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Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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TOKYO, HOKKAIDO IN FINAL 5 After 7 weeks, all of Japan finally out of state of emergency May 25, 2020 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the government's decision to lift Japan’s remaining state of emergency over the new coronavirus in Tokyo, Hokkaido and three prefectures neighboring the capital at a news conference on May 25.
FEMALE VIEWS ON COMBAT Manga on Soviet women in WWII shocks industry, wows readers May 26, 2020 Japan has produced a wide range of manga and anime about the horrors of World War II, but the recent undertaking for war-related publication has been described as “beyond imagination.”

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