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COVID 19 VACCINES

Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2020
With Pfizer's COVID-19 shot, Britain prepares for world-first vaccine rollout
Britain gave emergency use approval for the vaccine last week — jumping ahead in the global race to begin the most crucial mass inoculation program in history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 5, 2020
WHO warns against pandemic complacency amid vaccine rollout
World Health Organization officials on Friday warned governments and citizens not to drop their guard over the COVID-19 pandemic now a vaccination was close, saying healthcare systems could still buckle under pressure.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2020
Pfizer scaled back COVID-19 vaccine output targets earlier this year
Pfizer Inc. scaled back its COVID-19 production targets earlier this year after the drugmaker ran into difficulties securing all the materials it needs to produce the shots at a large scale.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2020
IBM says cyberattacks are targeting vaccine distribution operations
The attacks appear intended to steal the credentials of executives and officials at global organizations involved in the refrigeration process necessary to protect vaccine doses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 4, 2020
Fortune or foresight? AstraZeneca and Oxford's stories clash on COVID-19 vaccine
The two partners have given conflicting accounts of how they came upon the most effective dosing pattern for their COVID-19 vaccine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2020
Biden pledges to take COVID-19 vaccine and retain top doctor Fauci
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said on Thursday he would publicly take a coronavirus vaccine to demonstrate its safety to the public and pledged to retain the nation's top adviser on the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, when he takes office next month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 3, 2020
Why the U.K. approved a COVID-19 vaccine first
Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be injected starting next week, the government said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 1, 2020
China gave COVID-19 vaccine candidate to North Korea's Kim, U.S. analyst says
China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a U.S. analyst said on Tuesday, citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2020
Moderna to seek U.S. and EU clearance for COVID-19 vaccine
The move came after a new analysis showed the vaccine was highly effective in preventing COVID-19 with no serious safety problems.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 30, 2020
Airlines face ‘mission of the century’ in shipping vaccines
Laid low by a COVID-19 outbreak that's decimated passenger demand, airlines will be the workhorses of the attempt to eradicate it, hauling billions of vials to every corner of the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2020
U.K. poised to be first to approve Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
The U.K. is poised to become the first country to approve Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine, ahead of a long line of countries waiting for protection from the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine delays undermine Indonesia’s path to immunity
With new cases topping 30,000 a week, Indonesia faces an urgent logistical challenge to ensure that vaccines are distributed across a country spanning thousands of kilometers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine rush in China raises fears of booming black market
Chinese vaccine-makers have also yet to release any public data on the efficacy of their shots, making it difficult to tell how successful their efforts have been.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2020
AstraZeneca considers extra global vaccine trial as questions mount
Many low- and middle-income countries are relying on the firm, which has pledged to sell its vaccine at cost during the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2020
After admitting error, AstraZeneca faces hard questions on vaccine
Scientists said a series of irregularities and omissions in the way AstraZeneca initially disclosed the data have eroded their confidence in the reliability of the results.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2020
Not so fast, Japan experts say, as COVID-19 vaccines raise hopes
Medical experts say long-term safety and efficacy concerns remain as the vaccines are developed in record-setting time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2020
Decades of work, and half a dose of fortune, drove Oxford vaccine success
The Oxford vaccinologists were exhilarated on Monday when drugmaker AstraZeneca, with whom they developed the shot, announced that it could be around 90% effective.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2020
U.S. plans first vaccinations in weeks, Operation Warp Speed chief says
Vaccinations against COVID-19 in the U.S. will "hopefully” start in less than three weeks, according to the head of the federal government’s program to accelerate a vaccine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 21, 2020
Two companies say their vaccines are 95% effective. What does that mean?
You might assume that 95 out of every 100 people vaccinated will be protected from COVID-19. But that's not how the math works.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.

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