Coronavirus
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Nationwide coronavirus cases hit record high
The daily number of new cases of novel coronavirus infection exceeded 255,000 nationwide on Thursday...
August 18, 2022
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Online COVID-19 test sales approved by ministry
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Wednesday gave the greenlight for sales of antigen test ki...
August 18, 2022
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Tokyo confirms 29,416 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo confirmed 29,416 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Wednesday, down 4,827 from the sa...
August 17, 2022
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Tokyo logs 23,511 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo logged 23,511 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Tuesday, down 5,604 from the same day l...
August 16, 2022
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Kishida orders review of COVID classification
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked relevant ministers to review the need for mandatory reporting...
August 16, 2022
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Push to have children ages 5-11 get COVID-19 vaccines gains steam
Parents and guardians will officially be urged to have children ages 5-11 vaccinated for COVID-19 un...
August 16, 2022
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New vaccine expected to boost omicron protection for all generations
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to start administering COVID boosters using a new vacci...
August 15, 2022
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Tokyo logs 23,135 infections, up from previous Monday
Tokyo reported 23,135 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Monday, up by 5,251 from ...
August 15, 2022
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Tokyo confirms 22,740 new coronavirus cases
The Yomiuri ShimbunAn aerial view of Tokyo The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Tokyo...
August 14, 2022
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Many Japan nurseries stop identifying close COVID-19 contacts to allow parents to work
A growing number of local governments no longer require nursery schools to identify people who have ...
August 14, 2022
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Tokyo logs 23,773 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo confirmed 23,773 new cases of novel coronavirus infections on Saturday. The daily tally in th...
August 13, 2022
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Study: Omicron likely causes fever among more children
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — More children developed novel coronavirus symptoms such as fever and convulsion...
August 13, 2022
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Cumulative COVID cases exceed 15 mil.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s cumulative novel coronavirus cases topped 15 million Thursday as the se...
August 13, 2022
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Tokyo logs 20,401 coronavirus cases
Tokyo confirmed 20,401 new cases of novel coronavirus infections on Friday....
August 12, 2022
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Prefectures reluctant to roll out govt’s home-test framework
Only 16 prefectures have adopted a central government system of confirming coronavirus cases detecte...
August 12, 2022
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