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COVID 19 IN JAPAN

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JAPAN / Science & Health
May 19, 2023
Scientists urge G7 leaders to improve vaccine access in developing countries
Advocates used the summit to push back against the pharmaceutical industry’s pressure to strengthen intellectual property rights.
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JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
May 18, 2023
Japan has a new vaccine research funding unit for future pandemics — is it up to the task?
The country lacked a sense of urgency to prepare for potential outbreaks — this lack of preparedness has had a lasting impact.
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JAPAN
May 17, 2023
Japan visitors surge to nearly 2 million in April after China eases travel curbs
Despite the rise, arrivals are still down 33% from April 2019, before pandemic travel curbs were adopted the next year.
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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 15, 2023
Choosing not to drink: 'Sober curious' lifestyle catches on in Kyushu
Interest in the lifestyle has been taking hold in Fukuoka Prefecture, where nonalcoholic cocktails offered at bars seem to be changing people’s perceptions about drinking.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 11, 2023
Counting the cost of Japan's COVID-19 fight
The ¥76.5 trillion spent for pandemic measures in the past three years amounts to about ¥637,000 per person.
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BUSINESS / Economy
May 11, 2023
Lower Tokyo office vacancy rate gives relief to market after COVID-19
Historically, the city has recorded vacancy rates in the low single digits, but the market may be settling into a new normal of higher levels considering the change in work trends.
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CULTURE / Film
May 11, 2023
‘Alone Together’ docudrama revisits loneliness and anxieties of the pandemic's early days
Yukiko Mishima’s film depicts the profound impact that living in isolation in fear of an invisible enemy had on everyday life in Japan.
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JAPAN
May 8, 2023
Japan to push experience-based programs for foreign tourists
In March, the Japan Tourism Agency selected 139 experience-based programs as the first batch out of some 1,000 applications made by municipalities and others.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 8, 2023
Japanese companies split over post-pandemic remote working
Some major companies have been shifting back to working at the office in principle. Others are cautious about fully returning to an office-based work style.
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JAPAN
May 7, 2023
Cumulative COVID-19 cases in Japan reach 33.8 million
The number of COVID-19 cases in Japan reached 33,812,143 on Sunday, meaning that more than one-fourth of the country's population has been infected since the outbreak about three years ago.
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JAPAN
May 7, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 2,345 new cases
Japan confirmed 6,267 new COVID-19 cases nationwide on Saturday, a decrease of about 6,900 from a week before.
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JAPAN
May 7, 2023
Japan steps into post-pandemic phase with scrapping of COVID measures
The move will have a far-reaching impact on the nation’s health care system and beyond, affecting everything from the cost of treatment to the reporting of COVID cases.
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JAPAN
May 5, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 906 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 1,488.4, up 3% from a week earlier.
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JAPAN
May 4, 2023
Tokyo reports 994 new COVID-19 cases
A total of 16,505 people were newly found positive for COVID-19 in Japan, an increase of about 3,400 from a week earlier.
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JAPAN
May 3, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 2,187 new coronavirus cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 1,685, up 21.2% from a week earlier.
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BUSINESS
May 3, 2023
Japan sees 'zombie' firms rise 30% after zero-interest pandemic loan program
The number of corporate failures in fiscal 2020 dropped by nearly 20% from the previous year, and the number in fiscal 2021 hit the lowest level in 57 years, according to a research agency.
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BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2023
Japan Airlines' annual net profit returns to black
The carrier said net profit for the year to March was ¥34.4 billion — a turnaround from a net loss of ¥177 billion in the previous financial year.

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Akira Oishi (left) and Shinichi Okanobori have taken on the responsibility of surveying the flora and fauna of Mount Tenran and Mount Tonosu in Saitama Prefecture.
Inside Japan's 100-year project to monitor its deteriorating biodiversity