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NATION IN SHOCK Beloved comic Ken Shimura dies of COVID-19 at the age of 70 March 30, 2020 Veteran comic Ken Shimura has died of complications caused by the novel coronavirus at the age of 70, sending shock waves through a nation bracing for an explosive surge in rapidly expanding infections.
171 NEW CASES NATIONWIDE Tokyo's largest single-day increase with 68 new infections March 30, 2020 Tokyo chalked up 68 new coronavirus infections on March 29, its highest single-day increase since the crisis began, despite a request for people to stay at home that turned parts of the capital into a ghost town at the weekend.

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