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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2020
Japan to prioritize flu vaccines for older people and those at risk due to health
More are expected to seek the shots as it is difficult to distinguish between symptoms of influenza and COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2020
U.S. CDC chief warns second, worse COVID-19 wave could arrive with flu season
A second wave of the coronavirus is expected to hit the United States next winter and could strike much harder than the first because it would likely arrive at the start of influenza season, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2020
Japan to offer anti-flu Avigan drug to 20 virus-hit nations for free
Japan plans to provide the anti-flu drug Avigan for free to 20 countries hoping to use it to treat coronavirus patients, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2020
Japan to boost Avigan drug stockpile as part of coronavirus stimulus
Japan is considering increasing the stockpile of Fujifilm Holding Corp.'s Avigan anti-flu drug during this fiscal year so it can be used to treat 2 million people.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2020
Virus can still be beaten and too early to declare pandemic, says WHO
The coronavirus outbreak can still be beaten, the World Health Organization said on Monday, insisting it was premature to declare it a pandemic even though it had the potential to reach that level.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2020
Japan might approve anti-flu drug Avigan to treat coronavirus patients
Japan is considering using Avigan, an influenza medication developed by a unit of Fujifilm Holdings Corp., to treat patients of the novel coronavirus, health minister Katsunobu Kato says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak seen bringing quick end to flu season in Japan
The flu season appears to be waning significantly faster than last year thanks to public fear of the deadly new coronavirus, government data shows.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 2, 2020
China culls 18,000 chickens after H5N1 bird flu cases in Hunan province
A city in China's central Hunan province reported that it had culled almost 18,000 chickens after an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in statement on its website Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 1, 2020
Coronavirus garners headlines, but there's another virus stalking America
A second wave of seasonal influenza is taking hold in the U.S. and elsewhere, just as health officials are on high alert for new cases of the novel coronavirus. Many of the symptoms are the same, but when it comes to immediate risk, people should fear the flu more.
JAPAN
Jan 23, 2020
Japan plans wider pig culls if African swine fever discovered
In the event a pig with African swine fever (ASF) is found at a farm, all pigs at farms within up to 3 kilometers of the affected facility could be culled in order to prevent the highly pathogenic disease from spreading, agriculture ministry sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2020
Wearing two hats, Tokyo 'entre-doctor' pins hopes on AI to enhance medical care
By day, he is the chief executive officer of a Tokyo startup. At night and on weekends, he works shifts as a doctor. He wants to keep it that way because he needs both to stay in balance.
BUSINESS
Jan 2, 2020
Bird flu found on turkey farms in Poland, Europe's largest poultry producer
Bird flu has been detected in turkeys in eastern Poland, authorities said on Wednesday, and local media reported that the outbreak could require up to 40,000 birds to be slaughtered.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2019
Japan gears up for pig culls to prevent African swine fever
The agriculture ministry will seek to allow pig culls as a preventive measure against African swine fever, something not currently permitted by the law, if the disease is detected in Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2019
North Korea may be hiding hog apocalypse from the world
By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un's reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2019
When is it OK for health officials to panic?
There can be a hidden downside to frightening the public.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2019
Efforts against pandemics that could kill tens of millions 'grossly insufficient,' WHO and World Bank report says
The world faces a mounting threat of pandemics that could kill millions and wreak economic havoc, a international expert panel warns, saying governments should work to mitigate that risk.
EDITORIALS
Jun 26, 2019
African swine flu poses a new challenge in Asia
Tokyo must also work with Asian governments to fight outbreaks of African swine flu throughout the region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2019
Wall Street learns hard lesson on why not to say 'pig' in China
Wall Street is getting a costly language lesson.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2019
A century later, Spanish flu pandemic still holds valuable lessons for Japanese and global health experts
On Oct. 26, 1918, just over two weeks before the end of World War I, readers of The Japan Advertiser, as The Japan Times was named at the time, woke up to the headline "Thousands Dying From Influenza Throughout the World," and an accompanying article detailing the havoc it was wreaking in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2019
China's pig pandemic should worry everyone
The way officials have responded to the spread of African swine fever has brought back uncomfortable memories of SARS.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.

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