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  • Japan shifts to ‘living with coronavirus’ strategy

    The mandatory reporting of coronavirus cases might be scrapped to ease the burden on public health c...

    July 30, 2022

  • Tokyo logs 33,466 coronavirus cases

    Tokyo confirmed 33,466 new novel coronavirus infections on Saturday, surpassing 20,000 for the 11th ...

    July 30, 2022

  • Japan average life expectancy marks 1st drop in 10 years

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The average life expectancy dropped from the previous year for both Japanese me...

    July 30, 2022

  • Govt distributes antigen test kits to local governments

    The health ministry announced Friday that the government will purchase about 24 million qualitative ...

    July 30, 2022

  • Tokyo logs 36,814 coronavirus cases

    Tokyo confirmed 36,814 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Friday, exceeding 20,000 for the ...

    July 29, 2022

  • Governors call for downgrade of COVID-19 infection category

    NARA — A number of governors called for a review of Japan’s classification of COVID-19 under the Inf...

    July 29, 2022

  • Tokyo, Osaka Pref. try to ease pressure on clinics overwhelmed by COVID-19-related testing, treatment

    As Japan reels from its largest-ever COVID-19 outbreak, Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture are trying to eas...

    July 29, 2022

  • New coronavirus infections top 233,000, record high for 2nd day

    The number of new cases of coronavirus infection confirmed in Japan on Thursday exceeded 233,000 for...

    July 28, 2022

  • Tokyo to log more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases for the 1st time

    Tokyo is expected to log more than 40,000 new novel coronavirus infection cases Thursday, surpassing...

    July 28, 2022

  • Japan marks most weekly new infection cases globally

    GENEVA — Japan marked the most number of weekly confirmed new cases of the novel coronavirus in the ...

    July 28, 2022

  • Record-high 209,000 new coronavirus cases tallied in Japan

    On Wednesday, the number of new cases of novel coronavirus infection exceeded 209,000 nationwide, a ...

    July 27, 2022

  • Fever outpatient sections swamped; many suspected infections untested

    People suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus have increasingly been unable to get t...

    July 27, 2022

  • New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

    Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China mar...

    July 27, 2022

  • Tokyo logs 31,593 new coronavirus cases

    Tokyo logged 31,593 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday, an increase of about 190% ...

    July 26, 2022

  • JR Kyushu cancels 120 trains due to COVID-19 spread among crew

    FUKUOKA (Jiji Press) — Kyushu Railway Co. , or JR Kyushu, said Monday that it will not run a total o...

    July 26, 2022

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