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3 Japan-approved drugs effective vs omicron BA.5: study

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 21 03:32 PM

Three anti-coronavirus drugs prescribed in Japan, including molnupiravir, may be effective against the Omicron subvariant BA.5. Read more »

Japan starts visa process for restart of tourism as COVID worries wane

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 10 12:36 PM

Japan is initially limiting eligible tourist arrivals to guided tours from 98 countries deemed as having the lowest risk of COVID-19 infection. Read more »

Japan to lift nonresident foreigner entry ban for 106 nations

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 07 12:22 PM

Japan will lift its entry ban on nonresident foreign nationals from 106 countries as part of procedures to gradually ease COVID restrictions. 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 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 »

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 »

Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database amid information vacuum

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 04:27 PM

Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Japan mulls donating COVID-19 vaccine doses to Philippines

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 15 11:27 AM

Tokyo is also mulling donating amounts of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand in July. Read more »

Pfizer vaccine effective against COVID-19 variants in Japan: study

Kyodo News
Posted at May 12 03:43 PM

Around 90 percent of those who received the vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. were found to have antibodies against the various COVID-19 variants detected in Japan, a university study showed Wednesday. Read more »

Japan to send respirators, oxygen concentrators to virus-hit India

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 30 03:01 PM

The Japanese government said Friday it has decided to send 300 respirators and 300 oxygen concentrators to India, which is battling one of the world's worst coronavirus crises with the rapid spread of the virus, including more contagious variants. Read more »

Japan prepares for COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 22 03:24 PM

The Japanese government stepped up preparations Thursday to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo as well as Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, with tougher restrictions such as the closure of department stores and shopping malls expected to be in place through the Golden Week holidays. Read more »

Japan mulls letting dentists administer COVID-19 vaccines

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 19 01:59 PM

The Japanese government will consider allowing dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines, its top spokesman said Monday, amid concerns there will be a dearth of doctors and nurses once the rollout hits full tilt.   Read more »