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Japan tops global new COVID cases in week to Sunday

Kyodo News
Updated as of Jul 28 02:01 PM

Japan had the world's highest number of new coronavirus cases in the week to Sunday with more than 969,000, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Read more »

Japan walks tightrope between no COVID restrictions, hospital strain

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 18 07:18 AM

The Japanese government currently has no plans to impose restrictions amid the seventh wave of coronavirus infections. Read more »

Japan confirms 1st cases of possibly more infectious corona variant

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 25 11:14 PM

(UPDATE) The five -- four males and one female and all under age 70 -- are now staying at hotels provided by authorities after airport quarantine confirmed their infections following their arrival from Britain. Read more »

Tokyo logs record 822 infections as strain on medical system grows

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 17 09:23 PM

(UPDATE) - Tokyo reported a record 822 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, topping the 800 mark for the first time and heightening concerns about the strain on the nation's medical system. Read more »

90% of Japanese firms forgo year-end, New Year parties due to virus

Munehisa Tokunaga, Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 13 11:22 AM

Annual parties to look back on a passing year and then another to mark a new year, called "bonenkai" and "shinnenkai," respectively, are treated as important customs in Japan's corporate culture. However, this year, 87.8 percent of 10,059 firms across the country have not scheduled such eating and drinking functions, according to a survey conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research. Read more »

Virus-hit Japanese companies turning to early retirement to cut costs

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 08 04:03 PM

The number of Japanese companies introducing early retirement programs in the first 10 months of the year was more than double the level of the whole of the previous year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by a research firm. Read more »

Japanese sex business operator sues state over virus handout snub

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 23 07:43 PM

In the lawsuit filed with the Tokyo District Court, the woman, who operates the business in western Japan's Kansai area, demanded the payment of the benefits as well as consolation money for having been discriminated against "without reasonable grounds," her lawyers said. Read more »

No COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos in Japan, envoy says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 08:32 AM

The Filipino community in Japan has yet to see deaths in relation to COVID-19, Philippine Ambassador Jose Laurel said Monday as he flaunted stellar recovery rate. Read more »

Japan to adopt selective, rather than blanket, approach in coronavirus tests

Kaori Kaneko and Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Jun 08 04:02 PM

Japan will stop short of offering blanket coronavirus tests, and instead target the vulnerable and those most at risk in seeking to prevent a second wave of infections, the minister in charge of policies to combat the health crisis said. Read more »