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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2022

Taiwan faces tough choices as COVID-19 cases hit record levels

Taiwan has cut its mandatory quarantine to 10 days and has signaled that contract-tracing may no longer be viable in cities with large numbers of cases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 3, 2022

‘Totally inhumane’: Child separations feed anger in a locked-down Shanghai

The fury and concern of parents over what might become of their children if they fall sick is the latest in a series of crises faced by Shanghai officials.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2022

As Japan looks to possible fourth COVID shots, hesitancy and disinformation linger

Almost 80% of people in Japan have received at least two COVID-19 doses, but that doesn't mean all are planning to get additional shots.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2022

Experts see China stuck in a slowly evolving 'COVID zero' loop

Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's call in mid-March to limit the economic and social fallout of virus elimination, large-scale lockdowns and mass testing drives are back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Longform
Mar 7, 2022

Is Japan on the brink of its own ‘Great Resignation’?

The pandemic has prompted millions across the globe to leave their jobs for more fulfilling, flexible roles. Should Japan's employers be worried?
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2022

Queen Elizabeth tests positive for coronavirus, as England is poised to relax rules

The health of the queen, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been in the spotlight since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified ailment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2022

Hong Kong's 'COVID zero' success now worsens strains of omicron spike

Like an immune system overreacting and harming the person it is meant to protect, the 'dynamic COVID zero' policies that had crushed the virus in Hong Kong have contributed to current woes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 7, 2022

Counting on ‘endemic’: The travel industry readies for a potentially new phase

A growing chorus of voices are calling to accept COVID-19 as a part of life to be managed, not a deadly scourge requiring lockdowns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2022

China’s COVID-19 blame game fizzles over infection-by-mail theory

The abrupt reversal in tone shows the pressures China faces in managing the official narrative as they look to contain omicron outbreaks while also hosting a successful Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

Most cases of Havana syndrome unlikely to be caused by foreign power, says CIA

The interim findings of a comprehensive study by the agency have angered victims, who described their release as a 'breach of faith.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2022

I had breakthrough COVID-19. Can I start living like it’s 2019?

While 'hybrid immunity' is considered the best immunity you can get, scientists still say that going back to '2019 behavior' is a little premature.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 19, 2022

Swift end to pandemic threatened by unvaccinated faraway locales

Logistical issues are relentlessly hounding vaccine rollouts in poorer countries, becoming one of the world's biggest public health challenges.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2022

China points finger at overseas mail for Beijing omicron case

Authorities are trying to figure out how COVID-19 seeped through tight borders ahead of the Winter Olympics that start next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 17, 2022

Abuse of over-the-counter drugs surges among young people in Japan

As more people turn to addictive medications readily available at drugstores to ease their mental suffering, experts are sounding the alarm.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 17, 2022

Omicron penetrates China’s political, financial and tech hubs

China has detected locally-transmitted omicron infections in the capital Beijing, the financial center Shanghai, and Guangdong, which together account for one-fifth of the country's GDP.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2022

The decades of discoveries before the ‘miraculous’ sprint to a vaccine

The breakthroughs behind the vaccines unfolded over decades, little by little, as scientists across the world pursued research in disparate areas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2022

Biden forms new group to plan for future COVID variants

The Pandemic Innovation Task Force is intended to help prepare the U.S. in case new versions of the virus surface, and for future biological threats beyond COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Jan 10, 2022

Pandemic fatigue makes the case for boosters a harder sell

Disease experts say that rapidly shifting public health messaging in the face of a quickly mutating virus has bred confusion and mistrust over the benefit of boosters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 5, 2022

COVID-19 and the rise of digital capitalism

The pandemic has allowed the dominant players in digital industries to conduct a full-scale experiment regarding the virtual world's assimilation of the physical one.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 4, 2022

Investors learning little from trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes

The startup world had been watching in suspense, but it was largely for the spectacle of it all.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2021

Now-dominant omicron variant drives COVID-19 surge across U.S.

Hopes of a more normal holiday season have been dashed amid a surge of COVID-19 infections, resurrecting restrictions and stretching the country's testing infrastructure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 16, 2021

Refugees lack COVID-19 shots because drugmakers fear lawsuits

Legal concerns add new hurdles to fighting the virus since unvaccinated people offer an ideal environment for it to mutate and threaten hard-won immunity around the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 14, 2021

Vaccine sites to open in U.K. stadiums as omicron cases rise

The move comes after news that the variant accounts for 20% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in England, with around 200,000 daily infections.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2021

Two weeks into the omicron outbreak: Where to from here?

A little more than two weeks since omicron's discovery a lot has been learned about the latest coronavirus variant. A lot remains to be discovered.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2021

First known U.S. omicron case found in fully vaccinated overseas traveler

The infected person, who had mild and improving symptoms, returned to the United States from South Africa on Nov. 22 and tested positive seven days later.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2021

China basks in 'COVID zero' vindication as omicron closes borders

While the verdict is still out on whether the startling genetic changes found in omicron justify the preemptive hunkering down, some analysts said China's approach may offer benefits.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2021

Expert panel calls for stronger WHO and global pandemic treaty

The latest review by the group reiterated its call for urgent reforms ahead of a three-day meeting of health ministers from 194 WHO member states next week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
Nov 8, 2021

Parents and children in Japan unaware HPV vaccines are available for free

In Japan, about 11,000 women mainly in their 20s through 40s suffer from cervical cancer every year, of which about 2,800 die from the disease.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
Hiker missing in Hokkaido after bear attack found dead
The Rausu mountain range at Hokkaido's Shiretoko National Park. A man in his 20s who went missing after being attacked by a bear while hiking on Mount Rausu has been found dead.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.
A seaside hotel built on competitive Japanese cycling
In a region more associated with art, Keirin Hotel 10 takes a decidedly more athletic approach to attracting tourists.
Reading the Japanese clock: Are times a-changin'?
People walk past a time board at Hakata Station in Fukuoka. Luckily for those trying to catch a train, reading a clock is universal.
The indelible memory of being a part of Unit 731
Hideo Shimizu, 95, says he cannot forget seeing the prisoners' bloody wills scribbled on the walls of prison cells at Unit 731 in 1945.
Recent deaths of Japanese boxers underline importance of emergency action plans
The Japan Boxing Commission's safety protocols have been thrust into the spotlight following the deaths of Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa, who suffered fatal brain injuries while fighting on the same card on Aug. 2.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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