CORONAVIRUS: Jetstar refuses Chinese tourists
Low-cost airline Jetstar Japan refuses to let tourists from China board a plane.
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A Japanese government-chartered plane with 206 evacuees from Wuhan, China, arrives in Tokyo after hundreds of Japanese n...
read moreJapan confirms 1st domestic infection of new coronavirus
Japan confirms the first case of new coronavirus infection in a Japanese national who has not visited China.
read moreFirst heart surgery using iPS cells
Researchers at Osaka University become the first to treat severe heart disease by surgically transplanting sheets of hea...
read moreFrance's first Japanese 3-star Michelin chef
The Michelin Guide awards its coveted 3-star rating to a Japanese chef in France for the first time.
read moreJapan to add new coronavirus to list of designated infectious diseases
Japan plans to add the new coronavirus to its list of designated infectious diseases, allowing the government to take co...
read moreNew coronavirus infection in Tokyo
A Chinese traveler from Wuhan is hospitalized in Tokyo due to infection with the new coronavirus that has caused an outb...
read moreMitsubishi Electric hacked
Major Japanese electronics maker Mitsubishi Electric suffers a cyber attack and says hackers may have stolen sensitive i...
read moreGhosn's trial in Japan virtually stops
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's trial in Japan has virtually stopped after the defendant fled to Lebanon, and two ...
read more1st case of new coronavirus infection in Japan
Japan's health ministry confirms the country's first case of infection with a new coronavirus believed to be causing an ...
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