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- Why have there been so few Covid deaths in Japan? https://noahcarl.substack.com/p/why-have-there-been-so-few-covid 2 comments
- Japan Ends Coronavirus Emergency with 850 Deaths and No Lockdown https://www.newsweek.com/japan-ends-coronavirus-emergency-850-deaths-no-lockdown-1506336 4 comments
- Japan’s monthly COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000 for 1st time https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14827367 54 comments worldnews
- No COVID deaths in Japan for 1st time in 15 months https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20211108_04/ 11 comments worldnews
- Japan: A month’s suicides surpass total death toll of Covid-19 https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/japan-a-month-s-suicides-surpass-total-death-toll-of-covid-19-41934 13 comments worldnews
- Coronavirus: Japan's mysteriously low virus death rate https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53188847 12 comments worldnews
- Japan announces 7th coronavirus death https://edition.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-02-27-20-intl-hnk/h_18deb9e8adee020f4a7d1732aef69d2d 9 comments worldnews
- Japan: More deaths are reported in Japan from Suicide than from Covid-19 - country adds ‘ministry of loneliness’ https://dubaixnews.com/more-people-died-in-japan-from-suicide-than-from-covid-19-in-october-2020/ 10 comments worldnews
- Japan's COVID-19 death toll tops 3,000 as medical experts sound alarm https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/12/22/national/tokyo-563-coronavirus-japan/ 35 comments worldnews
- Japan reports first death from coronavirus https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200213_50/ 19 comments worldnews
- COVID-19 deaths of people aged under 60 soar in Japan due to Delta variant https://japantoday.com/category/national/covid-19-deaths-of-younger-people-soar-in-japan-due-to-delta-variant 15 comments worldnews
- Japan Ends Coronavirus Emergency With 850 Deaths and No Lockdown https://www.newsweek.com/japan-ends-coronavirus-emergency-850-deaths-no-lockdown-1506336 43 comments politics
- Masks helped keep Japan's COVID-19 death toll low, says expert panel https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/28/national/science-health/masks-helped-fight-coronavirus/ 11 comments worldnews
- Japan Ends Coronavirus Emergency With 850 Deaths and No Lockdown https://www.newsweek.com/japan-ends-coronavirus-emergency-850-deaths-no-lockdown-1506336 579 comments worldnews
- Japan enters recession, valid cost to save lives? Confirmed under 800 COVID-19 deaths compared to 90k+ in the states. https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/17/economy/japan-economy-recession-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html 3 comments politics
- Japan reports first coronavirus death as 44 more cases confirmed on cruise ship https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/japan-reports-first-coronavirus-death-as-44-more-cases-confirmed-aboard-cruise-ship 5 comments worldnews
- Health ministry reports first death related to COVID-19 in Japan https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/13/national/science-health/health-ministry-reports-first-death-related-covid-19-japan/#.xkvelwgza00 3 comments worldnews
- Japan confirms its first coronavirus death: Health Minister https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-japan-death/japan-confirms-its-first-coronavirus-death-health-minister-iduskbn2071j9 16 comments worldnews
- Japan confirms its first coronavirus death: Health Minister - Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-japan-death/japan-confirms-its-first-coronavirus-death-health-minister-iduskbn2071j9 4 comments worldnews
- Wuhan evacuation: US and Japan to fly out citizens as coronavirus deaths rise https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/28/wuhan-evacuation-us-and-japan-to-fly-out-citizens-as-coronavirus-deaths-rise 14 comments worldnews
- Japan records highest single-day deaths as Covid explodes https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/in-focus/story/japan-records-highest-single-day-deaths-as-covid-explodes-357686-2022-12-25 81 comments worldnews
- Starvation death of mother and daughter in Japan reveals harsh cost of poverty in the time of coronavirus https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3114987/starvation-death-mother-and-daughter-japan-reveals 120 comments worldnews
- Japan seeing fewer deaths than last year despite coronavirus, ministry data shows https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/28/national/science-health/fewer-deaths-coronavirus/ 9 comments worldnews
- Japan's low COVID-19 death rate may be due to genetics, top research institute says https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/12/11/national/riken-research-covid-19/ 89 comments worldnews
- Japan reports a record of 4915 new COVID infections and 76 deaths on Jan 5th. 15,617 PCR tests were conducted nationwide on January 3rd. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210105/k10012798061000.html?utm_int=word_contents_list-items_001&word_result=%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9 9 comments worldnews
- Masks and hand-washing have helped Japan avoid more coronavirus deaths, panel says https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-05-27/masks-hand-washing-helped-japan-skirt-virus-deaths-panel-says 4 comments worldnews
- Surgeon general warns of ‘hardest, saddest week’ ahead as U.S. coronavirus infections and deaths soar; Japan to declare state of emergency https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/06/coronavirus-latest-news/ 11 comments politics
- Japan minister: Paris accord under threat if coronavirus trumps climate change - Japanese Environment Minister warned on Monday that the Paris climate accord could face death if steps to fight global warming were put on the backburner to facilitate the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-japan/japan-minister-paris-accord-under-threat-if-coronavirus-trumps-climate-change-iduskcn21v13t 25 comments worldnews
- Japan and South Korea tighten borders as US faces up to 200,000 Covid-19 deaths - Governments ban entry to foreigners and announce quarantine measures as Donald Trump says keeping US deaths to 100,000 would be ‘very good’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/30/japan-and-south-korea-tighten-borders-as-us-faces-up-to-200000-covid-19-deaths 57 comments worldnews
- Average life expectancy in Japan has fallen for the first time in a decade, and deaths from COVID-19 are the primary culprit, figures show. The last time a decrease occurred was 2011 when the magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit, generating towering tsunami that claimed nearly 20,000 lives https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14683513 6 comments worldnews
- More people died from suicide in Japan in October than the total number of COVID-19 deaths in 2020, figures released by the Japanese National Police Agency show. Japan has the highest suicide rate in the G7 and subsequently reports its data every month compared to other countries including the US. https://www.insider.com/japan-more-suicide-deaths-in-october-than-from-covid-19-in-2020 447 comments worldnews
- STUDY: The cost of groceries rose in tandem with COVID-19 case counts across the globe. Countries with more cases + deaths, such as the U.S., saw some of the greatest increases in retail food prices, while countries reporting lower COVID-19 numbers (France, Japan) saw less increase. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00502-1 112 comments science