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Japan formally decides to downgrade COVID-19 to flu level on May 8

A Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry panel convenes a meeting in Tokyo on April 27, 2023, where it found no issues with the government's plan to downgrade the legal status of the novel coronavirus to a level on par with seasonal influenza on May 8.

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Japan formally decides to downgrade COVID-19 to flu level on May 8

A Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry panel convenes a meeting in Tokyo on April 27, 2023, where it found no issues with the government's plan to downgrade the legal status of the novel coronavirus to a level on par with seasonal influenza on May 8.

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Japan to downgrade COVID-19

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare holds a meeting of medical experts in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2023, as the government mulls reclassifying the novel coronavirus to put it in the same category as common infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza.

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Japan to downgrade COVID-19

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare holds a meeting of medical experts in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2023, as the government mulls reclassifying the novel coronavirus to put it in the same category as common infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza.

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Japan to downgrade COVID-19

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare holds a meeting of medical experts in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2023, as the government mulls reclassifying the novel coronavirus to put it in the same category as common infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza.

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Japan to export beef to Canada for first time

MAEBASHI, Japan - Japan will begin exporting beef to Canada next week for the first time, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare officials said Aug. 8. Photo shows a ceremony held at a meat processing center in the town of Tamamura, Gunma Prefecture, to mark the first shipment of Japanese beef to Canada. The beef will be shipped by air from Narita airport Aug. 13.

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MSDF repatriate remains of Japanese war dead from Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force hands over the remains of 137 Japanese war dead repatriated from the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to officials from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare upon the MSDF training vessel Kashima's arrival at Harumi Pier in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2014. It was the first time an MSDF vessel has transported the remains of Japanese war dead.

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Data on U.S. H-bomb test show fishermen's radiation levels

TOKYO, Japan - Documents related to the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, released by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Sept. 19, 2014, include the levels of radiation exposure suffered by crew members of fishing boats operating near the atoll.

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Draft report on Japanese soldiers' remains

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows draft documents of investigation report prepared by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the remains search project for Japanese soldiers who died in World War II in the Philippines. It was learned Sept. 25, 2011, that bones of women and children who died long after the war are suspected to have become mixed with the collected remains of the purported soldiers, according to the draft report and sources close to the Japanese and the Philippines governments.

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Japan declares outbreak of new flu after WHO action

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on April 28. The minister declared the outbreak of a new influenza following the World Health Organization's upgrading of its alert level.

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American looking for owner of flag left behind by Japanese solider

TOKYO, Japan - Jonathan Porter, from the U.S. state of Georgia, shows a Japanese flag at a press conference at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Tokyo on July 20. Porter appealed for help in locating the owner of the flag which he said has been left behind by a Japanese soldier during World War II.