Japan coronavirus

The government lowered the legal status of COVID-19 even as it grapples with a deadly outbreak. 

As Japan reopens, a look back at its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning.

Japan’s struggling tourism sector sees a light at the end of the tunnel as “self-guided” tours make way for full travel.

Australia, Japan, South Korea, and others have found middle ground between a full return to pre-pandemic normalcy and attempts to cling to “zero COVID.”

The government has shifted its focus from prevention to priority treatment for the severely ill amid strains on the healthcare system.

The Japan Tourism Agency says tours are being accepted from 98 countries and regions.

From Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam to Japan, the pandemic provided fertile ground for corruption from the top of health ministries to average citizens scamming the system.

Japan remains closed to international tourists and has not yet made plans to reopen despite a global trend to lift pandemic entry restrictions.

The limited reopening of borders is a welcomed relief, but the damage to Japan’s reputation could take years to repair.

The cautious easing of restrictions stirred both hope and worry for the roughly half-a-million foreigners locked out of Japan since early 2020.

Japan has put two-thirds of the country under quasi-emergency measures as it struggles to curb the latest explosion of COVID-19 infections. 

Japan is showing signs of a “sixth wave” of coronavirus infections as the highly contagious Omicron variant tears through the community. 

The spread of the new Omicron variant is on the rise and authorities are bracing for a worst case scenario.

The Gates Foundation has consistently collaborated with Japanese business leaders for the betterment of global health.

The budget largely is to fund COVID-19 measures, including booster shot vaccines and cash payouts.

Japan's deadly summer peak, which brought the health care system to a standstill, has prompted a new coronavirus policy ahead of winter.  

The situation of technical interns in Japan was already hard. For many, the situation has now become desperate.

33 of Japan's 47 prefectures are now under some type of emergency measures.

“The surge in infections is reaching alarming record highs,” Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said in announcing the decision.

The Games are a brave testament to the possibility of living with COVID-19, while keeping the worst effects at bay.

Even as the Games continue, health experts urged Japanese to adopt a “sense of crisis” toward the current outbreak.

Japan’s spectatorless Opening Ceremony welcomes world leaders and sponsors amid a COVID-19 state of emergency.

The Olympics will end up being a "net negative" for Japan, Hama predicts.

Gaping holes in the Tokyo Olympics bubble could derail the safety of athletes in the village and entire competitions.