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COVID 19

Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / Longform
Jan 10, 2022
So close, yet so far: What will travel look like in 2022?
Japan's battered tourism operators are somewhat hopeful that travel will regain its footing this year while incorporating the lessons learned from the past two tumultuous years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 10, 2022
Sick absences due to omicron pose fresh test to U.S. economic strength
Even if the hit is temporary, as most anticipate, the disruptions and closures are likely to slow the fragile rebound in some sectors and weigh on businesses' future plans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 10, 2022
Omicron takes off in China as variant moves closer to Beijing
Previously isolated outbreaks are bleeding into one another, preventing the country from reverting to the 'COVID zero” status it maintained for much of the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 10, 2022
Umbilical cord blood donations offer hope for those in Japan in need of stem cells
Blood from the umbilical cord, extracted immediately after a mother gives birth, is rich with hematopoietic stem cells.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead: Reckonings
Jan 9, 2022
Reopening the world and ourselves
What have we learned about nationalism and globalization that we can carry into a post-pandemic future?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 9, 2022
Top risks of 2022: Smaller issues vs. the big picture
The best way to minimize the fallacy-of-composition risk is for strategically-minded leaders to convince the people that in difficult times they must prioritize collective interests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 9, 2022
India’s Modi braces for tough local elections amid virus surge
Indian voters will head to the polls in several states in February and March, posing a key test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2022
China reports nation’s first community spread of omicron
The discovery ignited a mass testing blitz in the city of Tianjin as the country strives to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 in the face of more transmissible variants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022
Will ‘forever boosting’ beat the coronavirus?
Everyone should get a booster shot. In the long run, though, doses every few months aren't a viable public health strategy, scientists say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022
U.S. hospitals struggle to match higher pay for nurses and doctors amid pandemic
U.S. hospitals are struggling to get the workers they need to treat patients through the winter's COVID-19 surge as the virus collides with a historically tight labor market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022
Vaccine skeptics slammed across Europe as omicron variant rages
Amid a seemingly unstoppable surge in infections, officials are focusing restrictions on unvaccinated people rather than resorting to widespread clampdowns.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Case records fall in Okinawa and Hiroshima, while surge continues in Tokyo
In addition, the U.S. military also informed Okinawa authorities that 302 new cases had been confirmed among personnel at American bases in the prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2022
U.S. forces in South Korea raise COVID-19 alert amid record infections
The U.S. military's plan in South Korea will ban dining at restaurants outside the bases and visiting indoor malls, bars, clubs, gyms, amusement parks, theaters and massage parlors
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2022
Hong Kong faces worst of both worlds as omicron ruins 'COVID zero'
Hong Kong, the once-vibrant gateway to China, sacrificed its status as an international hub to 'COVID zero.” But as omicron spreads, the city finds itself at a tipping point.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022
Omicron study in South Africa points to end of acute pandemic phase
The infection wave moved with 'unprecedented speed” and caused much milder illness than earlier strains, a study at a hospital where the first South African outbreak was recorded showed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2022
Rapid nose swab tests for COVID may not detect omicron quickly enough
Manufacturers should seek special approval to allow users to safely collect samples from the throat as well, according to an infectious diseases expert.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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