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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wearing a face mask arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on August 24, 2020. - Abe earlier in the day returned to hospital on August 24 for more medical checks, a government spokesman said, a week after a first visit that fuelled growing speculation about his health. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Japan leader 'second hospital visit within days' sparks concern
People commute early morning in Tokyo on August 17, 2020. - Japan's economy shrank a historic 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Japan's low jobless rate masks worker despair
A general view shows the city skyline in Tokyo on August 17, 2020. - Japan's economy shrank a historic 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter, the worst contraction in the nation's modern history, as the coronavirus deepens the country's economic woes. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Japan's economic plunge erases Abe era gains
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media about changing the 2020 general election date during a press conference at the Parliament in Wellington on August 17, 2020. - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on August 17 delayed New Zealand's looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning.nNew Zealand, whose original election date had been set for September 19, is battling a return of COVID-19 which last week forced the country's largest city Auckland into lockdown and ended 102 days without community transmission. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)

Virus forces N Zealand election delay as Japan's economy sinks
TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito (left) and Empress Masako (right) wearing face masks, depart after attending a memorial service marking the 75th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo yesterday.-AFP

Japan ministers visit Yasukuni Shrine, first since 2016
A vendor wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus waits for customers at a market in Jakarta on August 13, 2020. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Japan stocks surge, dollar sags as investors see 'glass half full'
Hiroshima mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and representatives of bereaved families take part in a ceremony at the Memorial Cenotaph during the 75th anniversary memorial service for atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2020. - Japan on August 6, 2020 marked 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack, with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of annual ceremonies to commemorate the victims. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
TOKYO: In this file photo, parliament building (bottom) is seen in front of office buildings of government ministries in Tokyo. — Reuters

Japan’s digital ambitions stuck in piles of paper
TANEGASHIMA, Japan: An H-2A rocket carrying the “Hope” probe blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre yesterday. — AFP

First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan
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