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Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2022
People in Japan urged to provide first aid in emergencies despite COVID worries
The number of life-saving procedures performed by people present at the scene of an emergency has dropped significantly since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 6, 2022
Hong Kong can still achieve COVID-zero, official says
Hong Kong is battling its worst wave yet of COVID-19, which is claiming the lives of at least a hundred people a day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2022
Shionogi says its COVID-19 shot is effective and safe
The positive data could mean Japan, which is racing to complete a booster drive in hopes of curbing future outbreaks, will soon have an indigenous jab.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2022
Japan's rigid COVID-19 border controls hurt foreign students, but also the country’s future
Japan's closed borders over the past two years have created difficult obstacles and deflected students to other countries, including South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2022
COVID deaths among Hong Kong’s young children alarm parents
Children have had less exposure to coronaviruses — including those that cause the common cold — due to school closures, and their immune systems may be less equipped to fight an infection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2022
Japan’s unemployment edges up amid record COVID-19 wave
The jobless rate rose to 2.8% in January as the number of people working fell by a seasonally adjusted 190,000 from December, the internal affairs ministry reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2022
Kishida announces raising of daily arrival cap to 7,000
Considering there are about 150,000 foreign students waiting to enter Japan, Kishida said the government will create a program allowing them to come using vacant seats on weekday flights.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2022
Japan scientists say omicron variant proves to be more lethal than flu
The finding is a reminder that the coronavirus still poses a threat despite the milder nature of the highly contagious variant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 3, 2022
How the coronavirus steals our sense of smell
As well as explaining the abrupt loss of smell that has become a well-known hallmark of COVID-19, new research could shed new light on conditions like 'brain fog.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2022
A bill for COVID long haulers, from a U.S. senator who's one of them
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine suffers from mild long COVID symptoms, and he hopes this new legislation will help other Americans struggling with the same mysterious illness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 3, 2022
China’s Xi engulfed in crises just when he wanted stability most
Despite spending much of the past decade focused on stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping is now facing numerous challenges both at home and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 2, 2022
COVID-19 is forcing some Japanese hospitals to limit conventional care
With medical facilities full of coronavirus cases, doctors are scheduling fewer surgeries and ambulances search longer to find an emergency room that has space.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2022
Vaccine protection against moderate illness waned among adolescents, new CDC data suggests
The vaccine does protect against severe illness, and booster shots increase the protection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2022
Japan's fourth-quarter capital expenditures growth rises
Japanese firms increased spending on plant and equipment for the third consecutive quarter in October to December.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2022
Nerve damage may explain some cases of long COVID-19, U.S. study shows
The condition arises within three months of a COVID-19 infection and lasts at least two months.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2022
Japan opens borders for the first time in three months
It may be a while before airports such as Haneda, Narita and Kansai are flooded with new arrivals, as Japan still has a cap of 5,000 people allowed to enter the nation every day.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 1, 2022
Japan's eased border restrictions offer hope for struggling business sectors
From major tech companies to elderly care facilities, Japanese businesses have had to battle through the pandemic without the foreign staffers they need.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 1, 2022
The Beijing Games — the start of the end of China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy?
With its strict restrictions on people's movements, the country has faced a critical test in staging the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2022
Hong Kong to lock down city for COVID-19 testing, reports say
After two years of limited outbreaks, Hong Kong is facing its toughest virus challenge of the pandemic, with the highly transmissible omicron variant testing its approach.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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