Japan announces new policy barring entry to foreigners with outstanding medical bills and requiring visitors staying over ...

Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO — The Japanese government approved renewed public health measures on Friday for three prefectures where COVID-19 cases are piling up at ...

Japan is currently experiencing one of its ... As part of dismantling necessary public health measures, the government has restricted the free availability of the more reliable PCR tests.

suggesting a correlation between the relaxation of public health measures and the resurgence of infectious diseases. In response to the rising number of STSS cases, Japanese authorities issued a ...

The World Health Organization says no new public health measures are needed to counter the higher levels of radiation being emitted from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Government officials considered taking action against mpox on Friday, following the World Health ... Japan about mpox. The officials confirmed they will continue the inspection and medical ...

WITH the full-fledged arrival of the winter season in Japan, the number of influenza ... Are all possible measures against infection being taken? It is necessary to reexamine such preparations ...

(Mainichi/Kimi Takeuchi) TOKYO -- The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on July 19 that it plans to require companies to implement measures ... airports and public facilities as ...

And once people prefer a less invasive public health measure such as masking, it's difficult for them to re-adopt a more stringent one like social distancing, which is the most costly and ...