Spanish influenza

National May 8, 2019

A century later, Spanish flu pandemic still holds valuable lessons for Japanese and global health experts

by Eric Johnston

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 ...

National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Feb 2, 2019

Japan Times 1919: Tokyo gripped by dread disease

Spanish influenza again holds Tokyo in its deadly grip, favored by the changeable weather.