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Tavneos was launched in Japan in June 2022 after receiving approval from the health ministry. Its package insert listed liver dysfunction as a serious side effect.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 22, 2026
Health ministry questions reliability of vasculitis drug approval data
Tavneos was launched in Japan in 2022 after being approved by the ministry. Its package insert listed liver dysfunction as a serious side effect.
Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center Chairman Tetsuro Higashi (second from left) and others at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
New project aims to create AI medical image-processing system in Japan
The goal is to realize the real-time image processing required at medical sites with the use of advanced semiconductors.
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.
RiHeart, an iPS cell-based sheet, has been put into practical use for heart surgery after it was exhibited at the 2025 Osaka Expo.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 20, 2026
Technologies seen at Osaka Expo increasingly being put into practice
Heart muscle cells, a “human washing machine” and a flying car have all seen new interest or progress since the event.
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.
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.
Naoki Nishio, an associate professor of otolaryngology at Nagoya University, managed to raise some ?4.2 million from 148 people through a crowdfunding campaign last year that had a first-stage goal of ?3 million.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2026
As state funding stalls, medical researchers in Japan pivot to crowdfunding
Medical campaigns have surged, particularly since the pandemic, when the acute shortage of resources at some hospitals became widely known.
Nobel Committee Secretary-General Thomas Perlmann speaks to the media in front of a screen displaying the names of this year's laureates for the prize in medicine and physiology, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, during an announcement of the winners at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 5, 2026
Scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on ‘light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 ?Nobel Prize in ?physiology or ?medicine.
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.
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.
A lab-grown heart made from induced pluripotent stem cells in Osaka in April 2025
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2026
Heart muscle stem cells see first clinical use in surgery in Japan
Sheets of muscle cells derived from regenerative products known as iPS cells were transplanted into the heart of a patient in her 50s.
Japan has revised its healthcare system to raise the ceiling for out-of-pocket payments as it tries to slow spending in one of the world's most aged societies. But the change will also widen the disparity between insurers.
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2026
91AV原创 health cost caps rise, widening gaps between insurers
91AV原创 healthcare system is often held up abroad as a model of universal coverage, but universal does not mean uniform.
A medical worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Tokyo in June 2021.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 29, 2026
Japan can lead the world in making preventive health pay
Japan can strengthen healthy aging and economic resilience by expanding adult respiratory vaccination to reduce disease burden.
A Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Osaka. Kobayashi’s shares have languished since a supplement scandal came to light in early 2024 and remain about 13% below levels seen before the incident.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2026
Kobayashi in ?500 billion buyout talks after red-yeast case
CVC Capital Partners and Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko are weighing a bid to take the company private, sources said.
AI is eroding hands?on expertise in biology and making dangerous capabilities more accessible by lowering the skill and experience needed to manipulate pathogens.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2026
AI’s greatest threat is biological, not robotic
To mitigate the risks, safeguards such as mandating DNA screening and implementing regulations on AI development are needed.
The Colossi of Memnon in Luxor, Egypt. Authorities in Egypt are looking to combine medical and traditional tourism to allow international patients to receive advanced healthcare while enjoying cultural and entertainment attractions.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 21, 2026
Luxor is at the heart of Egypt’s medical tourism push
Egypt’s authorities aim to compete with more-established destinations in providing services from major surgical procedures to dentistry and cosmetics.
Alzheimer's drug Lecanemab
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2026
Clinical trials for Alzheimer’s treatment face global shortage of participants
The shortage of trial participants risks slowing progress in dementia therapies, Alzheimer’s Disease International warns.
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.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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