On any normal day, a cacophony of sounds dominates the shop. But on this day, people waiting to be inoculated...
Fear sells, and the media uncritically pushes everyone’s alarmist messages, whether it is an “epidemic of the unvaccinated,” or a new mutant virus, or overburdened hospitals.
Loosened restrictions on local activities will benefit those who have a vaccine certificate or negative PCR test, though the start date is uncertain. Improvements for international...
Investigations must be done by Moderna Inc., its Spanish partner Rovi SA, and Japan’s health ministry, and the results disclosed to the public in full.
With COVID-19, Japan is now headed towards a set of measures most of the West has already embraced. But as history shows, there is the potential...
Suga took over as prime minister in the midst of the challenging COVID-19 pandemic. He navigated Japan through a foreign policy minefield, vaccine rollout and delayed...
Hatsushiba Ritsumeikan beat the 48-school competition and danced its way to a first-ever win in the 14th Japan High School Dance Club Championship (Small Class) on...
While the local government must wait until after the Paralympics to convert the venues, it has set up 100-plus bed “oxygen stations” for patients at risk...
Shionogi’s plans involve regional partners and will help supply vaccine across Asia, providing a balance to China’s expansion of its “vaccine diplomacy”.
Dr. Shigeru Omi, a high profile academic, should take care not to make baseless assertions that Tokyo 2020 increased the flow of people and therefore the...
Hope was offered that 60 percent of the population would be vaccinated by September 30, but the public was asked to stay home and reduce outings...
The emasculation of the state of emergency declaration indicates that people want a policy turnaround.
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