Sources: Kyodo News
Japan reports a record 269 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2022-02-17
Japan reports its first locally transmitted cases of the Omicron variant in three people from Osaka Prefecture with no international travel history. 2021-12-22
Japan reports a record 15,263 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 5,042 cases in Tokyo, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 987,163. 2021-08-5
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga receives his first dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine ahead of an April visit to the United States to meet President Joe Biden. 2021-03-16
Japan detects a new variant from 91 cases in the Kanto region and two cases at airports. In addition, an infection cluster is detected at a Tokyo immigration facility. 2021-02-19
Japan begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 beginning with 40,000 health workers. 2021-02-17
The Japanese House of Councillors passes a law that will introduce fines for people and businesses that do not comply with restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 2021-02-3
Japan reports a record 7,841 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. 2021-01-8
Japan reports their first cases of the new variant of SARS-COV-2 in five people who arrived from the United Kingdom. 2020-12-25
Japan records a new single-day record of 3,041 cases. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are deployed to Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where hospitals are facing shortages of medical staff to treat COVID-19 patients. 2020-12-12