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COVID 19

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2020
COVID-19 spread on Diamond Princess before quarantine, report suggests
Transmission toward the end of the quarantine period occurred mostly among crew or within passenger cabins, the report also said.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2020
COVID-19's economic hit is all in your mind
Psychology can be more powerful than facts when it comes to an epidemic's impact
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2020
A cold, hay fever or COVID-19? Japan's health guidelines raise questions
Experts have raised questions about asking the public to observe their symptoms at home closely before seeking a consultation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 20, 2020
Yen near nine-month low as China moves to help coronavirus-hit firms
The yen traded near a nine-month low versus the dollar on expectations that China would continue to act to reduce the outbreak's economic impacts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 20, 2020
Coronavirus poses risks to fragile recovery in global economy, says IMF
The outbreak of new coronavirus COVID-19 has already disrupted economic growth in China, and further spread to other countries could derail a "highly fragile" projected recovery in the global economy in 2020, the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2020
'Speed science' on new coronavirus carries risks
One scientific post suggests links between the new coronavirus and AIDS. A second says it may have passed to people via snakes. A third claims it is a pathogen from outer space.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / Commentary
Feb 20, 2020
The ugly history of blaming ethnic groups for disease outbreaks
As the coronavirus outbreak grows in scale and scope, a nasty side effect spreads: discrimination. Inside China, people from Wuhan have been treated like lepers. Outside, we're seeing numerous reports of verbal and physical abuse aimed at ethnic Chinese, and an aversion to Chinese restaurants and other...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 20, 2020
Minister Shinjiro Koizumi says he regrets skipping COVID-19 meeting
Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday expressed regret for skipping a government meeting on the coronavirus outbreak in favor of a new year party held by a group of his supporters in his hometown.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2020
Four key dates, four missed chances for China to contain coronavirus
It's been more than two months since Dec. 12, the day doctors first noticed a Chinese patient display symptoms of the highly infectious coronavirus that has claimed more than 2,100 lives across the globe. In the weeks following that early case, authorities missed one chance after another to contain the...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads, Takeda CEO urges more industry investment in vaccines
The spread of novel coronavirus infections is starting to make one thing clear: More vaccine investment is needed, the CEO of Asia's biggest drugmaker said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2020
Spread of COVID-19 casts shadow over Japan's shuntō wage talks
The widening outbreak of the new coronavirus originating in China has started to affect annual shuntō wage negotiations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2020
Diamond Princess ordeal ends for passengers who tested negative for COVID-19
The evacuation began Wednesday of a cruise ship quarantined after an outbreak of new coronavirus COVID-19, with several hundred passengers who had tested negative being allowed to leave the ship.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2020
Expert stirs controversy with video on 'inadequate' virus controls on Diamond Princess
Controversy was stirred among the public and at the Diet Wednesday, after an infectious disease expert posted a now-deleted video online in which he claimed to have seen inadequate anti-virus contamination measures on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2020
WHO says no indication of COVID-19 cases in North Korea
There are no indications that there are cases of the new coronavirus in North Korea, a World Health Organization official said, despite South Korean media reports suggesting the outbreak had spread to the isolated country.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2020
In fighting outbreaks like COVID-19, Big Pharma struggles to get out front
Sanofi has joined the race to combat coronavirus as the outbreak is kindling fears of a pandemic. The question is whether its effort will prove more effective than some of Big Pharma's past attempts to tackle dangerous new pathogens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 19, 2020
COVID-19 takes toll on students' job-hunting in Japan
While job-seekers are enjoying a seller's market due to severe labor shortages, many firms are busy coming up with measures to deal with the virus situation, including switching to online briefings.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 19, 2020
Coronavirus outcomes range from pandemic to a new flu, experts say
It has already spread wider than SARS in 2003. It may not sweep the globe as swine flu did in 2009 but is more dangerous. It doesn't kill at anywhere near the terrifying pace of Ebola in 2014 but can be passed through the air.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.

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