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DISEASE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2015
Empress showing signs of possible heart disease
Empress Michiko has shown possible symptoms of heart disease in an electrocardiogram examination and will undergo a more detailed exam next month, the Imperial Household Agency said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 25, 2015
Julianne Moore takes on a role that her peers would avoid in 'Still Alice'
Julianne Moore says she was surprised to learn that people in some parts of the world have mistaken "Still Alice," her film about Alzheimer's disease, as "science fiction" and even "horror-comedy."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 6, 2015
Help at hand for dementia patients
They would enter the bank and ask for their cash. Yuriko Asahara, behind the counter, would check where they would stash it — in the side pocket of a handbag or perhaps deep down in a shoulder bag.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2014
As Chinese live longer, Alzheimer's cases rise
The Chinese government should be prepare for a sharp rise in the number of dementia patients as the world's second largest country's population rapidly ages.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 11, 2014
Japanese team unveils blood test regimen to detect Alzheimer's before symptoms appear
A group of Japanese experts announces they have developed a blood test measure to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease before patients show symptoms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Nov 4, 2014
Japan wakes up to reality of dementia, seeks unique solutions
Asayo Sakai banged on the front door, demanding to be let out. She was at her daughter's apartment, where Asayo has lived for the past six years. She has no memory of how she got there or what she's doing there.
EDITORIALS
Oct 10, 2014
Aiding more Minamata victims
Japan's government has restarted the process of officially recognizing more sufferers of Minamata disease — discovered decades ago to be the result of eating mercury-contaminated fish — under a new guideline that the Environment Agency adopted in March.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
Ebola spread stabilizing in Guinea but still spreading elsewhere: WHO
The spread of Ebola seems to have stabilized in Guinea, one of three West African states worst-hit by the disease, but a lack of beds and resistance in affected communities means its advance continues elsewhere, the World Health Organization said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle Ebola waste
U.S. hospitals may be unprepared to safely dispose of the infectious waste generated by any Ebola virus disease patient to arrive unannounced in the country, potentially putting the wider community at risk, biosafety experts said.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
Experts unveil plan to end rabies globally via dog vaccinations
Rabies experts on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for eliminating the pernicious disease, which almost always is caused by bites from rabid dogs and kills tens of thousands of people a year worldwide, through a program of mass dog vaccinations in targeted regions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2014
Japan weighs sending medics to Ebola-hit West Africa
Japan is considering sending more emergency medical personnel to deal with the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2014
Ebola burial team attacked in Sierra Leone despite lockdown
A team burying Ebola victims was attacked in Sierra Leone's capital on Saturday, a member of parliament said in Freetown, as a small group defied a three-day lockdown aimed at halting the worst outbreak of the disease on record.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 14, 2014
Liberian president appeals to U.S. for help to beat Ebola
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama for urgent aid in tackling the worst recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying that without it her country will lose the fight against the disease.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
Ebola highlights slow progress in war on tropical diseases
Some of the world's most gruesome diseases are finally getting a bit of attention.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 6, 2014
Dengue spreads beyond two Tokyo parks; tally at 74
Dengue fever cases rise to 74 as evidence emerges that the virus is no longer confined to the two parks so far linked to the rare outbreak.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 4, 2014
Clockwork heart pacemaker does away with batteries
Swiss engineers, famous for making the world's finest watches, are turning their hands to cardiology with a prototype battery-free pacemaker based on a self-winding wristwatch.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2014
U.S. missionary doctor in Liberia tests positive for Ebola
An American doctor working in Liberia has tested positive for the Ebola virus after working with obstetrics patients at a missionary hospital in Monrovia, the Christian organization SIM USA said on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2014
More than 10 people may have contracted dengue fever around Yoyogi Park: Fuji TV
More than 10 people who visited Tokyo's Yoyogi Park or its vicinity might have contracted dengue fever, Fuji TV reported Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2014
Health workers strike at major Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone
Health workers have gone on strike at a major state-run Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone, hospital staffers said on Saturday, a further blow to efforts to contain the deadly virus.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2014
Baby may have infected Briton with deadly Ebola virus
A British nurse infected with Ebola may have caught the deadly virus after playing with a 1-year-old boy whose mother died in a treatment center but who himself had initially tested negative for the disease, a medical colleague said.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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