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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2022
WHO to use 'mpox' for monkeypox to tackle stigma
The WHO launched a public consultation process to find a new name for the disease earlier this year and received more than 200 proposals.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2022
Japan panel seeks clarification of primary care system after COVID issues
A health ministry panel has proposed clarifying the function of such physicians in law, after the pandemic highlighted ambiguities in the role they play in the community.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 5,767 new cases
The seven-day average of new infection cases rose 20.7% week-on-week to 8,744.3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 97,679 cases, up 20,700 from week earlier
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 10,388.4 compared with 8,659.4 a week earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2022
Next COVID-19 strain may be more dangerous, lab study shows
COVID-19 samples from an immunosupressed individual over six months showed that the virus evolved to become more pathogenic, the early study found.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 26, 2022
'I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki': Compelling confessions of an exhausted millennial
South Korean author Baek Sehee's bestselling mental health memoir is uncomfortably vulnerable and compulsively readable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2022
Keio University researchers seek approval for first uterus transplant in Japan
If approved, the procedure could pave the way for some women without a functional uterus to have a child without turning to surrogacy or adoption.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 12,938 new cases
The seven-day average of new infections in the capital stood at 9,434, up 13.2% week on week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2022
China’s daily COVID tally tops 30,000 for first time as curbs spread
Amid the rise in cases, officials are having to reconcile twin imperatives of being less disruptive with their restrictions while also continuing to suppress the virus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 25, 2022
Europe's heat wave may have caused more than 20,000 'excess' deaths
Temperatures hit nearly 40 degrees Celsius or above from Paris to London in summer this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2022
South Korea was ready for COVID. Now it’s eyeing the next threat.
The country had overhauled the way it responds to diseases after having learned painful lessons from the MERS outbreak just four years earlier, giving it a global edge when COVID-19 hit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 25, 2022
Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine
A universal vaccine would not mean an end to flu seasons, but would replace the guess work that goes into developing annual shots months ahead of flu season each year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 5,639 new cases
The number of severely ill COVID-19 patients across the country rose by three from Tuesday to 266, while 115 new deaths were confirmed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2022
Outbreaks test China’s efforts to limit the cost of ‘COVID zero'
China wants to fine-tune its stringent pandemic restrictions to reduce the disruption to daily life caused by lockdowns. But officials are still taking few chances.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 12,850 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases rose 16.7% week-on-week to 9,358.3, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 12,758 new cases as uptrend continues
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 8,967.4, compared to 7,863.4 a week earlier.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2022
Japanese offices welcoming dogs in bid to encourage owner well-being
Fujitsu is trialing a new dog-friendly office until the end of the year at its building in Kawasaki as a way to improve employee well-being and productivity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2022
Caution grows in Japan over spread of new omicron variants
The XBB and BQ.1 variants, both of which are spreading abroad after being first reported in September, are seen to have high immune evasion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 4,619 new cases
The seven-day average of new infections in the capital climbed 16.6% week-on-week to 8,744.3.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 21, 2022
Pfizer’s RSV vaccine succeeds where others failed
Early data bodes well for Pfizer's RSV shot, which would be given during pregnancy to protect infants in the early months of life.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

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

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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