The Ministry’s recent announcement highlighted that, in the year 2024, the new HIV infections amounted to 664—a decrease of 5 cases compared to the previous year—while AIDS cases showed a concerning ...

The 2024 preliminary statistics reveal that there were 664 reported HIV infections and 336 AIDS cases. This indicates a significant rise in AIDS patients, with an increase of 45 cases from the prior ...

More than 130,000 people in Japan have died from COVID-19 since the first confirmed case five years ago, the health ministry said. The figure is for the period between Jan. 15, 2020, and last August.

Reporting new COVID-19 cases became simplified across Japan on Sept. 26 as doctors no longer are required to report all cases to their local public health centers. Under the new system ...

Japan's COVID-19 cases are rising again, especially in the southern prefecture of Okinawa, as people enjoy normal summer activities for the first time in three years. Some doctors fear another ...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Japan has topped 800. This includes passengers and crewmembers of the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship. A government panel says with this ...

Tokyo, Apr 19 (AP) Japanese health ministry said Sunday that 568 new cases of the coronavirus were reported the day before, bringing a domestic total to 10,361. A combined total including 712 ...

“Of course, Japan may also face the risk of explosion of cases like the US or Europe,” he says, “but our knowledge on COVID-19 is greater than before, and every day we learn more about what ...

The drug, ensitrelvir, is already approved in Japan to treat mild to moderate COVID cases. The SCORPIO-PEP trial, however, has demonstrated that it also has the potential to protect against illness.