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Fact-checks other rumors related to COVID-19

2020.05.11 Other rumors Miki Ando

False: Al Jazeera reports “deer on the street of Tokyo amid the lockdown”

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2020.04.29 Other rumors YANAI

Fabrication: Nobel laureate Dr. Honjo says “this virus is Chinese-made”

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2020.04.25 Other rumors Miki Ando

Fabrication: “Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe staged his visit to survivors of a typhoon”

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