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VACCINES MEDICINE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine distribution has a fairness problem
Perfection is impossible. But there's a way to do justice to both science and ethics: Focus vaccines on geographic hot spots and the elderly.
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 / Science & Health
Feb 12, 2021
First batch of Pfizer vaccine arrives as Japan eyes Sunday approval
Ahead of the formal approval, a health ministry panel is expected to hold a meeting on Friday night to discuss whether the shot should be given the OK.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 7, 2021
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot less effective against South African variant, study says
British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed with Oxford University appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 4, 2021
AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines to be combined in Oxford trial
The trial will allow researchers to see whether two shots of different vaccines produce better or worse results than two doses of the same product.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2021
Personal touch: How U.S. rural communities get COVID-19 shots into arms
Many rural counties have excelled at getting injections into arms fast and efficiently, outpacing big cities despite disadvantages in health care infrastructure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2021
Traveler quarantines aren’t going away soon
There are valid objections around privacy and the risk of exacerbating inequalities. Fortunately, good technology and sound policy should be able to surmount both.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 31, 2021
Pandemic spurs quest to enroll more Black Americans in vaccine trials
The efforts rely on grassroots partners such as churches and health centers, and aim to topple long-standing barriers that keep minorities from participating in trials.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2021
COVID-19 mutations undercut optimism even as more vaccines near
Mutations that likely confer partial resistance to vaccines and antibody treatments are now prevalent in both South Africa and Brazil, and they are threatening to spread worldwide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2021
Which COVID-19 vaccine should you get? Experts cite the effect against severe disease
Infectious disease doctors say getting a shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which has a lower efficacy against the virus than other vaccines, would still be well worthwhile.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2021
Vietnam OKs AstraZeneca vaccine and cuts short Communist Party congress
Vietnam approved its first vaccine for the new coronavirus and cut short a key ruling Communist Party meeting on Saturday as it battled its biggest flare-up yet of COVID-19, state media reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 29, 2021
Racing the virus: Why tweaking vaccines to fight variants won't be simple
After developing and rolling out COVID-19 vaccines at record speed, drugmakers are already facing variants of the rapidly-evolving coronavirus that may render them ineffective.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 29, 2021
Faced with vaccine shortages, EU set to impose export controls
The new rules will allow member states to block exports if companies have not already delivered a sufficient number of dosages to EU members, as set out in existing purchase agreements.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2021
Rumors and fear hinder Philippine plan for coronavirus vaccine drive
According to one rumor circulating in the Philippines, the coronavirus vaccine will allow President Rodrigo Duterte to kill people at the push of a button.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 28, 2021
Raging virus, few shots: How Brazil missed its chance to secure COVID-19 vaccines
Persistent delays have left Brazil's 210 million residents vulnerable to one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks on the planet.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2021
EU fails to sway AstraZeneca to tap U.K. supply for vaccines
The root of the dispute is Astra's decision to prioritize the U.K. over the EU following a Belgian production glitch, in what Brussels claims to be a breach of contractual commitments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2021
Free vaccines and India’s humanitarian diplomacy
India is leveraging its manufacturing heft by embarking on humanitarian diplomacy — the supply of free vaccines to countries in its extended neighborhood.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 26, 2021
China wanted to show off its vaccines. It’s backfiring.
Delays in getting the Chinese vaccines and the fact that the vaccines are less effective mean some countries may take longer to vanquish the virus.
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
WORLD
Jan 25, 2021
U.K. defends vaccine-dosing delays as approach gains traction
The U.K. has defended its decision to delay second doses of vaccines as the best way to combat the coronavirus, as more countries adopt a similar strategy in a race against rising cases and deadlier strains.
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.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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