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Now playing Next Japan Japanese PM poised to resign after bowing out of party vote Yoshihide Suga came under fire for his handling of the pandemic and for holding the Olympics despite the public’s health concerns. 03/09/2021
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Now playing Next Health news Two die in Japan after receiving suspended Moderna COVID vaccines The Japanese government had suspended the Moderna vaccine earlier this week over concerns of contaminants in 1.63 million vaccine doses. 29/08/2021