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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 837 new cases
On Sunday, Japan confirmed 6,466 people infected with COVID-19, down some 2,000 week on week.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 1, 2023
Ruth McCreery: 'In tough situations, be patient with yourself'
When mental health support network TELL celebrated 50 years earlier this month, it named Ruth McCreery a bona fide “legend” of its Lifeline.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 976 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 1,484.6, compared with 1,312.7 a week earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2023
Mystery middleman may offer clues to Indian-made cough syrup deaths
The deaths of more than 70 Gambian children from acute kidney Injury were linked by global health officials to cough syrups made in India.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,613 new cases
The capital recorded three new deaths among COVID-19 patients. The number of patients with severe symptoms under its criteria stood at four, unchanged from the previous day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2023
COVID tracker: Tokyo reports 1,663 new cases as uptrend continues
The seven-day average of newly recorded infections in the capital came to 1,420.6, compared to 1,205.1 a week earlier, with numbers also rising nationwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2023
Beer brewer Kirin strikes $1.2 billion deal for Australia’s Blackmores vitamins
Kirin Holdings has agreed to buy Australian vitamin-maker Blackmores for 1.88 billion Australian dollars ($1.24 billion, ¥165.9 billion) in cash, as part of a push by the Japanese brewer into health products to reduce its reliance on beer.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 27, 2023
Lessons emerge as scientists unravel a new understanding of sleep
When our routines don’t match our biological cycles, the body tries to compensate using responses that evolved to help early humans survive danger — with major implications for our health.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 1,745 new coronavirus cases
Four new fatalities were confirmed among COVID-19 patients in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 1,909 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital came to 1,357, compared with 1,141.1 a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 571 new cases
The seven-day average of new cases in the capital stood at 1,326.6, up 19.3% from a week earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 24, 2023
Integration of My Number and health insurance cards accelerating
Concerns remain among medical and welfare workers who worry about the possibility of people who don’t own My Number cards having difficulty seeing a doctor.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 24, 2023
Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year, EU agency says
Despite recent improvements, the level of air pollutants in European countries still remain above World Health Organization guidelines.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / BLACK EYE
Apr 24, 2023
Black people of Japan, we need to talk.
A mental health and wellness event aims to support Black residents of Japan and it's looking to expand in the coming months.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2023
Tokyo reports 1,138 new COVID-19 cases
On Saturday, Japan reported 10,716 new COVID-19 cases nationwide, up by some 2,100 from a week before.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023
Japan panel approves nation's first abortion pill
Final approval from the health minister is expected to follow, but the timing remains unclear.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2023
COVID-19 tracker: Japan logs 10,104 cases and 17 deaths
Tokyo reported 1,441 new cases, up by 226 from a week earlier, along with one death.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023
To all those lab meat skeptics: Please, just stay out of the way
Europe is doing it again — stigmatizing scientific innovations, such as with lab-grown meat, that will be crucial to our future food supply.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2023
Cancer vaccine hunt makes progress, finally
A small cancer drug study shows promise in deploying mRNA technology against melanoma, but fighting tumors is vastly more complex than tackling COVID-19.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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