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Yoshihide Suga — the self-made Prime Minister

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Japan’s defiant Pachinko parlours

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This photo taken on May 14, 2020 shows an employee applying a stamp known as hanko on a rendition of Amabie, a mythical monster that has become a mascot in Japan of hopes for an end to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, drawn by sea lion 'Leo' (not pictured) at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo. - Move over Pokemon and Hello Kitty, in coronavirus-hit Japan, a new character has captured hearts and hopes: Amabie, a beak-nosed, long-locked mythical mermaid monster said to repel plagues. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Low-tech Japan struggles to move life online

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe puts off his protective face mask as he speaks to media on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, May 1, 2020, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN.

What went wrong with Japan’s COVID-19 response

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FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

Stuck in Japan in the time of pandemic

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Amabie, the ‘spirit’ that went viral

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials calling for self-restraint to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 at Tokyo's entertainment district Kabukicho on April 10, 2020.

Lockdown with Japanese characteristics

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A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rests as she trips inside a train in Tokyo.

A nation built to withstand a pandemic

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The Indian who made a Japanese movie

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Abe’s political legacy is at stake

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Japan’s Diamond Princess fiasco

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A tale of outbreaks, both in China

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The tanks in which the contaminated, slightly radioactive, water is stored at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

In the shadows of a nuclear disaster

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FILE PHOTO: Japan's Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

The Minister is on paternity leave

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