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HEALTH 3

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 13, 2021
Stressed out? Blame bad technology.
Constant frustration with bad tech affects how staffers handle their daily workloads, especially younger workers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2021
COVID-19 improved how the world does science
The biggest problem for an open-access regime is how to ensure good refereeing, which if done correctly raises the quality of academic papers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2021
Malaysia virus emergency suspends parliament for first time since 1969
Move allows embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to avoid facing an election until the pandemic is over.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2021
WHO team to visit China on Jan. 14 to probe origins of coronavirus
The probe comes almost a year since China locked down Wuhan as an outbreak of pneumonia that started with food market workers in late 2019 spread throughout the city.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2021
Why is it so hard to mourn the vast number of COVID-19 dead?
An empathy scientist reveals how our brains get in the way of comprehending — let alone mourning — calamity on this scale.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 11, 2021
Dealing with a dire diagnosis in a new country
When Niall Breathnach came down with a rare ailment he was sure to get several opinions before seeking a path for treatment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2021
The West should envy Japan’s COVID-19 response
The virus is not unprecedented, but the draconian societal shutdowns are. Who would have expected Western democracies to mimic authoritarian China?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 10, 2021
A Tokyo emergency will be a bad omen for the world’s 2021
Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures would almost qualify for Group of Eight membership if they were a country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 9, 2021
There will be no quick COVID-19 fix
Few doubt the importance of personal liberty, but this is a time when we all need to forego certain conveniences for the sake of those around us.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2021
Biden plans accelerated release of COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. states
Biden hopes to jump-start lagging inoculations that have made little impact on the pandemic one week into the new year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2021
U.K. sees record daily COVID-19 deaths as London hospitals on brink
The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll on Friday since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2021
Emergency declared for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba
The restrictions will enter into force Friday and remain in place until at least Feb. 7, only being lifted when the areas see a significant reduction in key benchmarks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2021
Who's on the hook if vaccines go wrong?
Policy makers in developing nations may not have a choice but to take what they can get — cheaply and quickly. But in so doing, they might just be storing up legal troubles for later.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Jan 7, 2021
Lessons from Rwanda’s fight against COVID-19
The country does not have an abundance of ventilators or intensive-care-unit beds, but it does have a system built on equity, trust, community participation, and patient centrism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 7, 2021
China reports most COVID-19 cases in five months as Hebei infections rise
Authorities in the capital of China's Hebei province strengthened travel restriction on Thursday to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the country reported the biggest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in more than five months.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2021
As world says good riddance to 2020, China hails its new status
China's position in the world has been elevated as a result of the pandemic, despite criticism that its early missteps and cover-ups made possible the spread of the virus around the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Explainer
Jan 6, 2021
Legal revisions would add weight to Japan's COVID-19 response
Levying fines on businesses if they don't shut down or reduce their hours of operation runs the risk of a political backlash against the government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jan 5, 2021
Imminent second state of emergency for Tokyo area could lack teeth
Nearly all efforts by Japan's central government to curb the spread of the virus in the nation depend on the voluntary compliance of its people.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2021
It doesn’t take a dictatorship to defeat COVID-19
We mustn't be seduced by the authoritarian temptation. Defeating COVID-19 will take a collective effort, one that demands leadership and individual responsibility.
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.
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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