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INFECTIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 24, 2018
Wild boar carcasses found in Gifu dull prospects for declaring containment of swine fever
An outbreak of swine fever on a farm in Gifu Prefecture earlier this month seemed to come to an end after the culling of hundreds of pigs and the disinfection of all related facilities.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 19, 2018
Number of Japan patients with rubella quintuples from 2017 level
The number of rubella patients this year has jumped more than fivefold to 496 from 93 in 2017, with many cases reported in and around Tokyo.
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2017
17 delicatessens in eastern Japan close over E. coli outbreak
An operator of delicatessens in eastern Japan said Wednesday it has closed all 17 of its stores after some locations were hit by an E. coli bacteria outbreak that has killed a 3-year-old girl and sickened 21 others.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2017
No toxic bacteria found in samples from Gunma factory linked to food-poisoning probe
The municipal government of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, said Saturday it did not find toxic bacteria in food samples taken from a local factory after potato salad produced there caused E. coli food poisoning earlier in the month.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2017
Kanazawa issues alert after returnee from India is diagnosed with measles
The Kanazawa Municipal Government is calling for the public to stay alert over possible measles infections after a city resident who recently came back from India was diagnosed with the disease.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 16, 2017
Japan looks to update flu measures after avian influenza outbreak
Government officials and scientists are moving to update countermeasures for a possible influenza pandemic after this winter's global spread of avian flu.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2016
'Sailor Moon' condoms combat syphilis but heroine's fans flustered by age issue
The superheroine from the popular manga and anime series "Sailor Moon" has emerged once again to fight another evil — syphilis.
JAPAN
May 18, 2016
Tokyo reveals rare outbreak of tuberculosis, plays down ongoing risk
Nine people have contracted tuberculosis while 34 others have developed asymptomatic forms of the disease after coming into contact last year with an Asian student living in Tokyo, the metropolitan government has revealed.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2014
Questions remain over how Japan would handle actual Ebola cases
Health experts have said authorities were correct to intercept a Canadian journalist who subsequently tested negative for the Ebola virus and remains under observation.
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2014
Amid dengue outbreak, eviction also a threat to Yoyogi Park's homeless
The greatest danger the outbreak of dengue fever traced to Tokyo's Yoyogi Park poses to the homeless there may be the threat of eviction, not infection, advocates said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 17, 2014
Kumamoto bird flu strain ID'd as H5N8, new to Japan
The avian influenza found in chickens in Kumamoto has been identified as the first case of the H5N8 strain in Japan.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2013
A welcome nudge for doctors to wash their hands
Hand hygiene is the No. 1 contributor u2014 and the most fixable u2014 to the almost 2 million hospital-acquired infections each year that kill 100,000 people in the U.S.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world