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According to a survey by the Japanese Red Cross Society, over 25% of respondents in Japan saw or heard false news or information during natural disasters.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2025
Over 25% in Japan encountered false information during disasters
Nearly half of all respondents, 47.4%, were aware of Disaster Prevention Day. But 74.3% said they had never participated in local disaster response drills.
A freezer at a Japanese Red Cross Society blood center in Tokyo's Koto Ward lost power around 10:30 p.m. on May 11, rendering around 13,700 units of fresh frozen plasma blood unusable.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2025
Freezer glitch affects blood products at Red Cross center in Tokyo
The incident did not affect deliveries of blood products to medical institutions, and the affected units will be used as materials for other products.
A high school student was taken to the emergency room after he complained of symptoms including vomiting. The resident physician conducted a CT scan, identified gastric dilation and diagnosed the teenager as suffering from gastroenteritis before sending him home.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2024
Nagoya hospital error results in high school student’s death
The resident physician had incorrectly diagnosed the 16-year-old male student with a digestive disorder, but the teenager turned out to be suffering from a rare disorder.
In a bid to attract young donors, student volunteers have begun calling on youths on streets, and on social media, to give blood.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2024
Severe blood shortage may hit Japan due to fewer young donors
COVID-19 led to schools and corporations canceling blood donation programs, leaving young people without accessible opportunities to start giving blood.
Princess Aiko speaks to reporters in front of the Japanese Red Cross Society in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2024
Princess Aiko joins Japanese Red Cross Society
"I feel that I have taken my first step as a working adult," the princess, 22, told reporters.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 20, 2024
Princess Aiko set to work with Red Cross following Gakushuin graduation
The princess studied for four years in the Department of Japanese Language and Literature, writing her thesis on a noted 12th-century poet.
Israeli army artillery personnel near Sderot, Israel, on Saturday
WORLD
Oct 29, 2023
Israel pounds Gaza as Red Cross warns of 'intolerable' suffering
The U.N. warned thousands more civilians could die in Gaza as Israel declared the war had entered a "second stage."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 19, 2022
Japan considers making blood products for SDF members
The Defense Ministry currently procures blood products for transfusions from the Japanese Red Cross Society, the only domestic producer.
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2020
Japanese Red Cross on alert as blood donations fall amid virus outbreak
The Japanese Red Cross Society is on alert as the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the nation has lead to a sharp decrease in the number of blood donors, partly due to the cancellation of many major events nationwide.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 16, 2019
Yoshi Shimizu: Curiosity and the camera
Taking an elective course on photography while studying business in California changed the whole course of Yoshi Shimizu's career.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 27, 2019
Diseases and food shortages plague migrant 'jungle camp' in Bosnia
Aid workers sounded the alarm on Wednesday about health and hygiene conditions in a makeshift forest camp in Bosnia for hundreds of migrants as they face the spread of scabies and other diseases as well as food shortages.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 15, 2019
As risks rise, too little is spent to avert disasters, say U.N. and Red Cross
Governments and businesses are still investing far too little to protect poor communities at rising risk from wild weather and other threats, the heads of the U.N. disaster prevention agency and the Red Cross said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2019
Red Cross breaks silence on three staffers snatched in Syria in 2013 and last seen in Islamic State's hands
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on Sunday for information on the whereabouts of three employees abducted in Syria more than five years ago and last known to have been held by Islamic State.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 2, 2018
Myanmar not ready to take back over 700,000 Rohingya, Red Cross chief says
Conditions in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state are not ready yet for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled a military crackdown, the head of the International Committee of Red Cross said on Sunday after visit to the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 27, 2017
Aid officials: Myanmar's Rohingya crisis 'spinning out of control' in Rakhine
A combination of escalating violence, worsening health and poor access to conflict zones in Myanmar's Rakhine state is fueling a humanitarian crisis that is "spinning out of control," senior aid officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2017
Mexican volunteers put politics aside, cross border to aid Texas after Hurricane Harvey
Mexico has come to the aid of the United States following Hurricane Harvey, sending Red Cross volunteers, food and supplies to a country whose president has proposed building a wall to keep the two neighbors apart.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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