National May 24, 2021
ANA starts trial of COVID-19 status app at Tokyo's Haneda Airport
The airline will trial the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass on its flights connecting Tokyo with Honolulu and New York until June 6.
Asia Pacific May 24, 2021
Singapore approves COVID-19 breath test that gives immediate result
Accurate tests at speed could be key to helping unlock a travel sector that has slowed to a crawl during the pandemic.
World / Science & Health May 20, 2021
Dogs sniffing COVID-19 from sweat fare nearly as well as PCR tests
The results mean that virus-sniffing dogs could be more widely deployed in airports, train stations or wherever crowds amass to screen people.
National / Science & Health May 6, 2021
Shimadzu develops coronavirus PCR reagent for Indian variant
It is believed to be the first reagent from a Japanese company that reacts to the Indian variant.
National May 2, 2021
Up to 300 people per day breaking self-quarantine pledge in Japan
Around 200 to 300 people every day could not be confirmed to be in their pledged quarantine locations, with 30% of those people found to be in other locations.
National Apr 30, 2021
Japan says Olympics must not burden regional medical systems
The games will be held in a manner that makes everyone feel safe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told reporters.
National / Science & Health Apr 20, 2021
The system is believed to be almost as accurate as current polymerase chain reaction tests, which take at least an hour to produce results.
World / Science & Health Apr 15, 2021
Rapid tests for COVID-19 are missing early infections, expert warns
by Tim Loh
The shortcoming could undermine efforts to use these fast and cheap tests to determine if someone can safely enter a place where people are congregating.
National / Science & Health Apr 12, 2021
Low-cost coronavirus tests spreading in Japan in bid to boost travel
An increasing number of companies in Japan are providing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the novel coronavirus at low cost, an effort to help boost travel demand battered by the pandemic. On Saturday, Kinoshita Group Co., a housing business operator, opened PCR testing centers ...
National Apr 8, 2021
The system can screen up to 2,500 samples per day. The university in Aichi Prefecture said that trials using actual samples have shown that it can produce accurate results.
National Apr 8, 2021
Rapid COVID-19 testing centers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo to open Saturday
The privately operated facilities will conduct antigen tests, which provide results in roughly 15 minutes, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
National Mar 31, 2021
Experts fear the Olympics could trigger a global superspreader event
by Lisa Du and Michelle Fay Cortez
While those involved in the games will be somewhat isolated from the Japanese public, Tokyo has ruled out using two core tenets of containment: quarantines and vaccinations.