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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2020
Seoul draws wrong THAAD lessons
China's growing economic influence in South Korea has provided a wedge that Beijing has tried to use to separate Seoul from Tokyo and Washington.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 27, 2020
Small suspected homemade bomb explodes at Hong Kong hospital
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020
How Japan's designated infectious disease system works
The government is set to ramp up preventive measures against cases of pneumonia caused by the deadly new coronavirus, which originated in China, by classifying it as a legally designated infectious disease.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 27, 2020
Japan firms brace for impact from China's virus-related ban on outbound group travel
The retail and tourism sectors have been counting on robust spending by Chinese visitors during the Lunar New Year holidays.
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JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020
Japan to designate coronavirus special infectious disease, allowing use of funds for urgent treatment
Measures include compulsory hospitalization of infected people and disinfection of sites where the virus is detected.
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BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2020
Tracking the Wuhan virus outbreak's impact on business and travel
A rapidly spreading viral outbreak is disrupting travel and business in China, which has taken unprecedented steps to lock down cities with a combined 40 million people around the epicenter in Wuhan to try to slow its progress.
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JAPAN
Jan 27, 2020
‘Five Eyes’ intel alliance ties up with Japan on North Korea threat
The "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance of English-speaking nations is working with France, Japan and South Korea in an effort to restrain North Korea's provocations, government sources said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 27, 2020
Stocks tumble with oil; yen climbs with Treasuries as fears over coronavirus deepen
Stocks and crude oil prices tumbled, and havens including the yen, gold and Treasuries jumped, as fears deepened about the rising impact of the deadly coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020
Hong Kong protesters torch planned virus quarantine building
A group of protesters set alight on Sunday the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong that authorities planned to use as a quarantine facility, as public fears in the financial hub about the coronavirus outbreak intensified.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020
China names HIV drugs as part of treatment plan for Wuhan virus
China is using AbbVie Inc.'s HIV drugs as an ad-hoc treatment for pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus while the global search for a cure continues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020
Lack of fever in some China virus carriers makes detection harder
China's new deadly virus is more difficult to contain than other pandemics because those infected may not get a fever, a symptom governments around the world are using to screen for the pathogen.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 26, 2020
Chinese coronavirus infection rate makes it hard to control, studies say
Each person infected with a new strain of coronavirus is passing the disease on to between two and three other people on average at current transmission rates, according to two separate scientific analyses of the epidemic.
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JAPAN
Jan 25, 2020
Japan confirms third case of new coronavirus infection
The health ministry confirms that a woman visiting the country from China is the third person to test positive for the new deadly coronavirus in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 25, 2020
Anxiety about employees trapped in Wuhan grows at Japanese firms
With public transportation services suspended in Wuhan, anxiety is mounting over Japanese who might be trapped in the city at the origin of the deadly new coronavirus, which was confirmed in a third patient in Japan on Saturday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Jan 25, 2020
Abe shakes off criticism of Xi state visit, saying trip crucial for 'peace and prosperity' in region
In the face of criticism, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stressed the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned state visit to Japan, saying that Tokyo and Beijing have a "substantial responsibility for peace and prosperity in the region and in the world."
MORE SPORTS
Jan 25, 2020
Olympic boxing qualifiers moved to Jordan
The IOC has announced that Jordan will host 2020 Olympic boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania after an event in Wuhan, China, was canceled due to fears over the new flu-like coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jan 25, 2020
Scientists aim to create Wuhan vaccine in record time
When a newly organized vaccine research group at the U.S. National Institutes of Health met for the first time this past week, its members had expected to be able to ease into their work.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 25, 2020
China a '21st century surveillance state,' U.S. defense chief says
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday that China's Communist Party had created a surveillance state that uses artificial intelligence to repress Muslim minorities and pro-democracy demonstrators.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2020
Japan braces for Chinese New Year tourist influx as concerns over coronavirus grow
Authorities bolster health screenings at airports and urge companies to clamp down on business travel as throngs of Chinese tourists land in Japan wearing masks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 24, 2020
Davos sees Trump's China love as short-term affair
Donald Trump tried hard to convince the world's elite this week that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have left their trade war behind them and they've moved on to a brighter future.

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