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The risk of person-to-person transmission of hantaviruses in Japan would remain low even if infected passengers from a cruise ship affected by the deadly virus enter the country, the health ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has asked the public to remain calm, saying only some…