Coronavirus
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Only 16% of eligible people in Japan have received an early COVID booster shot
Of the approximately 14.7 million people who were expected to receive a third dose of COVID-19 vacci...
January 26, 2022
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Government adds 18 prefectures to quasi-emergency list
The quasi-emergency measures to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus will be applied to 18 m...
January 25, 2022
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Japan’s tally tops 60,000
The daily national total of new novel coronavirus infections hit a record high on Tuesday, with the ...
January 25, 2022
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Business circles call for easing of border control measures
Calls are mounting for the easing of the government’s pandemic-related border control measures from ...
January 25, 2022
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Japan to allow doctors to confirm coronavirus infections without testing
The government has announced new measures concerning outpatient care for people infected with the no...
January 25, 2022
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Quasi-emergency measures to come for Osaka, 17 more prefs
The government is planning to announce quasi-emergency measures for Osaka and 17 additional prefectu...
January 24, 2022
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Omicron cases in children rise sharply
There has been a sharp increase in reported cases of the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in...
January 24, 2022
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Japan severely ill COVID-19 patients up 8-fold from start of ’22
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms has jumped around eightfold from the start of 2...
January 23, 2022
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Survey: Pneumonia much less common among omicron patients than delta
The number of people who developed pneumonia after contracting the omicron variant of the novel coro...
January 23, 2022
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Daily coronavirus tally tops 50,000 nationwide; Tokyo logs over 11,000 cases
More than 50,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed across Japan on Saturday, according to a Yomiu...
January 22, 2022
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Chain operators suspend operations amid COVID-19 restrictions
Several izakaya pub chain operators are suspending operations at outlets in areas subject to the gov...
January 22, 2022
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Japan’s public health centers buckling as coronavirus infections skyrocket
The unprecedented speed of the spread of the novel coronavirus is severely straining operations at p...
January 22, 2022
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Unsubmitted vaccine cards may delay booster shots in Japan
Some people who were vaccinated at workplaces and universities during vaccination drives that starte...
January 22, 2022
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Record of over 47,000 cases nationwide
A record daily nationwide tally of over 47,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus was set Friday, ac...
January 21, 2022
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Swamped public health centers scale back contact tracing workload
Public health centers were stretched to the limit during last summer’s fifth wave of the novel coron...
January 21, 2022
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