3 more Japanese from Wuhan test positive for coronavirus

February 2, 2020

Tokyo–Three more Japanese citizens who returned home from Wuhan, China, on government-chartered flights this week have tested positive for a new coronavirus, the health ministry said Saturday. Of the three, a man in his 40s was hospitalized due to symptoms

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Japan sets rules on preventive culling over ASF

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–A Japanese farm ministry panel on Friday approved a plan to allow preventive culling of healthy pigs within 3 kilometers of confirmed infections with African swine fever. The measure will be included in ministry guidelines under the revised law on

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Japan to inspect bus firms handling tourists from Wuhan

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The Japanese tourism ministry will inspect operators of buses used for tourists to Japan from Wuhan in response to an epidemic of a new coronavirus spreading mainly in the Chinese city, minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said Friday. The ministry will search

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Japan-China coronavirus

January 31, 2020

Asian tourists wear masks as they visit the Sensoji temple in Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan, central China, as a global health emergency. (EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON) Jiji Press

Shuri Castle fire had minor impact on universal value: Japan

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency has reported to the UNESCO World Heritage Center that fire damage at Shuri Castle in Okinawa Prefecture had a minor impact on its universal value, the agency said Friday. The agency said that the damage to

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(Update) 3rd evacuation flight brings home Japanese from Wuhan

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The third charter jet sent to Wuhan by the Japanese government arrived at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Friday, bringing home 149 Japanese nationals from the Chinese city at the center of the coronavirus crisis. Nine of the passengers

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New coronavirus cases in Japan rise to 14

January 31, 2020

Tokyo–The number of confirmed cases in Japan of the new coronavirus spreading from the Chinese city of Wuhan rose to 14 on Thursday. A man in his 50s, who has a foreign citizenship and lives in Mie Prefecture, central Japan,

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(Update) Japan to do follow-up survey on people who have stayed in Wuhan

January 30, 2020

Tokyo–Japan’s government on Thursday decided to conduct a follow-up survey on all people entering the country who have been to China’s Wuhan, the epicenter of the pneumonia outbreak caused by a new coronavirus. The decision was made at the first

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