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VACCINES

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2021
Superspreader risk forces world to work with Myanmar generals
The threat of an uncontrolled outbreak goes beyond Myanmar, which is already beset with civil conflict, soaring poverty and food insecurity, as well as a plummeting economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2021
In a handful of U.S. states, early data hint at a rise in breakthrough infections
With the arrival of the contagious delta variant, COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated Americans also may have increased, according to preliminary figures.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 18, 2021
Tokyo American Club takes vaccination process into its own hands — and into arms of Minato Ward residents
Almost a century old, the Tokyo American Club has added a new mission for the pandemic era: Get people vaccinated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2021
South Korean PM aims to have 70% of nation receive first vaccine dose by end of September
South Korea currently lags Japan, which started its inoculations at about the same time and now has 37% of its population fully vaccinated.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 17, 2021
U.S. to advise boosters for most Americans eight months after vaccination
The first boosters are likely to go to nursing home residents and health care workers, followed by other older people.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2021
Why the delta variant is both more potent and more contagious
The delta variant is now the main COVID-19 variant in many parts of Japan and accounts for an estimated 95% of all cases in Tokyo.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 14, 2021
The world may never reach herd immunity against COVID-19
Without herd immunity, the virus could linger for decades in some form, possibly forcing the world's most powerful nations to adjust their diverging strategies on opening up.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2021
Slowest vaccine drive makes Japan G7’s worst economic performer
With infections rising to record levels in recent days, the bounce in consumer spending that analysts had been forecasting will have to wait even longer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 10, 2021
Japan reaches 100 million vaccine doses as focus shifts to youth
However, the country also has the lowest rate among the Group of Seven advanced nations of its population being fully vaccinated at 32.9%.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 7, 2021
South African study shows high protection from Johnson & Johnson shot
The country's health regulator approved the J&J shot in April, and it is being used in the national vaccine program alongside Pfizer's.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2021
United compels workers to have COVID-19 shots in first for U.S. airlines
The airline will also require documentation from workers who seek religious or medical exemptions. Those who otherwise refuse will face firing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 6, 2021
Ignoring WHO call, major nations stick to vaccine booster plans
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on Wednesday for a halt to boosters until at least the end of September.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2021
Hong Kong faces setback as fearful older residents refuse vaccines
Older people are still staying away in part due to advice from ultracautious doctors to defer vaccination if they have chronic conditions not yet under control.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2021
U.S. developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden wants to reopen travel, which would boost business for the airline and tourism sectors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2021
COVID-19 shots targeting delta variant may be needed, researchers say
Researchers pointed to evidence that the strain's spike protein has mutated to a point where antibodies raised by current shots are becoming less effective.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2021
WHO's pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine and oxygen shortages
A large portion of the funding being requested is needed to buy tests, oxygen and face masks in poorer nations.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.
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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