Coronavirus
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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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Tokyo logs 31,247 virus cases
Tokyo confirmed 31,247 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Thursday, down 4,092 from the sam...
August 11, 2022
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East-west gap in child vaccination rates
The COVID-19 vaccination rate for children aged 5-11 years was six times higher in Akita Prefecture ...
August 11, 2022
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Tokyo logs 34,243 coronavirus cases
Tokyo logged 34,243 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, down 4,697 from the same day l...
August 10, 2022
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October eyed for rollout of omicron COVID booster
New booster vaccines designed to target the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus are expected to...
August 9, 2022
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Tokyo logs 29,115 coronavirus cases
Tokyo logged 29,115 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday, down 1,727 from the same d...
August 9, 2022
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Tokyo logs 26,313 new cases
Tokyo logged 26,313 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Sunday, down by 5,228 from the same ...
August 7, 2022
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New omicron booster set to arrive in September
The government plans to start importing a new COVID-19 vaccine that targets the omicron variant by S...
August 7, 2022
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Tokyo logs 30,970 new cases
Tokyo logged 30,970 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Saturday, down by 2,496 from the sam...
August 6, 2022
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Tokyo logs 37,767 new cases
Tokyo logged 37,767 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Friday, up by 953 from the same day ...
August 5, 2022
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Tokyo sets up free COVID test sites for Bon holidaymakers
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday set up free coronavirus testing sites at six locations ...
August 5, 2022
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