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Japan to destroy unused oral Covid drugs worth $1.9bn
Kyodo News, Published on 11/05/2024
» TOKYO - The Japanese government is preparing to destroy about 300 billion yen (US$1.9 billion) worth of unused oral Covid-19 medications it purchased during the pandemic, an estimate based on government data showed on Saturday.
Japanese teachers jailed over avalanche deaths
Kyodo News, Published on 30/05/2024
» TOKYO - Two high school teachers and a retired colleague were given prison terms on Thursday over the deaths of seven students and a fellow teacher in an avalanche that struck during a mountaineering lesson north of Tokyo in 2017.
Japanese billionaire cancels moon mission
Kyodo News, Published on 01/06/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has decided to cancel his planned private space trip to orbit the Moon, as the mission’s feasibility became unclear, according to the project’s website.
Tokyo woman dies in escalator mishap
Kyodo News, Published on 12/06/2024
» TOKYO - A woman in her 80s died on Wednesday after her neck became trapped under the handrail at the bottom of an escalator at a supermarket in Tokyo, police said, in the latest accident of its kind in recent months.
Japanese firm looking into 76 supplement-linked deaths
Kyodo News, Published on 28/06/2024
» OSAKA, Japan - Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday that it is now looking into 76 more deaths linked to the consumption of its red yeast rice dietary supplements.
Japanese corporate bankruptcies hit 10-year high
Kyodo News, Published on 05/07/2024
» TOKYO - The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan hit a 10-year-high in the first half of 2024, marking the third consecutive year of increases for the period, as labour shortages and inflation took their toll, a credit research company said on Friday.
Japan PM apologises for forced sterilisations
Kyodo News, Published on 17/07/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologised on Wednesday to victims of forced sterilisation surgery under a now-defunct “eugenics protection” law, two weeks after Japan’s top court ruled it was unconstitutional and the government must pay damages to plaintiffs.
China blocks another Philippine supply mission
Kyodo News, Published on 27/08/2024
» A number of Chinese vessels blocked Philippine patrol ships on a resupply mission in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea on Monday, in the latest confrontation in the contested waters.
Japan to criminalise cannabis use
Kyodo News, Published on 12/09/2024
» TOKYO - Japan will criminalise cannabis use and legalise medical products using substances derived from the plant under revised laws that will take effect on Dec 12, the health ministry said on Thursday.
North Korean leader tours uranium enrichment site
Kyodo News, Published on 13/09/2024
» North Korean state media on Friday published images of leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a “uranium enrichment base”, reporting his call for more centrifuges to “exponentially increase” the country’s ability to produce weapons-grade nuclear materials.