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JAPAN
Aug 25, 2021

Japan's state of emergency to be expanded to eight more prefectures

With COVID-19 measures now covering the vast majority of the country, there are growing calls for a state of emergency or quasi-emergency to be implemented nationwide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2021

U.S. vice president's trip to Vietnam delayed by ‘anomalous health incident’

While the State Department has not given details, the phrase has been used to describe so-called Havana Syndrome, which has afflicted dozens of U.S. diplomats and intelligence officials.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2021

A COVID-19 booster is the privilege scientists say will curb delta

Some experts say that bolstering antibody levels with an extra dose of vaccine may enable the immune system to swiftly block the variant.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2021

Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles delta-driven surge

The current wave's speed and severity are overtaking the strategy of targeted cluster tracing Japan has favored over the mass testing used by many nations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2021

Australia's 'authoritarian' COVID-19 response

Australia, once the envy of the world for its pandemic management, is now being criticized by some over the authoritarian measures it is using to crush COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Aug 11, 2021

How to protect yourself at home as Tokyo's household infection rate rises

Following a policy change on hospitalizations, it's becoming more likely that if someone you live with gets infected, you will need to share your home with them while they are sick.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 9, 2021

China’s COVID-19 strategy risks leaving it isolated for years

China is tethering itself to eliminating the virus over the long term — an approach that risks leaving the world's second-biggest economy isolated for years to come.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2021

Pfizer shot halts severe illness in Israel as delta variant spreads

However, the vaccine's ability to protect people against COVID-19 dropped to 64% between June 6 and early July, down from a previous 94%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 22, 2021

U.S. employers wrestle with COVID-19 vaccine requirements in regulatory 'hairball'

Monitoring the vaccination status of staff members may require identifying those who got a COVID-19 shot with badges or bracelets, raising discrimination issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Jun 21, 2021

Income cap hinders nurses’ role in administering COVID-19 vaccines in Japan

Normally, if a spouse's income rises above u00a51.3 million a year, they lose access to their partner's pension and health care benefits, which has put some people off extra hours.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2021

Top Japanese health adviser warns of another state of emergency in August

As parts of Japan near the planned end of a third state of emergency, infectious disease experts warn that a fourth declaration in Tokyo might be right around the corner.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 9, 2021

Lewis Hamilton sends encouragement to Naomi Osaka

'For her own personal health she didn't feel comfortable doing something, and the backlash is ridiculous,” the Formula One champion said last week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 8, 2021

Changing the game for Alzheimer's treatment, U.S. approves Eisai and Biogen's drug

The approval appears to signal a fundamental shift in the way the FDA thinks about Alzheimer's disease, which could have lasting ramifications for other drugs in the pipeline.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 5, 2021

Bribing people to get COVID-19 vaccines just might be working in U.S.

Incentives don't get all the credit — in some states, younger people only recently became eligible for vaccines — but experts say they're helping, especially among those on the fence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2021

In Japan, the light at the end of the pandemic's tunnel remains distant

The vaccine rollout may be accelerating, but the nation remains far away from a return to normalcy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2021

Chinese drugmakers take aim at lucrative U.S. anti-cancer market

In recent years, medicines that free the immune system to attack tumors have become blockbusters in a $150 billion global market.
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 20, 2024

Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns

The inspection follows a reported leak in August of water containing "forever chemicals" outside the U.S. base in western Tokyo.
The nationwide average for men's healthy life expectancy decreased 0.11 year from the previous survey, three years earlier, to 72.57 years, while that for women rose 0.07 year to 75.45 years.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 25, 2024

Residents of Shizuoka live longest healthy lives in Japan, ranking shows

Every three years the health ministry estimates healthy life expectancy based on a comprehensive survey of living conditions.
Authorities are calling for utmost vigilance as Japan heads into the New Year holiday season, when many people plan getaways.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2024

Flu cases surge above ‘warning’ levels in much of Japan

An estimated 1.67 million people became sick and sought medical care from doctors in the week through last Sunday.
Mori Building has been offering yoga and body stretch programs in the shared common space of its Azabudai Hills complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward for workers of tenant firms.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 15, 2025

Realtors offer healthy options for office workers of tenant firms

Many companies have learned that preparing a workplace environment in which their employees can stay healthy is key to securing talent.
A volunteer responds an incoming call at a suicide hotline center in Tokyo. While the number of people who killed themselves in Japan marked the second-lowest level since 2019, such deaths among elementary, junior high and high school students were at their highest level since records began in 1980.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 29, 2025

Suicides among school children in Japan at highest level since 1980

The total number of people who killed themselves in the country fell for the second straight year to the second-lowest level since 2019, the health ministry said.
A participant in a research study to test a new device to prevent pregnancy and HIV infection, leaves a clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, on Wednesday. A U.S. Agency for International Development-funded trial shut down, leaving a medical device in her body that needed to be removed right away.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 9, 2025

Trump administration cuts put medical progress at risk, researchers say

The new policy, which takes effect Monday, will cap "indirect funds” for costs like buildings, utilities and support staff at 15% and is aimed at saving $4 billion.
The government will raise the out-of-pocket expense cap for expensive medical treatments this August as planned, but will reconsider plans for further increases, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told parliament on Friday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2025

Japan to reconsider medical expense cap hike plan: Ishiba

The expense ceiling hike is slated to be conducted in three stages from this year to 2027.
Tokyo’s WWII museums hold diverse views on war and peace
A carrier-based Type 52 Zero fighter marks the entrance foyer of Yasukuni Shrine's Yushukan, a museum that tells a more nuanced story of Japan's experience in World War II than the controversies around the shrine might suggest.
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.
Summer bonuses at major Japan firms hit record
The fourth consecutive year of increase came after many firms raised their monthly wages this spring and as a result of solid earnings mainly among manufacturers.
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.
Weather agency warns of landslides and flooding in Kyushu as heavy rain continues
An embankment on the Amikake River that collapsed due to heavy rain in Aira, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. Downpours continued in the Kyushu region over the weekend.
At Himawari Shokudo 2, Italian food with a Japanese soul
At Himawari Shokudo 2, chef Hozumi Tanaka serves Italian-inspired fare with a focus on Toyama produce, such as this appetizer of lightly blanched "hotaru ika" (firefly squid) served atop mixed wild plants and a crepe prepared from "yamato-imo" yam.
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.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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