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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 »

Japan signs P300-M aid to provide cold chain supply for COVID-19 vaccines in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 10:54 PM

MANILA - The Japanese government signed an assistance worth 687 million yen (around P300 million) for the provision of cold chain transport and ancillaries needed in the country's COVID-19 vaccination program. 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 to start issuing vaccine passports in July

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 17 12:55 PM

Japan plans to issue so-called vaccine passports from around mid- to late July as more activities around the world open up to people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, the nation's top government spokesman said Thursday. 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 »

Japan's imperial family members receive COVID vaccines for 1st time

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 01 06:20 PM

Three senior members of Japan's imperial family received coronavirus vaccinations Tuesday at a hospital on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, sources close to the matter said, marking the first confirmed inoculations among the royals. Read more »

Japan opens mass state-run COVID vaccination centers in Tokyo, Osaka

Kyodo News
Posted at May 24 01:29 PM

Japan opened large-scale state-run coronavirus vaccination centers on Monday in Tokyo and Osaka in a bid to accelerate the country's inoculation program that has lagged behind other developed countries and fueled concerns about the plan to hold the Olympics in the capital in two months. 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 expand COVID-19 state of emergency, extend to end of May

Kyodo News
Posted at May 07 12:16 AM

TOKYO - The Japanese government plans to expand the ongoing COVID-19 state of emergency beyond Tokyo and the Osaka area and extend it to the end of May in a bid to bring down infections and ease the strain on hospitals, senior officials said Thursday. 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 universities develop speedier analysis of coronavirus mutations

Kyodo News
Updated as of Apr 29 02:09 PM

Osaka University and Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a system capable of analyzing genetic mutations of the novel coronavirus much quicker than conventional methods. 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's foreign residents ponder traveling for vaccines amid slow inoculation push

Rocky Swift and Daniel Leussink, Reuters
Posted at Apr 21 07:51 AM

TOKYO - Japan's glacial COVID-19 inoculation push is prompting some foreign residents to consider flying to other countries to get vaccinated, as the pandemic surges again with no shots in sight for everyday people. 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 »

Japan enters 'fourth wave' of COVID-19 infections: gov't panel chief

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 14 03:59 PM

The head of the government's coronavirus panel warned Wednesday that Japan has entered a "fourth wave" of infections, expressing a sense of crisis over the situation as highly contagious variants are spreading in several parts of the country. Read more »

Japan begins COVID-19 shots for over 65s as 4th infection wave looms

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Apr 12 01:20 PM

Japan began COVID-19 vaccinations for its sizable elderly population on Monday, with imported doses still in short supply and the pace unlikely to stop a fourth wave of infection. Read more »

Japan PM Suga receives 2nd vaccine shot ahead of US trip

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 06 12:58 PM

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received his second dose of the Pfizer Inc. COVID-19 vaccine at a Tokyo hospital on Tuesday, as part of preparations to visit the United States next week for a meeting with President Joe Biden. Read more »

Japan minister apologizes for big late-night party amid virus restrictions

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 30 03:11 PM

Japan's health minister apologized Tuesday over a late-night party involving 23 officials of his ministry held last week in Tokyo despite the metropolitan government's request for shorter business hours to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Read more »