Sources: Kyodo News
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
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces that the state of emergency that was declared in April will end on September 30, with COVID-19-related restrictions to then be gradually eased. 2021-09-28
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 for the second consecutive day of 25,156 new cases of COVID-19. 2021-08-19
Japan reports its first five cases of the "double mutant" Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India. 2021-04-22
Japan's Health Ministry detects a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 partially similar to those from South Africa and the United Kingdom in four people that travelled from Amazonas in Brazil. 2021-01-10
Japan reports a record 45 new deaths in the past 24 hours as the number of severe cases also hitting a record 505 patients. 2020-12-4
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