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To prevent the spread of the flu, measures such as wearing a mask are recommended.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2025
Japan＊s flu season comes early as new variant spreads
The risk of developing severe symptoms from ※Subclade K§ is no higher than other strains, but its continued spread is expected.
The health ministry on Friday said that the weekly average of new influenza cases per monitored medical institution hit 14.90, surpassing the alert level of 10.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2025
Flu cases in Japan exceed alert level, health ministry says
The alert level of 10 cases per regularly monitored medical institution nationwide indicates a possible large-scale outbreak within four weeks.
Influenza outbreaks began in Japan in late September, earlier than usual, amid increased cross-border travel.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2025
Japan＊s flu season began in September, earlier than usual amid tourism surge
Basic measures 〞 such as washing hands, wearing masks in crowds and frequent ventilation 〞 are effective in preventing infection.
Flu season began earlier than usual this year, with Okinawa Prefecture reporting the largest number of cases per hospital in the week up to Sunday.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2025
Japan enters its second-earliest flu season in 20 years
Okinawa had the most cases on average by prefecture, at 8.98 patients per medical institution, followed by 1.96 for Tokyo, 1.68 for Kagoshima, and Fukuoka with 1.55.
A busy street in Tokyo on Dec. 30. The number of influenza patients per clinic, on average, in the final week of December was the highest since health ministry records began in 1999.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Jan 10, 2025
Japan＊s health ministry reports record-high flu cases
In the week through Dec. 29, the total number of reported flu cases was nearly three times the number from the same period in 2023.
Authorities are calling for utmost vigilance as Japan heads into the New Year holiday season, when many people plan getaways.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Dec 27, 2024
Flu cases surge above ＆warning＊ levels in much of Japan
An estimated 1.67 million people became sick and sought medical care from doctors in the week through last Sunday.
From Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, there were 94,259 flu cases reported across some 5,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide, according to the health ministry.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Dec 24, 2024
Health ministry urges caution as flu cases rise nationwide
There were 94,259 cases of the flu reported across some 5,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide in the second week of December.
Cold medicine packages at a drug store. Japan has faced unseasonal and larger-than-usual outbreaks of infectious diseases over the past year after the COVID-19's downgrade to the same level as flu.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
May 7, 2024
Anti-infection measures still needed, one year after COVID-19 downgrade
Despite the drop in COVID-19 cases, childhood infectious diseases and the flu have spread in the country over the past year.
According to the latest data, new COVID-19 cases reported in the week to Feb. 11 stood at 13.75 per institution.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2024
Number of COVID-19 and flu cases remain high in Japan
Per-institution new flu cases in Japan came to 23.93 in the week to Feb. 11, up for the fifth straight week.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Nov 9, 2023
Drug shortages create challenge for Japan as influenza cases rise
Amid an earlier-than-usual start of the flu season, a type of flu medicine for children is experiencing a supply shortage as cases rise.
Japan is facing a serious shortage of generic drugs.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2023
Serious generic drug shortage hits Japan amid flu spread
The supply of cough medicines, in particular, has fallen by 15% compared with levels before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ministry.
According to data released Friday, by prefecture, Okinawa had the highest per-institution number of flu cases, at 25.37, followed by Chiba with 20.86, Saitama with 19.69 and Ehime with 18.45. The per-institution number exceeded 10 in 17 of the country's 47 prefectures.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Oct 21, 2023
Flu cases top warning level in Japan as major outbreak feared
Cases at a number of medical institutions monitored nationwide topped 10 per location, indicating the possibility of a major outbreak within four weeks.
People visit the area near Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist destination, in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Sept. 7.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Sep 25, 2023
Japan＊s schools face double whammy of the flu and COVID-19
In the period between Sept. 11 and 17, the average national influenza case count rose to over 7.03 per medical institution from just 4.48 the week prior.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Sep 15, 2023
Flu season already in full swing in Japan
The season has begun earlier than usual, with a number of schools either suspending individual classes or closing entirely.
51勛圖厙
Jun 28, 2023
Japan＊s next flu season may begin two months earlier than usual
People＊s immunity to influenza declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the relaxation of infection prevention measures, such as wearing masks, has allowed the virus to spread.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 8, 2023
COVID-19 is still deadlier for patients than flu
COVID-19 isn＊t ＆just a flu,§ with a study of hospital patients finding that the virus was still 60% deadlier than influenza last winter.
51勛圖厙 / Explainer
Mar 19, 2023
Japan on high alert as avian flu rages across the country and heads north
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Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Feb 28, 2023
Japan health ministry panel endorses nasal flu vaccine for children
Based on the results of a clinical trial involving children in Japan, the panel agreed that FluMist Quadrivalent is safe and effective in preventing the flu.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2023
WHO raises concern after father of girl who died from bird flu tests positive
One of the worst global avian influenza outbreaks on record has seen tens of millions of poultry culled, mass wild bird die-offs and a rising number of infections among mammals.
51勛圖厙 / Science & Health
Jan 5, 2023
Flu spreading fast in northeastern and eastern Japan
Cases per monitored medical institution reached 4.21 in Toyama Prefecture, the highest by prefecture and well above the flu season threshold of threshold of 1.0.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ※seed§ that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ※Peak 1 amyloid beta,§ as seen in a mouse's brain.
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