Tag - leukemia

 
 

LEUKEMIA

A woman with HTLV-1 from Okinawa Prefecture talks about her experience of being turned away at a clinic outside the prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 25, 2023
Website aims to shed light on little-known blood cancer virus
Awareness of HTLV-1, a virus that causes adult T-cell leukemia and other diseases, is low in Japan. A website called Hot Lives aims to change that.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2023
Slowing bone marrow donor registration raises concerns in Japan
The number of registered donors stood at about 544,000 at the end of March this year, an increase of only about 6,500 from a year earlier.
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Apr 15, 2021
Rikako Ikee's already exhilarating comeback from leukemia just getting started
The return of the nation's swimming queen has been one of the biggest feel-good stories in Japanese sports this year.
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May 8, 2019
Rikako Ikee opens official website and says leukemia treatment 'proceeding smoothly'
Star Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee announced the opening of her official website on Wednesday, providing one of the most substantial updates to her status since she was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Apr 22, 2019
Hiroshima bone marrow donors dwindling with age amid lack of registration volunteers and education
Following renowned swimmer Rikako Ikee's announcement of her leukemia diagnosis, public interest in donating bone marrow has increased, especially in Hiroshima Prefecture, which has more than its fair share of patients as a result of the atomic bombing in 1945.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
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