Kidney patient enters world of under-the-table payoffs
In a recently publicized case of suspected organ trafficking, a living donor kidney transplant was conducted overseas with a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization acting as an…
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Health ministry to create monitoring system to manage supplies of drugs, test kits
The decision came after pharmacies and others started hoarding products that spurred supply concerns.
Japan weather agency triples downpour warnings
Sea surface temperatures – one of the possible factors behind the heavy rains – are expected to remain high through September.
Japan to decide on ¥87 billion in assistance to African countries
The aid package is part of a series of government support measures in preparation for the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
Japan seeks to possess 1,000 long-range missiles to counter China
Japan aims to deploy the ground-launched versions as early as fiscal 2024, about two years earlier than originally scheduled.
Japan national security chief criticises China’s military exercises
He also lodged a protest over China’s repeated intrusions into Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
Japanese govt to keep imported wheat prices unchanged
There are concerns, however, that taking such measures will force the government to expand fiscal spending at a time when it is uncertain when prices will turn lower.
Elderly care facilities under pressure amid Covid surge
In Okinawa, where the occupancy rate of Covid-19 hospital beds has surpassed 90 per cent, residents of care homes have died because they could not be hospitalised.
Brazilians of Japanese descent plan soy sauce-based future
Japanese-Brazilian Vivian Yurie Uemura was born into a farming family in southern Brazil and plan to brew Japanese-style soy sauce from the soybeans they grew.
New Aegis system-equipped ships will likely carry long-range cruise missiles
After the upgrades, the missile’s range will extend to about 1,000 kilometers and it will be mounted on naval vessels.