TOKYO – Japan on Monday opened mass novel coronavirus inoculation centers for people aged 65 and older in a bid to accelerate the country’s vaccination program amid fourth wave infections.

TOKYO – The Japanese government placed Okinawa under a novel coronavirus state of emergency to combat surging COVID-19 cases in the southern island prefecture.

MANILA/TOKYO – Sinigurado ni Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ang pagbibigay ng gobyerno ng Japan ng suportang pinansiyal sa Pilipinas para matulungan ang bansa na matugunan ang laban nito kontra novel coronavirus.

TOKYO – Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corporation on Monday announced the launch of its mutation detection kit that can identify L452R, the COVID-19 variant first detected in India and California and recently found in Japan’s capital.