Sources: Kyodo News
Japan reports a record 159 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-02-8
Japan reports a record for the fifth consecutive day of 54,576 new COVID-19 cases, including a record 11,227 new cases in Tokyo and a record 7,675 new cases in Osaka Prefecture. 2022-01-22
Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant. 2021-11-26
Japan reports no deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the first time since August 2020. 2021-11-7
The Japanese health ministry confirms that two men died after receiving their second dose of the contaminated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from one of three manufacturers. The ministry said that the cause of the deaths was still being investigated. 2021-08-28
Japan reports a record for the third consecutive day of 25,876 new cases of COVID-19. 2021-08-20
Japan reports a record 14,207 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 971,904. 2021-08-4
Japan opens two mass vaccination centres in Tokyo and Osaka staffed by Japan Self-Defense Forces two months before the delayed Summer Olympics as the country aims to vaccinate up to 10,000 people per day in Tokyo and another 5,000 per day in Osaka for the next three months. 2021-05-24
Japan reports a record of 795 new COVID-19 cases, surpass the previous single-day high set in April. 2020-07-22