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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 27, 2022
Second vaccine booster significantly lowers COVID-19 death rate: Israeli study
Senior citizens who received a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination had a 78% lower mortality rate from the disease than those who got one only.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine
The companies plan to test the immune response generated by the omicron-based vaccine both as a three-shot regimen in unvaccinated people and as a booster shot.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2022
Singapore breaks down COVID-19 deaths by vaccine, with Moderna seeing lowest rate
While there were some caveats, the findings will likely add to concerns around the efficacy of Sinovac's and Sinopharm Group's shots, which have been widely used in the developing world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2022
Pfizer starts making vaccine that targets both omicron and the original COVID virus
While research continues, Pfizer will evaluate the new hybrid shot against one specific to omicron and determine which should move forward by March, the firm's CEO has said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2021
What’s worst about omicron so far is the uncertainty
How should the world respond to omicron? We just have to wait as there is information that we don't yet have. And for many, the waiting itself is the problem.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2021
Pfizer submits COVID-19 vaccine data to U.S. regulators for use in younger kids
A Pfizer spokesperson said the company expects to start and complete its application very soon.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2021
BioNTech vaccines finally reach Taiwan after heated political wrangling
Taiwan has blamed China, which claims the island as its own territory, for nixing an original order from the German firm earlier this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2021
Taiwan says China blocked deal with BioNTech for COVID-19 shots
While Taiwan has previously said it had been unable to sign a final contract with BioNTech, it had only implied that Chinese pressure was to blame.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2021
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, study finds
The results validate earlier studies that had indicated the vaccines begin to work soon after a first dose, and confirm that they also prevent asymptomatic infections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2021
Hong Kong offers a masterclass in vaccine confusion
Hong Kong was always going to struggle to run a mass vaccination campaign.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech shot could help end pandemic, Israel study shows
It was the largest study yet to quantify the impact of the vaccine outside the rigorous confines of a randomized, blinded clinical trial aimed at measuring effectiveness for regulators.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech shot stops COVID-19 spread, Israeli study shows
The study provides the first real-world indication that the immunization will curb transmission of the coronavirus, but experts cautioned that more data is needed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2021
Japan prepares to dispense Pfizer vaccine from Wednesday after formal approval
Up to 20,000 front-line medical staffers at state-run hospitals are set to be the first to receive the vaccines, followed by 3.7 million other health care workers.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2021
Spread of variants sparks push for all-in-one COVID-19 vaccines
Dangerous coronavirus variants are carpeting the globe, pushing scientists in the U.K. and elsewhere to target multiple versions of the pathogen in a single shot.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2021
BioNTech 'confident' it will meet Japan's COVID-19 vaccine demand
Pfizer and BioNTech have increased manufacturing capacity to more than 2 billion doses a year from 1.3 billion to meet demand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 28, 2021
Taiwan asks Germany to help obtain coronavirus vaccines
The request comes after Berlin asked for the island's assistance in easing a shortage of automobile semiconductor chips.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2021
Pfizer shot only slightly less effective against key South African mutations, study says
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to only lose a small bit of effectiveness against an engineered virus with three key mutations from the new variant found in South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2021
mRNA vaccines could vanquish COVID-19 today, cancer tomorrow
Therein lies mRNA's bigger promise: It can tell our cells to make whatever protein we want. That includes the antigens of many other diseases besides COVID-19.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 23, 2020
How vaccine-makers are preparing for mutant coronavirus strains
Drugmakers have said they could reset the COVID-19 shot to counter a new strain within just six weeks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 22, 2020
EU clears Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for first inoculations
Preparations for the vaccine roll-out come as the identification of a highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus in Britain caused chaos across the region.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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