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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

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SCANDAL UNRESOLVED Ex-Moritomo Gakuen chief gets 5-year term for subsidy fraud February 19, 2020 OSAKA--The former head of an educational institution who once boasted of his close ties to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud on Feb. 19.
NIGHTMARE ENDING Passengers who tested negative begin to leave virus-hit ship February 19, 2020 YOKOHAMA--Uninfected passengers began disembarking from the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess on Feb. 19, ending a two-week ordeal on the vessel that saw hundreds of cases of new coronavirus infection.

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