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COVID 19 IN U S

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2020
Japan braces for Chinese New Year tourist influx as concerns over coronavirus grow
Authorities bolster health screenings at airports and urge companies to clamp down on business travel as throngs of Chinese tourists land in Japan wearing masks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2020
How lessons learned from SARS could apply to the coronavirus outbreak
With the arrival of the Lunar New Year, Japan and other international destinations are bracing for an annual influx of tourists.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020
Face masks and hand sanitizers in short supply across Asia amid deadly virus panic
Face masks and hand sanitizers are becoming must-have accessories from Hong Kong to Japan as a deadly virus spreads across Asia. The only problem is getting hold of them.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2020
Plenty of challenges ahead for Tokyo as six-month countdown to Olympics begins
Friday marked six months until the opening of the 2020 Olympic Games, and although Tokyo has received praise for its preparations to host the world's biggest sporting event, the road up until now has also had its fair share of potholes and speed bumps, and there's plenty still to be done.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2020
Wuhan virus lockdown casts economic cloud over Chinese manufacturing hub
Wuhan's status as a transport and manufacturing hub have fueled its economic rise and drawn comparisons with Chicago's role as a pivotal city in the center of a giant economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2020
The next pandemic will come — here's how to prepare for it
We should practice what we learned from SARS in 2003.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / ANALYSIS
Jan 24, 2020
Despite need for new vaccines, pandemics not a priority for drugmakers
Drugmakers have made significant scientific advances in recent years. Unfortunately, their ability to combat potential pandemics isn't included among them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 23, 2020
Coronavirus spotlights Japan contagion risks as Olympics loom
An outbreak of a new virus in China has raised fears of a global pandemic, forcing Japan to confront the possibility of a deadly contagion and disruption as it prepares to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 23, 2020
Inside China's virus zone, unease grips a city in lockdown
In Wuhan, the central Chinese city that's ground zero of the deadly new virus spreading through the country, a sense of fear is rapidly taking hold.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2020
Pandemic fears grow as China virus toll rises to nine
The death toll from a new flu-like coronavirus in China rose to nine on Wednesday with 440 confirmed cases, Chinese health officials said as authorities stepped up efforts to control the outbreak by discouraging public gatherings in Hubei province.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2020
Taiwan, excluded from WHO, calls on China to share 'correct' virus information
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on China on Wednesday to share "correct" information about a new coronavirus and for the World Health Organization (WHO) not to exclude Taiwan from collaboration on the outbreak for political reasons.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2020
Firms in Japan struggle to prepare for coronavirus as Chinese New Year holiday looms
As Japan readies to welcome a rush of Chinese visitors during the Lunar New Year holidays, hotels and other commercial facilities consider measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2020
Cathay says cabin crew can wear masks on mainland China flights due to virus
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will permit cabin crew to wear surgical masks while operating mainland China flights due to concerns over a new coronavirus, and allow passengers to Wuhan to change or cancel flights without charge through Feb. 15.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2020
North Korea closes borders to all foreign tourists as new coronavirus spreads from China
North Korea has blocked foreign tourists from entering the country, travel operators said Wednesday, amid fears over the spread of a new coronavirus first detected in China.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2020
CDC expects more U.S. cases of China coronavirus, adding airports for greater screening
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday it expects to see more cases of the Wuhan coronavirus in the United States.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 22, 2020
Chinese doctor investigating coronavirus outbreak says he was infected
A Chinese physician who was investigating the outbreak of a deadly new virus in central China says he has himself been infected.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2020
Deadly coronavirus finds a breeding ground in China's food markets
Leaning over a metal cage stuffed with live hens in Shanghai, Ran looked for just the right specimen for her chicken soup. The 60-year-old was shopping at one of China's wet markets, where sales of freshly slaughtered, unpackaged meat have become the focus of an investigation into an outbreak of a potentially deadly lung virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 21, 2020
Australia to screen some flights from China, but warns coronavirus difficult to stop
Australia will begin screening passengers arriving from a Chinese city in a bid to stop the spread of a new coronavirus, the country's chief medical officer said Tuesday, although authorities warned that an outbreak would be hard to prevent.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 19, 2020
A glance at the new coronavirus outbreak in China
Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization say a new strain of coronavirus is behind the outbreak of pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, which has erupted just ahead of the Lunar New Year, the country's biggest festival.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 16, 2020
Japan confirms first case of coronavirus that has infected dozens in China
A Chinese national in his 30s who lives in Kanagawa Prefecture tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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