KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 08:00 | All, World, Japan, Coronavirus Here are the latest COVID-19 updates from Japan and beyond: People protest against raising Japan's defense spending in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo A significant easing of China's stringent "zero-COVID" policy announced Wednesday amid the continued spread of the coronavirus has triggered confusion and anxiety among the public, with cold medicines flying off the shelves and health authorities no longer tracing positive cases.

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