As Japan entered the last ten days of 2020, there was a growing sense of urgency among the scientific community regarding the nationwide rise of COVID-19...
Yesterday, we looked at the timeline of how COVID-19 took over the lives of people in Japan. Yet, one might realize that not everything was doom...
In typical Japanese style, the country has trending words of the year and the kanji of the year. We take a look at the single unwelcome...
~The behavior of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has drawn diligent research and studies to focus on the risks of bioterrorism~ The...
~The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has set aside ¥137.7 billion JPY ($1.3 billion USD) in subsidies to support companies in Japan that are...
~‘Normally this is a time for celebration and abundant business…but we need to do something to protect the medical system.’~ Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide...
We wrote before about the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan), an international NGO born in Japan. This year AAR Japan released...
~Doctors say the ‘GoTo’ tourism campaign has contributed to people letting their guard down with the virus.~ Cases of COVID-19 have been rising as...
Local organizers have unveiled plans for how they'll tackle the COVID-19 pandemic during the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics next summer. In a 54-page report, which...
It’s no secret that COVID-19 has engulfed the lives of everyone around the world in 2020. In Japan, many organizations and media come up with...
~ Findings show that when the virus is submerged in a vial of tea for one minute, it can lose up to 99 percent...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...