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CHOLERA

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2020
A decade after U.N.-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice
In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic, it is another, more deadly disease that keeps 20-year-old Haitian Loubean Jean up at night — cholera.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 4, 2020
Japan Times 1920: Cholera comes to the capital
Although cholera made its appearance in South-Western Japan some time ago, Tokyo has been so far free of the epidemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 17, 2019
Dengue fever finds breeding ground in war-weary Yemen
Ibrahim Ali al-Jadari's four teenage daughters lie at home on intravenous drips that will soon run out as they, like tens of thousands of other Yemenis, battle a seasonal surge of dengue fever.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2019
African swine flu poses a new challenge in Asia
Tokyo must also work with Asian governments to fight outbreaks of African swine flu throughout the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2018
Swine fever reported at public research institute as Gifu Prefecture logs third case this year
Officials from the city of Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, said Wednesday that a case of classical swine fever has been discovered at a public research institute — the third such case of the virus being reported this year and just over a decade since it was official declared eradicated in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2018
Sanaa water supplies sterilized as world's worst cholera outbreak surges
Authorities in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa are sterilizing water supplies at wells, distribution networks and houses to help stem the world's worst outbreak of cholera.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2018
Second swine fever infection detected in Gifu Prefecture
A second case of swine fever was detected in Gifu Prefecture on Friday at a park, after the nation's first case in decades was reported in September at a nearby pig farm.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2018
Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency in capital after death toll rises to 20
Zimbabwe declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare after 20 died from the disease and more than 2,000 people were infected after drinking contaminated water, new Health Minister Obadiah Moyo said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 24, 2017
Yemen cholera cases since April top 35,000, deaths surge: WHO
The number of cholera cases in Yemen has soared, a World Health Organization document showed on Tuesday, with 35,217 suspected cases since April 27, when the outbreak began to spread rapidly.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
Death-row inmates' lawsuit targeting same-day notifications of executions dismissed
Two plaintiffs filed a lawsuit with Osaka District Court in hopes of sparking a wider discussion on the rights of death row prisoners.
Japan’s young workers head abroad as huge wage gap persists
The departure hall at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Now with inflation at its strongest in decades, Japanese are starting to realize that years of static wages leave many of them budgeting each month before their next pay check.
By-elections to determine Kishida’s fate within LDP
LDP Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi and election strategy committee chair Yuko Obuchi speak to reporters in Tokyo on April 2.
For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.
For Modi, the Indian election is less about winning and more about by how much
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar, India, on April 6, ahead of the country's upcoming general election starting Friday.
Akebono's human side eclipsed his incredible sumo achievements
The heights Akebono reached in sumo helped pave the way for future foreign-born yokozuna Asashoryu and Hakuho.
Ohtani’s dizzying three weeks end in exoneration by authorities
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani during a spring training game on March 12.
How ‘winged’ gyōza took flight from a Tokyo suburb
The creator of "hanetsuki gyōza" is Isao Yagi, and his restaurant, Nihao, can be found right on the border of Tokyo and Kawasaki in Ota Ward.
How Ippei Mizuhara allegedly wired millions from Shohei Ohtani’s account
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in December at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California

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