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Moscow/Sputnik: Japan has culled record 5.8 million chickens since November due to bird flu, the NHK broadcaster reported Sunday. more
Japan lists medical workers, elderly people as priority groups to get COVID-19 vaccine

Tokyo/Sputnik: An expert group of the Japanese Ministry of Health has identified the categories of citizens who are supposed to be the first to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including m ...

Japanese gov't may offer free COVID-19 vaccines to all residents

Tokyo/Xinhua: The Japanese government may offer COVID-19 vaccinations for free to all residents so that the number of future fatalities and those developing severe symptoms and needing ho ...

Tokyo Reports 463 new COVID-19 cases, breaking daily growth record for 3rd day : Reports

Tokyo/Sputnik: Tokyo set a new record for daily COVID-19 infection for the third consecutive day, registering 472 new cases on Saturday, media reported.

Russian national confirmed infected with COVID-19 on quarantined Diamond Princess: Embassy

Moscow/Sputnik: A Russian national aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise liner has been diagnosed with the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Russian embassy in Japan confirmed on Monday. ...

Japan allocates 94 million USD to combat novel Coronavirus

Tokyo/Xinhua: The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday said it will use reserve funds amounting to 10.3 billion yen (about 93.8 million US dollars) to cover measures to ...

41 more test positive for novel coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan

Tokyo/Xinhua: Test results showed that 41 more people on a cruise ship quarantined off the coast in Japan are infected with the novel coronavirus, the Japanese Health Ministry said Friday ...

Japan isolates genome of new Coronavirus strain following China - Reports

Tokyo/Sputnik/UNI: Scientists from Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases have isolated the genome of the latest strain of coronavirus that originated in China, Japan's ...

Second confirmed case of New Coronavirus registered in Japan: Reports

Tokyo/Sputnik: The second confirmed case of new coronavirus has been registered in Japan, media reported on Friday.

In Japan, UN chief spotlights power of universal health coverage to unlock economic growth

New York, Dec 14(Just Earth News): Health is everyone's right and a driver of economic development, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres stressed Thursday, express ...