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Asia keeps omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitableMuch of Asia has largely managed to keep omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is home ...- Japan to lift all coronavirus emergency steps nationwidePrime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the emergency will end Thursday and virus restrictions will be eased gradually ``in order to resume dail...
- Japan set to lift all virus emergency steps nationwideJapan is eager to expand social and economic activities while balancing the need to prevent the next wave of infections. The government, wh...
- Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging pathsThe discovery of a single local COVID-19 case in New Zealand was enough for the government to put the entire country into strict lockdown t...
- Olympics now ended, Japan races to vaccinate as virus surgesJapan's daily coronavirus cases have topped 10,000 for more than a week, and the total has doubled in the past four months to exceed 1 mill...
- Officials in Tokyo alarmed as Covid-19 cases hit record highsTokyo reported 3,177 new cases on Wednesday, up from 2,848 on Tuesday, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time.
- Some fans. No fans. Tokyo undecided as games open in 3 weeksBanning all fans from the Tokyo Olympics is still an option with the games opening during a pandemic in just three weeks, Seiko Hashimoto, ...
- Is Japan's remarkable vaccine drive in time for Olympics?Thousands of private companies and some universities have joined the vaccination drive, complementing the government's effort to prioritize...
- Tokyo Olympics limits capacity to 50%, 10,000 local fans will be allowed in all venuesFans from abroad were banned several months ago. Officials say local fans will be under strict rules.
- Japan's health experts warn of Olympic COVID-19 threat, prefer no spectatorsThe report, led by top health adviser Shigeru Omi, was released after Tokyo 2020's organising committee chief told the Sankei newspaper she...
- Olympics: 'We cannot postpone again,' says Tokyo 2020 chief amid pandemic fearsThe president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee ruled out cancellation or further postponement of the Olympics as doubts grew among of...
- Tokyo Olympics might yet be cancelled due to COVID-19 - Japanese officialJapan is grappling with rising coronavirus infections, with numbers trending higher in Tokyo after the government ended a state of emergenc...
- Japan extends virus emergency for 2 weeks for Tokyo areaJapan's PM declared a monthlong emergency on Jan. 7 for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba that was later extended through March 7. An emer...
- Pounded by critics, Japan defends handling of virus outbreakJapan faces mounting criticism for its handling of a coronavirus-afflicted cruise ship, with questions over a patchy quarantine, incrementa...
- Japan reports 1st death from virus, 44 more cases on shipJapan's Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said the first fatality is a woman in her 80s who had been hospitalized since February 1. Her confir...
- China toxic milk sickens 53,000 as scare spreadsChina's tainted milk scandal spiralled into uncharted territory with the government announcing that up to 53,000 children had been sickened...
- 13,000 children hospitalised in China milk scareChina said nearly 13,000 children were in hospital on Sunday after drinking toxic milk powder in a dramatic escalation of Beijing's latest ...
- WHO calls on Asia to revamp healthcareThe World Health Organisation called on Sunday for Asia to revamp medical care to tailor it to individual needs, saying health services wer...
- WHO warns complacency on bird fluThe World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...
- Time to get tough with tobacco giants: WHOA top World Health Organisation official on Monday urged the world to get tough with tobacco companies, saying smoking deaths are an intern...
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