Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly widespread mask-wearing—may have reduced the risk of certain types of heart attacks ...

Shinzo Abe was no longer prime minister of Japan when the country first authorised COVID-19 vaccines, contrary to misleading online claims about domestic inoculation policy that were cited by posts as ...

Sentiment among Japan’s households deteriorated by the most since the early stages of the Covid pandemic following the outbreak of the war in Iran. Confidence among multi-person households plunged to ...

COVID may be over politically, but the threat of another pandemic never really disappeared. While much of the world acts ready to move on, some countries appear to be preparing more seriously for the ...