Jul 17, 2020 The virus, preventions and treatments okamoto

False: WHO changes course; No need to quarantine infected people

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Jul 10, 2020 Other rumors FIJ English Team

Inaccurate: Japanese government to subsidize half of travel expenses for foreign tourists

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Jul 7, 2020 Political issues Yagi

Misleading: Finance Minister Taro Aso’s: Japan’s “fewer deaths than the West are due to the difference in the social standards”

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Jul 3, 2020 Fact-checks FIJ English Team

False: Japan’ s Supreme Court rules ‘welfare for foreigners illegal’

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Jun 26, 2020 Fact-checks FIJ English Team

Fabrication: CNN doctored a photo of a man who fired shots into Black Lives Matter protests to make him look white

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Jun 23, 2020 Other rumors FIJ English Team

False: PCR test also detects common cold viruses

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Jun 19, 2020 Issues relating to the contagion FIJ English Team

False: A nurse who tested positive for the new coronavirus is at the source of a massive hospital-associated infection (HAI) outbreak

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Jun 18, 2020 Other rumors FIJ English Team

Inaccurate: PCR test swab length “twice as long as for the flu” makes testing painful

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Jun 12, 2020 The virus, preventions and treatments FIJ English Team

Misleading：The novel coronavirus has an aversion for high temperatures, high humidity and ultraviolet rays

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Jun 5, 2020 Other rumors FIJ English Team

Inaccurate: Countries with more PCR tests have more deaths

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