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Tea is able to detoxify COVID-19 virus, up to 99% in 1 minute – Nara Medical University
Nara Prefectural Medical University (Kamahara City, the same prefecture) announced on the November 27th that it has confirmed the effect of detoxifying the new corona virus with commercially available tea. From Sankei news, although the effect on humans has not been confirmed at the basic research stage, up to 99% of the virus has lost its infectivity when it comes into contact with tea for 1 minute in vitro, and it is expected to be one of the measures against infection. There is a difference in the effect depending on the product, and it is said that the publication of the product name will be considered with the permission of…
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Too many cashless payment options in Japan
Japan used to be a country with one of the lowest cashless payment options. This is a graph by digima-japan comparing countries and their cashlessness: However, with the corona virus pandemic, actual cash is less hygenic became less popular. A lot of new cashless options have emerged, and here they are as of 2020/11/1: Transportation IC type electronic money (Prepaid) (Usable anywhere in Japan): ICOCA, Kitaka, Suica, Monorail Suica, Rinkai Suica, SUGOCA, TOICA, nimoca, ISAS nimoca, Denden nimoka, Mejiron nimoka, PASMO, Hayakaken, manaca Transportation IC type electronic money (Prepaid) (Usable only in local areas): ICi-Card, IC bus card (Kitami bus), Asaca, ayuca, icsca, ICOUSA, itappy, Ibappi, IruCa, Iwasaki IC CARD,…