

... most visited sites in Kyoto, Japan, was quiet enough to... Now In the midst of Japan’s historic tourism boom, February... Chinese visitors supplied one quarter of Japan’s record 32 million...
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Italy battles to contain Europe’s first major outbreak of coronavirus

... been under quarantine in Yokohama, Japan. The outbreak in Codogno......
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Shares drop, gold surges as investors scurry for safety

... index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan off 1.6 at its lowest since early February. Japanese markets were closed for......
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Shares drop, gold surges as coronavirus fears trigger flight for safety

... index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan off 0.7 to 541.48, the lowest since Feb. 5. Japanese markets were closed for......
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Kuroda says BOJ will be fully prepared to act on virus risk

. Reuters The Bank of Japan will be fully prepared... said. FILE PHOTO Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks. a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 2020....
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COMMENTARY: Japan caught in the grip of a virus delivered by sea and air

... of unidentified hospitals around the Japanese capital. It is here... them have died, according to Japanese news reports. As of... recovered. Another 130 or so Japanese who had nothing...
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G20 finance heads see modest growth pickup, to monitor coronavirus

... a virus infected cruise ship in Japan died. “In our current......
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G20 finance heads wrap up meeting overshadowed by virus outbreak

... a virus infected cruise ship in Japan died. “In our current......
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Japan reports 3rd cruise ship death, 57 more infected

... fatality from the Diamond Princess, Japan’s health ministry said. The... ship’s original population of 3, 711. Japan has confirmed a total... The latest fatality is a Japanese man in his...
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Italian towns shut down amid cluster of virus cases

... a virus stricken cruise liner in Japan landed at Rome s... being treated at hospitals in Japan. Britain has nine confirmed......