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Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 21, 2021

COVID-19's classification in Japan is limiting treatment. Now doctors want it changed.

COVID-19's status in Japan as a new influenza infection puts a heavy burden on public health centers and restricts when and where patients can receive medical care.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2021

Home COVID-19 care surged as Japan's hospitals filled up, but treatment options were limited

Providing at-home treatment for coronavirus patients presents an entirely different dilemma for the nation's already exhausted medical personnel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 11, 2021

If you provide it, they will come: Japan's youth aren't as vaccine hesitant as politicians thought

As evidenced by the amount of people who showed up at a Shibuya vaccine site, young people are pretty keen on getting some protection against COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2021

Japan sets out pandemic exit strategy after emergency extended

The plan will rely on vaccine passports or some other document that verifies an individual is fully inoculated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2021

Japan to issue digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates in December, report says

The certificates — intended for overseas travel rather than domestic use — will be issued via a QR scan code through a smartphone app from around mid-December, the Nikkei reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2021

It's back to school in Japan, but COVID-19 is keeping some children at home

Some parents have taken the rare step of stopping their children from going to school due to fears over classroom infections and their own close contacts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2021

Japan finds another Moderna vial suspected to contain foreign substance

Kanagawa Prefecture said it had put the suspected lot of the firm's COVID-19 vaccine on hold after about 3,790 people had already received shots from the same lot.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 30, 2021

Agricultural income insurance gains traction in Japan's Tohoku region

The insurance covers nearly all products as well as losses resulting from a wide range of circumstances such as lower yields due to typhoons and the effects of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2021

More cities in Japan prioritizing COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women

The death of a premature baby in Chiba, whose coronavirus-infected mother was unable to access hospital care, has prompted changes to COVID-19 policies for pregnant women.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2021

Japan's state of emergency to be expanded to eight more prefectures

With COVID-19 measures now covering the vast majority of the country, there are growing calls for a state of emergency or quasi-emergency to be implemented nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 24, 2021

Japan to expand COVID-19 state of emergency to eight more prefectures

Together with Hokkaido, Miyagi, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures will come under the measure from Friday until Sept. 12.

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