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COVID 19

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 863 new cases
New fatalities totaled five among COVID-19 patients in the capital, while the number of patients with severe symptoms fell by one from Friday to one.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 893 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 642.4, down 7.1% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 908 new cases
Two new deaths linked to the virus were confirmed in the capital.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2023
China OKs its first mRNA vaccine, from drugmaker CSPC
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group said its independently developed mRNA vaccine targets some major omicron subvariants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2023
U.K.’s Sunak survives day of drama as Boris Johnson grilled by MPs
The prime minister’s position at the head of the governing Conservative Party has been bolstered after months of speculation in Westminster that Johnson could return to power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 373 new coronavirus cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 572.4, down 21.4% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2023
We may never get the truth about Nord Stream or a COVID lab leak
War and plague are ideal breeding grounds for unsolvable mysteries and conspiracy theories such as the Nord Stream bombing or a COVID-19 lab leak.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo confirms 877 new cases
On Monday, Japan reported 2,617 new COVID-19 cases nationwide, down by some 600 from a week before.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2023
COVID report based on China samples puts suspicion back to animal origins
A new analysis of samples taken from a market in Wuhan during the early days of the pandemic are the strongest evidence yet that the COVID-19 virus jumped from animals to humans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 270 new coronavirus cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 651.6, down 12.5% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2023
Lab leak or not? How politics shaped the battle over COVID-19’s origin
In the U.S., Democrat-Republican political divisions mean that the evidence for competing theories on the origin of the virus is often filtered through partisan political lenses.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 19, 2023
The cherry blossoms are back, but is Tokyo?
Japan’s famous petals are blooming, and for the first time in four years so are the associated parties. But not everything COVID-19 took away will return.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 549 new cases
Across Japan on Saturday, 33 new deaths were reported among COVID-19 patients, and there were 86 severely ill patients, down by 10 from Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 19, 2023
WHO and advisers urge China to release all COVID-related data
New data suggests that raccoon dogs were present in the market and may have been infected, providing clues in the chain of transmission that reached humans.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 19, 2023
Novak Djokovic to miss Miami Open over lack of COVID-19 vaccination
The world No. 1 has missed other events due to being unvaccinated, but was allowed to compete in this year's Australian Open and won his 10th crown at Melbourne.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2023
WHO accuses China of withholding data on pandemic’s origins
Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a seafood market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2023
Japan's school students won't be required to wear masks from April
Students will not be required to wear masks even when singing together, an activity believed to have a relatively high risk of infection, according to new guidelines.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 631 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases stood at 691.3, down 9.1% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2023
Kishida Cabinet's approval rate rises to 29.9% in latest poll
The disapproval rate also fell 1.3 points to 40.9%, but it still surpassed the approval rate for the seventh month in a row.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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