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JAPAN
Apr 12, 2022

XE variant adds to concern over low vaccination rates among young people in Japan

Seemingly on the verge of a seventh wave of COVID-19, Japan is struggling to balance infection control and a resumption of normal life.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2022

The silver lining hidden in the battle against long COVID

Long COVID-19 research could reveal clues to help fight Alzheimer's, Lyme Disease and other illnesses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2022

New COVID vaccine findings pose tough questions for parents of young children

For adults, vaccines proved to be safe and powerfully protective in clinical trials and were speedily authorized for use. But the trials in children were complicated by the arrival of virus variants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 10, 2022

The humble cough drop could be used to map omicron’s spread

Soaring sales of lozenges, gargles and other over-the-counter medication has squeezed supplies — even in countries where cases are falling.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Mar 5, 2022

Video game addiction, now a globally recognized illness, seeks a treatment

The World Health Organization formally acknowledged the condition for the first time this year, kicking off a race to offer remedies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2022

COVID deaths among Hong Kong’s young children alarm parents

Children have had less exposure to coronaviruses — including those that cause the common cold — due to school closures, and their immune systems may be less equipped to fight an infection.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2022

A bill for COVID long haulers, from a U.S. senator who's one of them

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine suffers from mild long COVID symptoms, and he hopes this new legislation will help other Americans struggling with the same mysterious illness.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2022

Breaking the coronavirus pandemic's grip

There is a significant risk that we will become trapped in an endless cycle of booster vaccinations, chasing the virus rather than getting ahead of it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2022

Hong Kong sees first COVID-19 deaths in months as strategy tested

The outbreak, while small compared with other parts of the world, is putting a health system set up to root out every case under unprecedented pressure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2022

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are unlikely to transmit to babies

Pregnant women who are COVID-19 positive when they give birth rarely transmit the virus to their newborns because it is not an agent that circulates in the bloodstream very frequently.
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2022

Japan set to miss booster target as omicron muddles rollout plan

About 2.6 million people had received their third dose as of Tuesday, about 18% of the target for January, according to government figures.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2022

U.S. opposes plans to make WHO more independent

The U.S. government is opposing the reform because it has concerns about the WHO's ability to confront future threats, including from China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2022

The great COVID-19 coverup

COVID-19 deaths make all the headlines, but what flies under the radar are the increased rates of obesity, unemployment, depression, alcoholism and suicides.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2022

Hong Kong tightens COVID rules, suspending inbound flights from eight countries

The flight bans will deepen the city's isolation from the outside world and mark a return to the tough restrictions imposed in the early days of the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2021

Tardy COVID-19 vaccine makers under fire for trials in developing nations

Vaccine developers at the testing phase now are seeking developing countries where vaccination rates remain low and the virus is still active.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2021

WHO sounds warning over fast-spreading omicron

WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said it would be 'unwise' to conclude from early evidence that omicron was a milder variant than previous ones.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 18, 2021

Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022

As the omicron variant gains momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are rewriting their expectations for the COVID-19 pandemic next year.
An employee at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The greatest heat-related labor losses are born by outdoor industries such as construction, mining and agriculture.
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2024

When hot weather arrives, worker productivity is at risk

Exposure to high temperatures can diminish cognitive performance and have other lingering affects on one's health.
Of the 384 people who died from all mpox strains in Congo this year, more than 60% were children, the World Health Organization has said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2024

Fears emerge over new 'most dangerous' mpox strain crossing borders

The new deadlier strain transmits more easily between people — including through nonsexual contact — and is killing children and causing miscarriages in Congo.
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Jul 14, 2024

The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

Great pianists aren't made overnight, it takes years of practice. It can all be undone in a matter of days, however, due to a medical condition called dystonia.
President Shinji Kaneko (left) and other executives of Keikyu Department Store bow in apology during a news conference in Yokohama on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2024

Grilled eel leaves one dead and 140 sick in Japan

The products included eel cooked in the traditional kabayaki style
The Mefeego pill pack
JAPAN / Society
Aug 5, 2024

Japan's health ministry considers wider availability for abortion pill

Currently, the medication can only be administered in hospitals with inpatient capabilities.
Former Kobayashi Pharmaceutical President Akihiro Kobayashi (second from right) speaks during a news conference in Osaka on Aug. 8 along with President Satoshi Yamane (third from right).
JAPAN / Society
Aug 14, 2024

Kobayashi Pharma fails to report 11 more suspected deaths

The 11 cases had been classified into a wrong category in the process of sorting out the inquiries made to its call center.
Revised guidelines on municipal governments' postpartum care programs will likely include care for women who temporarily stay at their parents' homes to give birth.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2024

Japan to revise guidelines for local government postpartum care

The upcoming revision comes as some local governments face difficulties implementing postpartum care projects by themselves.
Japan's pharmaceutical shares have gained 10% since the start of July through last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 27, 2024

Japan's pharmaceutical stocks surge to record highs after market rout

The firms' market performance suggest investors favor defensive shares amid concern that global economic growth will slow.
The third straight annual rise in medical fees reflected Japan's aging population and the increased use of advanced medical equipment and technologies.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 4, 2024

Japan medical costs hit record high in fiscal year 2023

The third straight annual rise reflected the country's aging population and the increased use of advanced medical equipment and technologies.
A colorized electron microscope image of avian influenza grown in cultured cells
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 7, 2024

U.S. confirms first bird flu case without animal contact

A person in the state of Missouri has become the first in the United States to test positive for bird flu without a known exposure to infected animals.
U.S. backtracks on Japan tariff calculation, taking effective rate lower
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, said the U.S. made a clerical error in not including a “reciprocal” tariff rate ceiling for Japan in the trade deal.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Japan starts survey on foreign nationals' unpaid resident taxes
In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some foreign workers leaving Japan without paying outstanding taxes after completing their stay periods.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
The horrors of Nagasaki, in first person
Koichi Tagawa’s diary entry from Aug. 9, 1945, describes the day of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Cheer with caution: Expert advises sports fans have game plan for extreme heat
A Cardinals fan fans himself during the seventh inning of a game against the Pirates in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 2022.
Australia's warship selection signals Japanese defense industry's arrival
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate. Australia's selection of an upgraded version of the Mogami-class warship for its next frigate class could prove to be a watershed moment for Japan’s defense industry.
Japan's inheritance tax is high, unforgiving and sometimes avoidable
The National Tax Agency at the Ministry of Finance, Kasumigaseki, Tokyo. Japanese tax authorities can bill foreign residents in Japan for assets inherited globally.
Will the movement seeking Ishiba’s resignation succeed?
Liberal Democratic Party youth division head Yasutaka Nakasone (center) and other members speak to reporters in Tokyo on July 25.
Photographer Bleg Bayraktar is winning social media with politeness
A video on Bayraktar's Instagram account of the Belgian photographer approaching an elderly worker in Tokyo's Shibuya has gone viral, garnering almost 9 million views.

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