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Some municipalities allow students who refuse to attend school to undergo health checkups separately from other students or at local medical institutions, according to the internal affairs ministry.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Japan eyes health checkup support for truant students
Some municipalities allow truant students to undergo health checkups on days and times when they would not meet other students at school.
Nadia Akter Manna and Humayun Rashid look at a dress belonging to their 9-month-old daughter, Labiba Akter, who died during a recent deadly measles outbreak, in Sunamganj, Bangladesh.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2026
Bangladesh battle against measles a ‘real warning’ to other nations
So far, 1,147 people have died of the highly contagious disease, with 94% of reported deaths among children under five years old, the WHO said.
As more customers report issues with personal-training contracts, one customer, a woman in her 20s, reported to the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan that she was talked into registering for multiple contracts after attending a cheap trial session with a trainer.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2026
Cases of consumers disputing personal training contracts rise
Hundreds of people are raising concerns that they were talked into multiple contracts after starting out on a trial or discount sign-up offer.
While previous studies had shown that a continued high-calorie diet slows down brain functions, researchers had yet to unravel the complex mechanism on a molecular level.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2026
High-calorie diet causes brain nerve abnormalities, researchers find
A team in Japan has found that a cognitive decline from continually eating high-calorie food is due to abnormalities in the synapses.
A dentist checks a child's teeth at a mobile dental clinic inside a traditional tent in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in August.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 15, 2026
Mobile clinics battle Mongolia’s childhood dental ‘disaster’
Hundreds of thousands of Mongolian children suffer from untreated dental problems due to a combination of unhealthy food and a lack of dental care.
Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves the Vatican before being admitted to Rome's Gemelli University Hospital for an operation on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 14, 2026
Pope Leo diagnosed with cancer as doctors remove part of lung, Vatican says
The pope was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital for surgery to remove a growth doctors had discovered in a recent routine health check.
Attendees take part in a sleep competition organized by a mattress brand in Tokyo on Oct. 5.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2026
Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested
Self-described elite “competitive sleepers” vied to nap the fastest and deepest in a Tokyo contest organized by a mattress company.
A Japan Sports Agency survey revealed that the physical strength of women in their 40s is declining markedly due to a lack of physical exercise opportunities.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2026
Sports club affiliation influences physical strength, survey shows
The Japan Sports Agency survey also revealed that the physical strength of women in their 40s is declining markedly.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers remarks while President Donald Trump listens during a news conference to announce a link between autism and childhood vaccines and the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children, claims which are not backed by science, at the White House in Washington in September last year.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2026
Trust in science falls as COVID-era confidence fades, global survey finds
The retreat has potentially far-reaching consequences for public health as vaccination rates decline and preventable diseases resurge.
The health ministry declared the start of the flu season on Aug. 28, the second-earliest date since records began in 1999.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 9, 2026
As influenza cases rise, residents rush to get flu shots
The average number of flu patients in Japan jumped to 11.35 per clinic for the week through Oct. 4.
In response to complaints from pedestrians, Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward has said that it will examine whether new safety measures are needed for runners around the Imperial Palace.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 9, 2026
Tokyo’s palace runners say respect vital as Chiyoda considers new safety measures
Imperial Palace runners believe backlash from pedestrians on social media is due to a few rude runners.
Rakuten Medical CEO Minami Maeda in an interview in Yokohama in August
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Rakuten Medical eyes U.S. market for its novel idea to conquer cancer
The biotech startup’s treatment uses light to destroy target cells, offering patients a way to heal with minimal damage to healthy tissue.
Jonathan, a giant tortoise believed to be the world's oldest known living land animal, stands in front of Plantation House, in St. Paul on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2026
A 194-year-old tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, may hold clues to longer life
Jonathan the giant tortoise may owe his longevity to genetic traits and an ability to keep key cellular systems functioning in a more youthful way.
Less sunlight can trigger seasonal affective disorder by lowering serotonin levels.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2026
For mind and body, Tokyo hopes for brighter October after record run of rain
Lack of sunlight, like what the Kanto region experienced during its record string of rainy days, can cause seasonal affective disorder.
The Medical Assistance and Rescue Center, an infectious diseases hospital, in the town of Shelekhov in Russia's Irkutsk region
WORLD
Oct 7, 2026
Trump to speak to Putin on plague as U.S. and U.N. urge transparency
Concerns have grown over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician at a research institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region.
Boxes of medicine move along conveyor belts at Toho Pharmaceutical's distribution center in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture. Japan has increasingly positioned the drug industry as a strategic sector, citing its importance to economic security and future growth.
COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 5, 2026
Japan wants a pharma boom. It needs a new strategy.
Japan is seeking to make pharmaceuticals a pillar of economic growth and security, requiring innovation and manufacturing capacity.
Marisol Verdugo, 23 years old and 8 months pregnant, is helped by volunteers as she suffers a heat stroke at a distribution point where hundreds gather every week to receive food staples, baby products and fans donated by Fundacion Madrina NGO to cope with high summer temperatures, in Madrid in August 2023.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 5, 2026
Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, U.N. says during Fiji talks
The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global warming.
A junior high school's gym designated as an evacuation center in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture. More than 1,300 people are still staying at evacuation centers two months after the July 28 quake that hit the region.
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2026
Flu spreads in quake-hit Kumamoto as Japan sees early outbreak
With more than 1,300 people still in evacuation centers two months after the temblor, an expert has stressed the importance of early vaccination.
Morning commuters cross a street near Tokyo Station in the Marunouchi district of Tokyo on Tuesday. The health ministry said Friday that recent figures signal a nationwide flu outbreak.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 2, 2026
Japan hit by nationwide flu outbreak
The health ministry is asking the public to take basic precautions against infection such as handwashing and covering the mouth when coughing.
Patients infected with dengue receive treatment at a hospital in Dhaka on Sept. 7.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2026
Bangladesh warns dengue outbreak could worsen after deadly September
The warning is piling pressure on hospitals already fighting the world’s worst measles outbreak.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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