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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2016
South Korea temporarily bans movement of poultry as it ramps up fight against bird flu
South Korea's agriculture ministry said Monday it will issue a temporary nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry to contain the spread of bird flu, with 43 outbreaks recorded in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2016
Dutch destroy 190,000 ducks in first bird flu cull
Some 190,000 ducks were destroyed on Saturday at six farms in the Netherlands following an avian flu outbreak, the country's first cull of an epidemic sweeping northern Europe.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2016
South Korea raises bird flu alert as two more cases found at duck farms
South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status Wednesday to its second-highest level as two more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu occurred after the first cases were confirmed last week.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 11, 2015
Bird flu spreads to fourth region in southwest France
France has discovered two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu, including one in the Gers region in southwest France, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, bringing to four the number of regions hit by the virus in the country.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 26, 2015
France foie gras region finds first bird flu outbreak in eight years
France, the European Union's biggest agricultural producer, reported its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in eight years after detecting it in a backyard in a southwestern region home to many foie gras and poultry producers.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2015
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: Science's big missed opportunities
Anyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial in which they will either be given a drug, which may or may not work, or standard advice to take bed rest and paracetamol.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2015
Scientists call for urgent trials to judge flu drugs for pandemics
Scientists still don't know if two commonly used flu drugs — Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza — really work in seasonal or pandemic flu outbreaks and say robust clinical trials are urgently needed to find out.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2015
Thailand's first MERS patient declared free of deadly virus
An Omani man who became Thailand's first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome has been declared free of the deadly virus, Thailand's health ministry said Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 17, 2015
Eight new MERS cases in South Korea; 20th patient dies
South Korea on Wednesday reported eight new cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), while another person infected with the virus died, health officials said, bringing to 20 the number of fatalities in the outbreak that began last month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 15, 2015
Schools reopen as South Korea seeks normality in MERS outbreak
Thousands of South Korean schools that were shut by worries over Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) reopened Monday as the country sought to return to normal, nearly four weeks into an outbreak that showed signs of slowing.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2015
Hospital at center of South Korea's MERS suspends services; seven new cases reported
A South Korean hospital suspended most services on Sunday after being identified as the epicenter of the spread of a deadly respiratory disease that has killed 14 people since being diagnosed in the country nearly four weeks ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2015
South Korea reports 14 more MERS cases and fifth death
South Korean health officials on Sunday reported 14 more cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome, bringing the total in the country's outbreak to 64, and said a fifth person infected with the virus had died.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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