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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2021
'We urge caution,' WHO says of Tokyo Olympics
'We urge everybody to take a risk-based approach in what they do and the decisions that they make,' Maria van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19 at its global headquarters, said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 24, 2021
Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine program to be shaken up
By prioritizing their own diplomatic and commercial interests, wealthy nations have in effect wrecked COVAX's ambition to take overall charge of the global fight against the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 20, 2021
Don’t count on needing a COVID-19 booster shot, top WHO scientist says
As some governments prepare for COVID-19 booster shots targeting more infectious virus variants, health authorities say it's too early to tell if they will be required.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2021
British medical journal calls for 'global conversation' about Olympics
The Lancet has said silence by the WHO and other major health bodies such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a 'deflection of responsibility.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2021
Did China avoid blame for causing the pandemic?
The WHO first learned of the COVID-19 outbreak from Taiwan, news articles, a public bulletin and from an automated alert system that scans the internet for mentions of unexplained pneumonia.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2021
U.S. agencies examine reports of early COVID-19 infections at Wuhan lab
Government sources cautioned that there is still no proof the disease originated at the lab.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 24, 2021
Taiwan slams WHO's 'indifference' after failing to get into key meeting
Taiwan, with the strong backing of major Western powers, had been lobbying for access to the WHO's World Health Assembly, which opens on Monday, as an observer.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 20, 2021
'We are waiting to die': Hope fades after India halts vaccine exports
The move has hampered plans for the protection for millions of poorer people around the world caught in the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 17, 2021
Long work hours are a killer, WHO study shows
The study showed that people living in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region — a WHO-defined region which includes China, Japan and Australia — were the most affected.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 17, 2021
Global officials embrace what experts have long said: COVID-19 is airborne
Scientists are calling for ventilation systems to be overhauled like public water supplies were in the 1800s after fetid pipes were found to harbor cholera.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2021
WHO urged to reform after panel finds failures worsened pandemic
The international system remains unfit to avoid another disease spiraling into one that matches COVID-19, an independent review has found.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2021
Japan backs Taiwan's attendance at WHO annual meeting
Taiwan is excluded from most international organizations such as the WHO due to opposition from China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2021
Taiwan fights to attend WHO meeting, but China says no
Taipei said it will fight for an invitation to the meeting this month, but China said there was no room for compromise over the island that Beijing claims as its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2021
WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine in potential boost to COVAX pipeline
The vaccine, one of two main Chinese coronavirus vaccines, is the first developed by a non-Western country to win WHO backing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2021
U.S. urges WHO to invite Taiwan to its annual meeting
The U.S. government on Friday called for Taiwan to be invited as an observer to the upcoming meeting of the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, a move China has opposed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2021
WHO hopes Tokyo Olympics can go ahead despite virus emergency extension
The body's emergencies chief said many of the decisions on the format of the games can only be made at the last-minute due to evolving risks from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2021
Morals and the COVID-19 vaccine market
More than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered worldwide, but vast disparities remain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021
Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID-19 vaccine challenge
Many African countries, already facing a shortage of affordable vaccines, are being stunned by the unprecedented scale of the distribution challenge when doses do arrive.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 10, 2021
WHO’s COVID-19 report fails litmus test on transparency
While virtually all evidence pointed to China as the source of the outbreak, precisely when the disease appeared and where it came from are bitterly contested.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2021
WHO chief faults COVID-19 report for dismissing lab leak theory
A group of more than a dozen nations, including Japan and the U.S., issued a joint statement saying the mission's report lacked sufficient access.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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