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The Japanese government’s preparations for the next virus surge include adding thousands more hospital beds to avoid a situation like last summer when COVID-19 patients were forced to stay home, even while dependent on oxygen deliveries. Even though Japan has a reasonable health insurance system and the world’s largest number of beds per capita, COVID-19

TOKYO (Reuters) – Moderna Inc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd on Wednesday said they are working with Japanese authorities to recall three batches of COVID-19 vaccine after an investigation found stainless steel contaminants in some vials. Japanese authorities had suspended use of these batches of Moderna shots containing 1.63 million doses last week after being

BRUSSELS/TOKYO (Reuters) -Production of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at a plant in Spain can continue, the European Union drugs regulator said on Friday, while it carries out its investigation of a suspected metallic contamination incident. Japan on Thursday suspended the use of 1.63 million doses here shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide, more than a week

Suicides among middle-aged men in Japan spike on Monday mornings before they go to work, study says Men ages 40 to 65 mostly took their lives between 4am and 7.59am on Mondays Daytime suicides among this age group were 1.57 times higher than suicides occurring at night The number of suicides on Mondays was 1.55 higher

Hope of a Parkinson’s breakthrough as experts transplant MILLIONS of stem cells into a patient’s brain ‘to regrow parts ravaged by the disease’ Experts at Kyoto University in Japan performed the first-of-its-kind procedure The man is in his 50s and is one of seven people who will take part in the trial  The procedure has

TOKYO — Kanebo has revealed that it will be releasing a line of ultra-high-end skin-care products from November, targeting wealthy Asian customers. Dubbed Kanebo the Exceptional, the line will initially consist of three products. Kanebo’s eponymous prestige brand was launched in 2016, and the new line will be sold alongside existing products. The products, which include a

Japan on Wednesday approved its first national legislation banning smoking inside of public facilities, but the watered-down measure excludes many restaurants and bars and is seen as toothless. The legislation aims to lower secondhand smoking risks ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics amid international calls for a smoke-free Games. But ruling party lawmakers with strong