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The Super Nintendo World featuring Mario and related characters opens at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka following two postponements due to the coronavirus.

Drone footage was able to pick up a pair of humpback whales swimming off coast of Okinawa Prefecture.

Sources reveal that the kickoff ceremony of the Olympics torch relay will be held without spectators.

Buddhist temples that are part of the Shikoku Pilgrimage and local sake makers in southwestern Japan cooperate to overcome difficulties they face amid the coronavirus pandemic.

People abroad who have tickets to the Tokyo Olympics express understanding over the Japanese government’s plan not to allow spectators from overseas to visit and take in the competition at venues.

Japan began its coronavirus vaccination drive on February 17, starting with frontline medical workers. The central and local governments and medical workers are coordinating efforts to that end.

Pfizer vaccines arrive in hospitals in Tokyo ahead of inoculation which is set to start on February 17.