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COVID 19 IN JAPAN

JAPAN
Sep 14, 2022
Japan to start giving omicron-targeting booster shots Sept. 20
The new vaccines will be initially offered to people age 60 or over for their fourth shots.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Emperor to visit Tochigi for National Sports Festival ceremony
It is the first trip to outside of Tokyo by the Imperial couple since the outbreak of COVID-19, having last gone on such a trip two years and eight months ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 8,855 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 9,385.0, compared with 11,610.0 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
Japan health ministry backs Pfizer and Moderna omicron boosters
Pfizer's omicron booster can be administered to people age 12 and over, while Moderna's is limited to those 18 and above, the panel advised.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 5,654 new cases
The seven-day average of new positive cases dropped 22.9% from a week before to 9,475.1.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
Japan plans to reopen to independent travelers in major shift, report says
Tourists, who will need to have been vaccinated three times or submit a negative test result under the new policy, may be able to enter without a visa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2022
BOJ set to end COVID-relief plan, but no change to loose policy
The winding up of the plan would reflect easing funding strains among small, service-sector firms that were hardest hit by the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 7,750 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 7,750 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, down by about 1,800 from a week before.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan confirms 99,491 new cases as figure continues to fall
The seven-day average of new cases in Tokyo fell 27.1% to 10,346.6.
JAPAN / Explainer
Sep 9, 2022
What you need to know as Japan prepares to roll out new COVID vaccines
The drive featuring shots that target the omicron subvariant will start later this month and go into full swing in October and November.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 10,640 new cases and 30 deaths
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 10,799.9, compared to 15,051.6 a week earlier.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2022
Japan's shortened COVID isolation policy comes into effect
While many experts agreed on the new seven-day quarantine period for symptomatic patients, some raised concerns that the move might end up playing down risks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 13,568 new cases
In the capital, 29 fatalities were newly confirmed among COVID-19 patients, while the seven-day average of new cases fell 30.4% to 11,344.3.
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2022
Japan opens borders to foreign travelers on ‘self-guided tours’
The country also raised the daily arrival cap to 50,000 and dropped a requirement that visitors test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of departing for Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
Japan to shorten COVID-19 isolation period to seven days
For asymptomatic people with the virus, the self-quarantine period will be shortened from seven days to five, so long as they get a negative result from an antigen test.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 9,486 new cases as downtrend continues
The number of new infections in the capital fell by about 4,700 from a week before, with the seven-day average also down by over 6,000 compared to a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2022
Kumamoto turns to trusty mascot Kumamon for post-COVID tourism boost
Authorities are developing bear-themed attractions across the region, betting they will spur an influx of overseas visitors when some of the world's strictest border restrictions ease.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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