Two female high school students who live in Hachioji, western Tokyo, and Kawasaki were confirmed Wednesday as having H1N1 swine flu — the first people in the Tokyo area to catch the contagion.
The 16-year-old girls, whose names are being withheld, attend the same high school in Kawasaki, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said.
The two, who were sharing a room at a New York hotel from May 11 to 18 to attend a mock session of the United Nations, returned to Narita airport at 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday via Continental Airlines but have not yet returned to school.