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Coronavirus
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Close conversations with mask-wearing infected people pose infection risk
Keeping one’s distance remains an important factor in preventing infection with the novel coronaviru...
February 3, 2022
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Rooms available but often unused at COVID-19 recovery facilities in Japan
Rooms are available in accommodation facilities secured by prefectural governments in urban areas fo...
February 3, 2022
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Quarantine period for family members to be cut to 7 days
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s health ministry said Wednesday the quarantine period for family members...
February 3, 2022
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Tokyo logs over 20,000 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo confirmed 21,576 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with the tall...
February 2, 2022
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School closure period to be cut to about 5 days
The government plans to shorten the periods of anti-pandemic school closures and class cancellations...
February 2, 2022
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Japan’s doors remain closed to most foreign students
Japan began welcoming 87 foreign students to the country on Sunday, the first such arrivals since st...
February 2, 2022
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400 more overseas students given permission to enter Japan
The government said Tuesday that 400 overseas students had been newly given permits to enter Japan, ...
February 2, 2022
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Tokyo logs 14,445 new infections; more than 50% of hospital beds occupied
Tokyo confirmed 14,445 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus Tuesday, up 1,632 from a we...
February 1, 2022
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Japan to ease criteria for vaccination sites, to accelerate booster shots
In a bid to accelerate the administration of booster shots against the novel coronavirus, the govern...
February 1, 2022
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COVID-19 beds increasingly occupied by elderly patients
Many hospital beds secured for COVID-19 patients are being occupied by infected elderly patients. In...
February 1, 2022
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Unwanted ‘Abenomask’ now in high demand
The cloth masks that no one seemed to want early in the pandemic are now in hot demand. The Health, ...
February 1, 2022
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SDF COVID-19 booster rollout starts in Tokyo
The Self-Defense Forces started a mass vaccination drive for COVID-19 booster shots at Otemachi Gove...
January 31, 2022
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Variant of omicron variant spreading in Japan, world
Sunday marked two years since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of in...
January 31, 2022
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Tokyo logs 15,895 new coronavirus cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo confirmed 15,895 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Sunday, with th...
January 30, 2022
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Pregnant women with coronavirus facing hospital bed shortage
The number of pregnant women infected with the novel coronavirus has surged amid the spread of the o...
January 30, 2022
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