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RUBELLA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2019
Despite Japan's push to raise awareness of rubella outbreak, free tests going largely unused
Despite the government's continued push to raise awareness of a rubella outbreak, only about 8 percent of men age 40 to 47 — who are most vulnerable to being infected — have used coupons for free antibody tests, health ministry data has shown.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2019
People involved with Tokyo Olympics to be encouraged to get measles and rubella vaccinations
The government has put together a program to tackle infectious diseases ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, including a plan to encourage those involved in the event to get measles and rubella vaccinations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2019
JBIC chief Tadashi Maeda comes down with rubella after G20 summit
The head of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation has contracted rubella after attending meetings on the sidelines of last week’s Group of 20 summit in Osaka, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2019
Japan's health ministry draws on 'City Hunter' manga nostalgia to promote rubella vaccine to men
The government is promoting free vaccinations against rubella for men age 39 to 56, using characters from a manga series thought to resonate with that generation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 11, 2018
Japan to offer men aged 39 to 56 free rubella vaccinations for three years to combat outbreak
The number of rubella patients has reached 2,454 this year and the spread is believed to be mainly caused by unvaccinated men in the targeted age group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2018
Rubella spreading across Japan, raising concern before Tokyo Games
Rubella infections are spreading across Japan, raising concern that a potentially long-term epidemic could sap travel demand ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2018
Step up battle against rubella
Prompt action must be taken to contain the latest outbreak of the rubella virus, which poses a serious threat to pregnant women.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2018
U.S. CDC warns pregnant women against traveling to Japan amid rubella outbreak
A U.S. national health organization is warning that pregnant women should not travel to Japan during the current outbreak of rubella unless protected against the disease through either vaccination or previous infection.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 16, 2018
Pregnant women warned as rubella patients top 1,100 in Japan
The 1,103 cases reported this year through Oct. 7 represent an increase of 135 from the previous week and around a twelvefold jump from the previous year.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2018
Number of Japan patients with rubella quintuples from 2017 level
The number of rubella patients this year has jumped more than fivefold to 496 from 93 in 2017, with many cases reported in and around Tokyo.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 11, 2018
Rubella infection spikes in Japan, with many cases in Tokyo area
The number of rubella patients reported in the nation this year stands at 362, nearly four times the number seen the previous year, with many of the cases located in Tokyo and its vicinity, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 4, 2014
Vaccination: a choice between two unknowns
Yoshimi Kawabe's daughter was 2 years old in 2008 when an unusual rash broke out on her hands and feet. Her family doctor at first thought the rash was caused by hand, foot and mouth disease — a contagious viral infection common in young children — but decided to investigate further after her condition took a turn for the worse.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2014
31 Japanese children born with rubella syndrome in 2013
Thirty-one children were born with congenital rubella syndrome in Japan in 2013, the worst on record, reflecting a rubella epidemic that started around the beginning of the year, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 9, 2013
Rubella cases in Japan already exceed 5,000 this year
The number of rubella cases reported so far this year has surpassed 5,000, more than twice the number for all of 2012, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases reports.
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2013
Rubella on the rise
Rubella, aka German measles, which can give rise to birth defects if it infects pregnant women, has become rampant in the Tokyo and Kansai regions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 2, 2013
Resurgent rubella raises fetus threat
The rubella epidemic is spreading quickly, particularly in the Kanto region.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 8, 2013
Rubella outbreak spreading quickly
The fresh rubella outbreak spreading quickly nationwide poses the greatest threat to fetuses, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases says.
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Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
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'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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