Coronavirus
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Osaka logs over 10,000 coronavirus cases for 1st time in 3 months
The Osaka prefectural government reported 10,679 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday. It is the fi...
December 13, 2022
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Eateries fraudulently received over ¥500 million in pandemic subsidies
Fraudulent claims for coronavirus pandemic subsidies worth more than ¥500 million had been identifie...
December 10, 2022
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China scrambles to adjust ‘zero-COVID’ exit strategy
WUHAN, China/BEIJING — The administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping has rolled back some eleme...
December 8, 2022
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COVID death toll tops 50,000 in Japan
Japan’s cumulative COVID-19 death toll topped 50,000 on Thursday, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun tal...
December 3, 2022
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Kato requests review of COVID classification
Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato has asked an advisory body to consider a review of...
December 1, 2022
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Japan tops weekly world ranking for COVID cases; is nation blinded by normalcy bias?
Japan recorded the world’s highest weekly number of new coronavirus infections for three consecutive...
November 29, 2022
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Coronavirus-flu virus test kits welcomed though accuracy concerns remain
The commercial availability of test kits for simultaneous detection of the novel coronavirus and sea...
November 29, 2022
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Rollout of online medical consultations easier said than done
The government plans to make online medical services a central part of efforts to ease the looming p...
November 26, 2022
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Govt urging people to prepare for dual coronavirus, flu wave
With the number of daily infections of the coronavirus exceeding 100,000 nationwide and influenza o...
November 25, 2022
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Approval of Shionogi drug Xocova adds new weapon to Japan’s COVID-19 arsenal
The health ministry has granted emergency approval to a COVID-19 pill developed by Shionogi & Co., o...
November 23, 2022
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Coronavirus cases may hit peak
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The pace of increase in new coronavirus cases in Japan has shown signs of slowi...
November 23, 2022
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Govt panel approves Shionogi’s oral medicine for COVID-19
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry’s meeting of experts on Tuesday decided to give emergency app...
November 22, 2022
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12,758 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Tokyo
Tokyo confrms 12,758 new cases of COVID-19 cases on Tuesday...
November 22, 2022
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Medical association: Response at Aichi vaccine site was ‘inadequate’ when woman died after receiving COVID jab
NAGOYA — The response of the medical staff was inadequate in the moments leading up to the death of ...
November 18, 2022
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Japan logs 105,188 COVID-19 cases
Japan confirmerd 105,188 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, exceeding the sixth wave's peak of 104,20...
November 15, 2022
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