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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: New cases in Tokyo hit record high for a Monday
New infections in the Japanese capital rose by 9,691 week on week to 22,387, amid a seventh wave of infections driven by the BA.5 omicron subvariant.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 25, 2022
Monkeypox proves elusive foe as WHO sounds alarm on global spread
COVID-19 forced governments to revamp their pandemic response programs. Now monkeypox is putting those upgrades to the test — and they're falling short.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2022
Lessons from Yokkaichi pollution case passed on 50 years after ruling
The Yokkaichi pollution incident is considered one of the four big pollution disease cases in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 28,112 new cases amid continued upward trend
Japan's daily COVID-19 cases topped 200,000 for the first time on Saturday, marking the fourth straight day of a record count.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2022
Japanese government to hold meeting over monkeypox
The government will hold discussions to address the spread of monkeypox after the chief of the World Health Organization declared an emergency regarding the viral disease.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jul 24, 2022
Professionals-turned-pilgrims embrace Shikoku’s divine boredom
The Shikoku pilgrimage is known for its long stretches of nothing, which is exactly why these high-powered executives (now retired) took it on.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2022
COVID-19 cases in Japan top 200,000 for first time
The country shattered the daily record for the fourth straight day, with 200,954 infections amid a seventh wave of infections driven by the BA.5 omicron subvariant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: New infections in Japan exceed 190,000 to set fresh daily record
Tokyo confirmed a record 34,995 new cases, posting a daily figure above 30,000 for two days in a row.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 21, 2022
Three Japan-approved drugs may be effective against omicron BA.5
A team found that small-molecule antiviral drugs nirmatrelvir, molnupiravir and remdesivir curbed virus activity in cultured monkey cells infected with BA.5.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2022
Japan's new COVID-19 cases top 186,000 as Tokyo reports record 31,878 infections
The tally comes after new cases in the capital exceeded 20,000 on Wednesday — the first time they had done so since Feb. 5.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 21, 2022
Heat wave fee for Asia's gig workers does little to cool climate stress
Riders and drivers are dealing with extreme weather, as they often work long hours, waiting at street corners and outside restaurants for orders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2022
Health ministry panel delays decision on emergency approval for Shionogi’s COVID pill
The delay is a blow to one of Japan's largest drugmakers and also raises questions about the process for drugs to gain fast-track approvals in times of emergency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2022
Japan logs record 150,000 new COVID-19 cases as Tokyo and Osaka both top 20,000
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno had said earlier Wednesday that the central government would not be imposing any restrictions on people's movements.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2022
No direct health effects seen from Fukushima nuclear crisis, ex-U.N. panel chair says
The conclusion of the U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation is 'unlikely to change significantly in the foreseeable future,' Gillian Hirth said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo's daily cases top 10,000 for eighth straight day
The seven-day average of new cases in Tokyo came to 16,146.0, compared to 8,941.0 a week earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2022
COVID-19 surges across U.S. amid muted warnings and murky data
Public health authorities are holding back this time around, with some characterizing the situation as concerning but not alarming.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2022
Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heat waves
The India-Pakistan heat wave in March was calculated to have been 30 times more likely with the more than 1.1 C of warming that human activity has caused since the mid-19th century.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2022
Years of neglect leaves sexual health clinics ill-prepared for monkeypox
The clinics on the front line of fighting the disease are financially stretched, leaving the U.S. and U.K. ill-equipped to tackle the first major global health test since the pandemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2022
COVID-19 tracker: New cases in Tokyo more than double from week before
One death from COVID-19 was newly confirmed in the capital, while the number of severely ill patients increased by two from the previous day to 15.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jul 18, 2022
As pandemic compounds summer heat, Okinawa students call for better cooling
A male student, who serves as the head of the student body association at a prefecture-run high school, had received 961 responses to questions on the issue between mid- and late-June.
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.
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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
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