Tag: Japan

A hospital in Tokyo has successfully conducted Japan’s first operation to treat an unborn baby for severe aortic stenosis, a serious heart disease, the hospital said.

The health ministry gave fast-track approval to the use of U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine doses as booster shots on Thursday, as Japan hopes to speed up the rollout … Read More

A health ministry panel approved the use of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot on Wednesday as Japan hopes to speed up the rollout of third doses amid … Read More

Support groups and local governments in Japan are promoting efforts to give coronavirus vaccinations to those who are unable to receive inoculation vouchers from municipalities, such as homeless people without … Read More

A Japanese research team said it developed a vaccine to remove so-called zombie cells that accumulate with age and damage nearby cells, causing aging-related diseases including arterial stiffening.

Kyoto – A team of scientists at a university in Japan has developed masks that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light if they contain traces of the coronavirus, using antibodies … Read More

As fears about the omicron variant of COVID-19 spread, the government is considering more exceptions that would shorten the interval between second and third vaccine shots to six months from … Read More

Osaka – Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. is considering developing a vaccine for the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, one of its officials said Tuesday.

Osaka – Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi & Co. is considering developing a vaccine for the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, one of its officials said Tuesday.

The late author Sakyo Komatsu’s best-selling 1973 sci-fi novel “Japan Sinks” depicts the Japanese archipelago being consumed by the sea following a series of catastrophic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.