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COVID 19

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2022
In an ‘age of pandemics,’ pathogen-sharing can't be optional
No one country should be free to hold essential data and pathogens hostage in the name of securing their own benefit at the cost of global public health.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2022
Japan set to fall short of February booster goal
The government plans to give boosters to 37.5 million people by the end of February, but to attain that target the pace of vaccinations would need to more than double.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 22, 2022
Hong Kong seniors who refused COVID-19 vaccines are a ‘ticking time bomb’
Only 43% of seniors who are 80 or over have received even one dose. While that is up from 22% in early January, it still isn't enough.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2022
Got a COVID booster? You probably won’t need another for a long time.
New studies suggest that several parts of the immune system can mount a sustained, potent response to any coronavirus variant.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Feb 22, 2022
Are you headed for a Japanese quarantine? Here’s what you could be in for.
Japan is relaxing its re-entry rules from March, but there's still a good chance you'll end up at the “Hotel Quarantine.” One person's experience gives a glimpse of what you might encounter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Feb 21, 2022
What you need to know about Japan's upcoming eased border restrictions
March will bring sweeping changes to the country's border rules — covering quarantines to those eligible for entry — but navigating government websites for answers can be tricky.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2022
New COVID-19 variants complicate the question of vaccine mandates
Officials mulling new pandemic policies need to know how quickly vaccine protection wanes. But scientists don't have a clear answer.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 21, 2022
Thousands flee to mainland China as Hong Kong outbreak widens
Departures via land routes tripled to 24,697 in the first 17 days of February from a year earlier, according to Immigration Department data.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2022
Queen Elizabeth tests positive for coronavirus, as England is poised to relax rules
The health of the queen, the world's longest-reigning monarch, has been in the spotlight since she spent a night in hospital last October for an unspecified ailment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2022
How China’s 'COVID zero' policy is giving a polish to gold
Gold has mostly traded sideways since the start of the year, and the usual negative correlation between higher U.S. Treasury yields and lower gold prices — and vice versa — has disappeared.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2022
Unmasking in U.S. comes too soon for some still wary of COVID’s wiles
U.S. states are dropping masking requirements and federal officials say COVID-19 is moving out of the crisis phase, but many people say that for them, the emergency continues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2022
‘Fortress Australia’ has a new message: Come back
Potential travelers and tourism operators alike are cautiously optimistic about 'Fortress Australia's” reopening, but many wonder if its COVID-19 rules will limit the sector's rebound.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2022
These vaccines have been embraced by the world. Why not in China?
Two years into the pandemic, China's 1.4 billion people still don't have access to one of the most effective coronavirus vaccines the world has to offer.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2022
Hong Kong's 'COVID zero' success now worsens strains of omicron spike
Like an immune system overreacting and harming the person it is meant to protect, the 'dynamic COVID zero' policies that had crushed the virus in Hong Kong have contributed to current woes.
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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