False: NY Times reports 90% of PCR-positive cases are misdiagnosed
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Weekly Fact-checks: Convenient calculations in national GDP growth rates lead to faulty comparisons
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
Weekly Fact-checks: Photos of Japanese past disaster circulating as currently happening in China
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
False: Japan tightly restricts entry for black people
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Cross-border misinformation: Vladimir Putin’s daughter dies after receiving Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine
By Rei Ofuna (InFact) A twitter post by a cartoonist Kobun Son claiming “President Putin’s daughter has died a…
Cross-border misinformation: Taiwanese military fires anti-aircraft missiles at Chinese fighter jets
By Rei Ofuna (InFact) A YouTube video titled in Japanese “Taiwanese military fires anti-aircraft missil…
Unsubstantiated information: COVID-19 patients in Fukuoka and Gunma commit suicide after suffering abuse
By Rei Ofuna (InFact) Several posts have been surfacing claiming that a few COVID-19 patients and their…
Weekly Fact-checks: Photos of a Japanese highway circulating as being under construction in Cebu, Philippines
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
Unsubstantiated information: Tokyo’s Yamanote railway line stopped displaying Chinese and Korean signage
A photo of a display monitor on Japan Railways’ Yamanote line with the caption “[GOOD NEWS] The Yamanote…
Weekly Fact-checks: An image with false caption of Japanese officials bowing goes viral
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
