Coronavirus
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Shionogi to apply for approval of first Japan-made oral COVID drug
Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. plans to apply for government approval to sell its or...
February 8, 2022
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Calls grow for Japan to ease border restrictions
The business community is calling for a relaxation of border restrictions implemented to mitigate th...
February 8, 2022
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Japanese public holds mixed feelings on omicron, government measures, Yomiuri poll finds
A recent Yomiuri Shimbun poll found many people worried about getting infected and becoming seriousl...
February 7, 2022
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Kishida announces target of ‘1 million booster shots per day’
The government aims to administer 1 million doses of COVID-19 booster shots a day, Prime Minister Fu...
February 7, 2022
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Tokyo sees 17,526 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 17,526 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, up 1,631 from a week earlier an...
February 6, 2022
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Tokyo logs 21,122 new virus cases
Tokyo confirmed 21,122 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, up 3,689 from a week earlier. Os...
February 5, 2022
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Panel proposes mask wearing in nurseries
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A government panel of experts on novel coronavirus responses proposed Friday th...
February 5, 2022
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Tokyo govt seeks more emergency hospital beds
The Tokyo metropolitan government has requested hospitals to increase their number of emergency beds...
February 5, 2022
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Foreign students struggle to find work amid pandemic
The spread of the novel coronavirus is hampering foreign nationals’ efforts to find work in Japan, w...
February 5, 2022
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Tokyo new virus cases fall below 20,000
Tokyo logged 19,798 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Friday, with the daily tall...
February 4, 2022
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6th wave taking longer to peak than expected
The curve is being flattened, but Japan’s latest wave of novel coronavirus infections is taking long...
February 4, 2022
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Guidelines eyed to prevent low-risk COVID patients filling hospital beds
The government is mulling guidelines to determine when low-risk coronavirus patients who are receivi...
February 4, 2022
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Under 5% of population has received COVID-19 booster
Little progress has been made in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination booster campaign, with only 4.4% ...
February 4, 2022
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Japan mulls extension of coronavirus measure
The government began to consider on Thursday an extension of the quasi-emergency measures in 13 of t...
February 4, 2022
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Wakayama to be under pre-emergency from Saturday
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government Thursday decided to put Wakayama Prefecture in the COVID-19 pre-...
February 3, 2022
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