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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2019
How to stop deadly outbreaks of diseases like Ebola — before they occur
Five years ago, an Ebola outbreak ripped through West Africa, killing over 11,000 people. During the 2014 outbreak, no effective vaccines or treatments were available while the international community's response was often perceived as too reactive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2019
Cancer overtakes heart disease as biggest rich-world killer
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world's biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist, researchers said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2019
With new ordinance, Tokyo restaurants must show patrons if smoking is allowed or not
With Sunday's partial entry into force of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government ordinance against passive smoking, related regulations will start at various facilities in the capital, including a rule obliging restaurants to put stickers to show whether indoor smoking is allowed or not.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2019
For countries to grow, health care must come first, WHO's Africa director says on TICAD sidelines
Matshidiso Moeti has been one of Africa's foremost caretakers for more than three decades.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2019
Diagnosed HIV and AIDS infections down for second straight year in Japan
The combined number of people found to be infected with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS in Japan fell for the second straight year in 2018, the health ministry said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2019
Measles cases worldwide have tripled this year, WHO says
Every region in the world, except the Americas, is experiencing an increase in the number of cases of measles, a vaccine-preventable disease that can kill or disable children, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 29, 2019
Japan insurance council greenlights coverage for gene therapy drug to combat clogged arteries
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council on Wednesday approved the first health insurance system coverage for a gene therapy drug.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2019
Japan's workplace passive smoking rate falls below 30 percent
The proportion of people affected by passive smoking at workplaces in Japan fell below 30 percent for the first time last year, the labor ministry said in a report based on a survey Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2019
Ebola kills boy aged 7 in Congo's South Kivu, the province's second fatality
South Kivu, Congo
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2019
Trump blames mass shootings on the mentally ill and calls for more institutions
President Donald Trump said on Thursday he supports meaningful background checks for gun buyers, but he told reporters that those responsible for recent mass shootings were mentally ill and the United States should build more mental institutions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2019
No one understands Lyme disease
The sooner experts admit it, the sooner we'll figure out what's happening and perhaps prevent a lot of suffering.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 8, 2019
Japan's National Cancer Center releases survival rates for group of less common cancers
The center calculated the survival rates based on information gathered in 2012 from some 550,000 people who were diagnosed with cancer at 349 core hospitals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2019
Syrian president's wife says she has fully recovered from breast cancer
Asma al-Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has fully recovered from breast cancer, she told state TV on Saturday, a year after it announced her diagnosis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2019
Saitama woman tests negative for Ebola, health ministry says
A woman in her 70s from Saitama Prefecture who recently returned from a visit to Congo tests negative for a possible Ebola infection at a Tokyo medical institute.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 2, 2019
Past participants in Japan's lay judge system reveal its challenges
"The accused was sitting right there, so close to me, and yet I felt like there was an unbridgeable distance between us."
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.
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.
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.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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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