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Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2021
Biden's vaccine-patent gambit turns up the heat on drugmakers
By supporting the World Trade Organization process, the U.S. president can satisfy progressives while engaging in talks on a waiver that may never reach consensus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2021
Japan to approve Moderna vaccine as soon as May 21, report says
The Moderna vaccine would be the second to get approved in Japan and will be used in the nation's large inoculation centers that will open in Tokyo and Osaka from May 24, the report said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2021
Japanese frustrated over vaccine rollout after learning of EU exports
The EU has said that it had authorized some 52.3 million doses made in European factories for export to Japan, the highest volume among all 43 countries to which vaccines have been shipped.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2021
First batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Japan
It will become the second type of shot available in the country after the one developed by Pfizer Inc. if a health ministry panel greenlights it as early as May 20.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2021
Tokyo to get SDF-staffed, large-scale vaccination site amid slow rollout
Medically licensed SDF personnel are expected to administer Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines to about 900,000 people age 65 or older living in the capital and neighboring prefectures.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2021
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, study finds
The results validate earlier studies that had indicated the vaccines begin to work soon after a first dose, and confirm that they also prevent asymptomatic infections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2021
Vaccine comparison shopping hurts everyone
Medical professionals are holding out for some vaccines over others which are seen to have lower efficacy rates, risking delaying vaccination programs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2021
Japan's Takeda seeks government approval for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
While awaiting regulatory approval, Takeda plans to start distributing the Moderna vaccine in the first half of this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2021
Moderna and Takeda to seek COVID-19 vaccine approval in Japan
The request, which could come as early as Friday, will be the third such application for regulatory approval.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2021
Takeda starts clinical trial of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in Japan
The drugmaker said it expects to gain results from a study on 200 Japanese participants age 20 or older in the second half of this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2021
One shot or two? Japan weighs question as vaccine rollout stalls amid shortages
Health minister Norihisa Tamura says Japan will stick to the standard two-dose schedule, but some in the LDP are calling for a change of course.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 17, 2021
This is what you need to know to get a coronavirus vaccine in Japan
More than two months after the U.K. and the U.S., Japan finally embarked on an unprecedented coronavirus vaccination blitz Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2021
Spread of variants sparks push for all-in-one COVID-19 vaccines
Dangerous coronavirus variants are carpeting the globe, pushing scientists in the U.K. and elsewhere to target multiple versions of the pathogen in a single shot.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2021
Some citizens remain skeptical as Japan gets set to roll out vaccines
In a survey conducted earlier this month, only 63.1% of people in Japan expressed willingness to get a shot while 27.4% said they were unwilling.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 5, 2021
Japan is moving closer to vaccinations: Here's how the rollout will work
The government has begun to set out its inoculation schedule, but there are concerns over delivery hiccups.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2021
As virus grows stealthier, vaccine makers reconsider battle plans
As the coronavirus assumes contagious new forms around the world, two drugmakers reported on Monday that their vaccines, while still effective, offer less protection against one variant and began revising plans to turn back an evolving pathogen that has killed more than 2 million people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jan 18, 2021
Japan scrambles to roll out vaccine, but how many people will get the shot?
Polls have shown recently that nearly 70% of Japanese are willing to get a coronavirus vaccine. But still, skepticism against vaccines is deeply rooted in the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2021
mRNA vaccines could vanquish COVID-19 today, cancer tomorrow
Therein lies mRNA's bigger promise: It can tell our cells to make whatever protein we want. That includes the antigens of many other diseases besides COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 7, 2021
Japanese approval of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine unlikely before May
Tokyo is facing a major regulatory bottleneck due to requirements for local clinical trials before requesting approval for coronavirus shots.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2020
Astra-Oxford coronavirus vaccine gets its first clearance with U.K. approval
AstraZeneca PLC and the University of Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine won U.K. clearance, marking the first approval worldwide for a shot that will be key to mass immunizations.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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