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COVID 19 IN U S

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 571 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital stood at 1,326.6, up 19.3% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 24, 2023
Chinese censorship is quietly rewriting the COVID-19 story
Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data. The censorship has stymied efforts to understand the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2023
Tokyo reports 1,138 new COVID-19 cases
On Saturday, Japan reported 10,716 new COVID-19 cases nationwide, up by some 2,100 from a week before.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 23, 2023
Japan eyes shift to 'quality' experiences as inbound tourism recovers
Inbound tourism has already become an integral part of Japan's economy prior to the imposition of COVID-19 restrictions and its revival will likely be a welcome boost.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 10,104 cases and 17 deaths
Tokyo reported 1,441 new cases, up by 226 from a week earlier, along with one death.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,449 new cases
The number of severe case under Tokyo's criteria rose by one from Wednesday to six, while two deaths linked to the virus were reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2023
67 million children missed out on vaccines because of COVID-19, UNICEF says
Vaccine coverage among children declined in 112 countries and the percentage of children vaccinated worldwide slipped 5 points to 81%.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2023
COVID tracker: Tokyo confirms 1,514 new cases amid rising trend
The most recent data for new cases nationwide, from a day earlier, showed the number of infections grew about 1,700 from a week before to 11,901.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,696 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases came to 1,141.1, compared to 1,087.3 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo's new cases stay flat from week before
The number of severe cases under Tokyo's criteria rose by one form Sunday to six , while one death linked to the virus was reported on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Apr 17, 2023
Fukushima care providers falling behind on business continuity planning
Without plans, it will be difficult to keep offering services during large-scale disasters, but amid a chronic labor shortage operators lack personnel to work on forward thinking.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 891 new coronavirus cases
On Saturday, 8,550 new COVID-19 cases were reported across Japan, up some 70 from the week before.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2023
China's economy expected to rebound as 'zero-COVID' era fades
China is expected to announce an economic rebound on Tuesday when it releases its first quarterly GDP figures since abolishing COVID-19 restrictions late last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 15, 2023
Another COVID-like pandemic could hit the world within 10 years
There’s a 27.5% chance a pandemic as deadly as COVID-19 could take place in the next decade, with rapid vaccine rollout key to reducing fatalities, a predictive health analytics firm found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,215 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital stood at 1,127.9, up 12.7% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023
A fresh, but mild, COVID wave is rippling through Asia
Singapore’s infections almost doubled in the final week of March to the highest rate this year, data from the Ministry of Health showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2023
COVID tracker: Tokyo reports 1,181 new cases in 13th day of uptrend
The seven-day average of new cases in Tokyo came to 1,116.1, compared to 960.6 a week before.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023
South Korea tries $500 handouts to help get reclusive children outside
The new policy’s main goal is to help disadvantaged youth, but it’s also a way for the country to address its shrinking working-age population.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,334 new coronavirus cases
One death was reported among COVID-19 patients in the capital, while the number of severely ill COVID-19 patients under Tokyo's criteria rose by two from the previous day to seven.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2023
Annual Tokyo fireworks festival to be held for first time in four years
Around 20,000 fireworks will be set off, with the display expected to attract about 950,000 people, according to the organizer.
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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