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Sunday, March 29, 2020

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ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE Japan sets sights on starting Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021 March 29, 2020 Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are aiming to open the postponed Games on July 23, 2021, almost exactly a year after they were originally scheduled, rather than next spring, sources said.
HIGHLY ACCURATE New lighter kit cuts test time for coronavirus to only half an hour March 29, 2020 A new fast and extremely accurate genetic test kit for the novel coronavirus has been approved for use at Japanese health centers, cutting the time for a determination from about four hours to only about 35 minutes.

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