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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

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‘SOMETHING INCONVENIENT’ Suga: Records of inquiry on guests at sakura parties also don’t exist June 2, 2020 Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga again brushed off the importance of keeping written records related to his work, drawing renewed criticism that the government is covering up inconvenient facts.
EDITORIAL Detailed records must be kept to assess response to virus outbreak June 2, 2020 How should the government act to protect the lives and livelihoods of the public from outbreaks of infectious diseases?

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