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Japanese Buy Homes in New York and London on a Spending Spree

(Bloomberg) — Japanese investors are spending the highest in two decades on property, undeterred by the global housing crisis and the yen’s plunge to its lowest level in 50 years. Most read BloombergTreasury frenzy pushes 10-year yield below 4. 2%: Markets turnBiden says he might not have sought re-election if Trump hadn’t been a candidateTruck-Stop Billionaire Battles Warren Buffett to Boost $18 Billion Fortune Moody’s Cuts China’s Credit Outlook to Negative Due to Rising Debt Suspects of Clarified Comments

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Japan approves first locally produced COVID vaccines adapted to Omicron subvariant

Japan’s Ministry of Health has approved the production and sale of a coronavirus vaccine made through Daiichi Sankyo Co that targets an Omicron subvariant, paving the way for the country’s first vaccines to be used domestically. COVID-19 produced in the country. The vaccine, which will be marketed under the so-called Daichirona and. . .

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Heterogeneous vulnerability to COVID-19 and implications for inequality in Japan

This article focuses on employment, heterogeneity, gender, types of tasks, source of income inequality, Japan, and COVID-19. In order to make the effects of the theoretical and policy studies public as temporarily as possible, the discussion papers will be published on our website. We hope that this will stimulate further discussion on issues and policy studies.

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COVID-19: Could Japan Suffer a Vaccine Logistics Crisis?

People around the world are awaiting approval of an effective vaccine against the virus that has replaced the way we live. In Japan, the fate of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics appears to be strongly tied to the race to prevent COVID-19. But the challenge is not just finding a vaccine, but also how to get enough vaccine to those are at greater risk.

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