The new framework, to include measures to strengthen the medical system, and encourage vaccine development, will be presented as a proposed bill in the fall.
From the economy, COVID-19, to U.S. relations and environmental challenges, Fumio Kishida fleshed out some of the policies that will influence his time as Prime Minister...
Dr. Toru Kakuta, a key person in Tokyo’s vaccine rollout and deputy head of the Tokyo Medical Association, explains how logistical issues from the national government...
"There is great apprehension that if we don’t [act now], the increase in infections happening in the large cities could increase around the whole country", said...
While the number of cases has dropped significantly, Prime Minister Suga emphasized it doesn’t mean the end of COVID-19, or the restrictions needed to contain it.
With the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus, Japan is revving up the development of drugs to treat it. Efforts to repurpose existing drugs have...