Japan coronavirus

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.