Sources: Kyodo News
Japan reports a record for the fourth consecutive day of 15,753 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-08-7
Japan reports its first five cases of the "double mutant" Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India. 2021-04-22
Japan's Ministry of Health officially approves the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, three days after a government panel recommends its approval. This is the first government-approved vaccine in the country. 2021-02-14
Japan reports a record 7,841 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. 2021-01-8
Japan bans the entry of non-Japanese citizens from the United Kingdom beginning tomorrow, following the emergence of a more infectious strain of SARS-CoV-2. 2020-12-23
Nationwide, 2,203 new cases are reported in Japan. It is the first time that the country has reported more than 2,000 cases since the pandemic began. 2020-11-18
Kioxia, the Japanese computer memory manufacturer spun off from Toshiba, postpones its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, citing the volatility of the semiconductor industry caused by both the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. Its initial public offering, which would have launched on October 6, was projected to be Japan's largest for this year. 2020-09-28
Japan reports a record of 1,601 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 2020-08-7
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reports the country's first death related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a woman in her 80s. 2020-02-13