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Japan’s daily COVID cases top 13k, 1st time in 4 months

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 13 02:18 AM

Japan's count of reported daily coronavirus cases exceeded 13,000 on Wednesday, as a sixth wave of the pandemic spread throughout the country. Read more »

Japan extends entry ban on non-resident foreigners till end-Feb

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 11 09:55 AM

The Japanese government will further extend an entry ban on non-resident foreigners until the end of February, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. Read more »

Tokyo reports first community spread of omicron

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 24 03:58 PM

The first case of community transmission of the Omicron variant has been reported in Tokyo, the metropolitan government said Friday. Read more »

Japan to allow booster shots 6 months after 2nd dose

Kyodo News
Updated as of Nov 15 05:43 PM

Japan plans to allow booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered as soon as 6 months after an individual has received a second dose. Read more »

No COVID death reported in Japan for 1st time in 15 months

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 08 03:55 PM

apan saw no deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday for the first time in about 15 months amid progress in vaccine rollouts and the spread of medicines. Read more »

Japan to begin COVID booster shots in December

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 12 04:51 PM

Japan is planning to start administering third doses of COVID-19 vaccine in December and that the government will shoulder the costs. Read more »

Japan orders 150 million doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 04:50 PM

Japan has agreed to buy 150 million doses of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, with Takeda expecting to manufacture the formula for distribution in 2022. Read more »

Vaccine passports for businesses in Japan mulled

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 07 02:16 PM

Japan is considering wide usage of vaccine passports for commercial purposes as part of efforts to regularize domestic social and economic activities. Read more »

Japan lobby wants no quarantine for vaccinated arrivals

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 07 09:30 AM

Japan's largest business lobby is urging government to exempt fully vaccinated overseas arrivals from COVID-19 quarantine. Read more »

Japan weighs mixing and matching COVID vaccines: minister

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 29 05:11 PM

TOKYO - Japan's health ministry is weighing mixing and matching different COVID-19 vaccines to help ease supply concerns and accelerate the country's inoculation program, the minister in charge of vaccinations said Sunday. Read more »

Japan's medal haul won public support for Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 09 07:50 AM

Japan's hefty medal haul helped build public support for the Tokyo Olympics and ease opposition to the Games despite the pandemic. Read more »

Japan to expand COVID-19 curbs due to virus surge

Ami Miyazaki and Linda Sieg, Reuters
Posted at Aug 05 02:15 PM

Japan was set on Thursday to expand emergency restrictions to eight more prefectures to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases, as worries deepen about strains on the nation's medical system in Olympics host Tokyo and around the country. Read more »

Japan gov't starts to 'name and shame' quarantine rule-breakers

Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 04:50 PM

TOKYO - Japan has carried out a threat to publicly shame people not complying with coronavirus border control measures, releasing the names of three people who broke quarantine rules after returning from overseas. Read more »

Japan to hospitalize only most serious COVID-19 cases in surge

Linda Sieg and Akiko Okamoto, Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 02:19 PM

Japan will hospitalize only COVID-19 patients who are seriously ill and those at risk of becoming so while others isolate at home, officials said, as worries grew about a strained medical system amid a surge in Olympics host city Tokyo and elsewhere. Read more »

Japan to expand virus emergency 1 week into Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 02:07 PM

Japan's government will extend a virus state of emergency in Tokyo and impose the measure in 4 more regions on Friday, as cases surge a week into the pandemic-postponed Olympics. Read more »

Games-related COVID-19 cases hospitalized in pandemic-hit Tokyo

Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka, Reuters
Posted at Jul 29 01:27 PM

Two people attending the Tokyo Olympics from overseas have been hospitalized with COVID-19, a Tokyo 2020 spokesperson said on Thursday, amid concerns the Games will add to the strains on Japan's medical system.   Read more »

Japan COVID-19 adviser urges clear risk message as cases surge in Olympic host

Linda Sieg and Ami Miyazaki, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 29 11:35 AM

TOKYO - Japan faces its most serious situation since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the country's top medical adviser warned on Thursday, urging the government to send a "clearer, stronger message" about growing risks, including to the medical system. Read more »

Tokyo COVID-19 cases exceed 3,000 for first time: gov't source

Kyodo News
Updated as of Jul 28 03:55 PM

Tokyo's daily confirmed COVID-19 cases to be announced later Wednesday have topped 3,000 for the first time, a government source said. Read more »

Japan starts accepting applications for 'vaccine passports'

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 26 02:25 PM

Japan began accepting applications Monday for so-called vaccine passports for people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, as Japanese business lobbies have called for their introduction to help facilitate business activities. Read more »

Japan to launch infectious diseases databank to fight COVID-19

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 07 01:47 PM

The Japanese government will launch an infectious diseases databank later this month, starting with a plan to collect data on 10,000 COVID-19 patients by next March, to help firms and universities develop treatments amid the pandemic. Read more »