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Friday, April 10, 2020

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1ST CASE IN SHIMANE Four ‘emergency’ areas report record number of virus infections April 10, 2020 Four prefectures under a state of emergency each reported a record high number of new coronavirus cases on April 9, while Shimane Prefecture had its first positive test.
TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN Memorial to dead wartime B-29 crew in Tokyo consoles souls April 10, 2020 Residents of a western Tokyo city applauded when seeing a U.S. B-29 bomber engulfed in flames in the air near the end of World War II.

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