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Excess deaths double in Japan in 2022

STORY: Excess deaths double in Japan in 2022 DATELINE: April 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view of Tokyo and COVID-related footage STORYLINE: Japan saw excess deaths of up to 113,000 in 2022, more than double the year-earlier figure, according to newly released health ministry statistics, underscoring the possibility that COVID-19, directly and indirectly, contributed to the increase in excess mortality. The estimates were compiled by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), an institution under the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. According to the NIID, the number of excess deaths, defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in a certain period and the expected numbers of deaths in the same period, was between 47,330 and 113,399 in 2022, compared with 11,475 to 50,495 in 2021. Takaji Wakita, director-general of the NIID and chair of the health ministry's advisory panel, told reporters Wednesday t

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Olympic soccer bronze medalist Mori dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1994 shows Takaji Mori, who died July 17, 2011, of renal pelvic cancer, at age 67. He helped Japan win the bronze medal in men's soccer at the 1968 Summer Olympics and was the inaugural manager of Urawa Reds in the J-league.

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1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows police officers investigating at the scene where then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu was shot and seriously injured in front of his home in Tokyo on March 30, 1995. Tokyo police said in a report on Feb. 18, 2011, that they failed to resolve the case due to a shoddy early investigation. The shooting's statute of limitations expired about a year ago and police have blamed the shooting on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

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Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult.

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Police says AUM carried out unsolved 1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Goro Aoki, head of the public security department of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2010, after the 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu ran out at midnight on March 29. Aoki said police were unable to build a criminal case on the shooting as they did not obtain sufficient evidence to identify culprits, but added that only AUM Shinrikyo could be considered responsible.

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(1)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Nagai, head of the security section of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announces at a press conference at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on July 7 the arrest of a former police officer and three former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu.

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(5)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Takaji Kunimatsu, former head of the National Police Agency, leaves his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on July 7 following reports a former police officer and three former AUM Shinrikyo cult senior members were arrested over the 1995 shooting of Kunimatsu.

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Japan's COVID-19 vaccination minister Horiuchi

Japan's COVID-19 vaccination minister Noriko Horiuchi (front L) and Takaji Wakita (front R), head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, hold talks at the institute in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2021.

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Izumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry to begin handling single-employer workers' compensation

The lone worker's accident insurance for lone workers started by the Izumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry is available to lone workers in the construction industry. Members of the chamber will be asked to join the chamber's construction workers' accident compensation union and will be covered by the national workers' accident insurance. In addition to the chamber's annual membership fee, the annual fee is 5,000 yen and the annual premium depends on the basic daily benefit amountto be paid when the worker is unable to work. If the basic daily benefit amount is 3,500 yen, the annual premium is 22,986 yen, and if it is 25,000 yen, the annual premium is 164,250 yen. Takaji Hashimoto, executive director of the chamber, said, "We hope that people will protect themselves (by joining the lone worker's accident insurance) and take a system that will enable them to sustain their businesses. (March 3, 2020, Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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COVID-19 emergency planned in 7 more prefectures

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of the country's coronavirus response, speaks during a COVID-19 expert panel meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021. Nishimura explained to the meeting the government's plan to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas.

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(1)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Nagai, head of the security section of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announces at a press conference at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on July 7 the arrest of a former police officer and three former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

Takaji Wakita, the head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks at a House of Councillors committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2021. Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and other regions the same day by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult. (Kyodo)

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Head of advisory panel on coronavirus response

Takaji Wakita (C), head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases who also chairs a government panel of experts on the coronavirus response, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 16, 2021, after a meeting of the advisory panel.

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Police says AUM carried out unsolved 1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Goro Aoki, head of the public security department of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2010, after the 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu ran out at midnight on March 29. Aoki said police were unable to build a criminal case on the shooting as they did not obtain sufficient evidence to identify culprits, but added that only AUM Shinrikyo could be considered responsible. (Kyodo)

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Head of advisory panel on coronavirus response

Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases who also chairs a government panel of experts on the coronavirus response, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 16, 2021, after a meeting of the advisory panel.

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Olympic soccer bronze medalist Mori dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1994 shows Takaji Mori, who died July 17, 2011, of renal pelvic cancer, at age 67. He helped Japan win the bronze medal in men's soccer at the 1968 Summer Olympics and was the inaugural manager of Urawa Reds in the J-league. (Kyodo)

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Statute of limitations for police chief shooting case to run out

TOKYO, Japan - Takaji Kunimatsu, who was shot and severely wounded in March 1995 when serving as National Police Agency commissioner general, speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. The 15-year statute of limitations for the attempted murder case runs out at midnight on March 29. (Kyodo)

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1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows police officers investigating at the scene where then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu was shot and seriously injured in front of his home in Tokyo on March 30, 1995. Tokyo police said in a report on Feb. 18, 2011, that they failed to resolve the case due to a shoddy early investigation. The shooting's statute of limitations expired about a year ago and police have blamed the shooting on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus variant in Japan

Takaji Wakita (R), head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, meets the press in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2021, after three cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in Britain were confirmed in Japan.

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Japan's fight against coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, head of an advisory panel to the Japanese government's coronavirus response, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2021, about the coronavirus situation in the country.

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Japan's fight against coronavirus

Takaji Wakita (R), head of an advisory panel to the Japanese government's coronavirus response, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2021, about the coronavirus situation in the country.

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Japan's fight against coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, head of an advisory panel to the Japanese government's coronavirus response, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2021, about the coronavirus situation in the country.

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Japan's 1st domestically transmitted new coronavirus variant

Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2020, after Japan confirmed its first domestically transmitted new coronavirus variant.

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Japan's 1st domestically transmitted new coronavirus variant

Takaji Wakita (C), head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2020, after Japan confirmed its first domestically transmitted new coronavirus variant.

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2020, after a meeting of the government panel of medical experts which he chairs. Japan's death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 3,000 the same day.

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2020, after a meeting of the government panel of medical experts which he chairs. Japan's death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 3,000 the same day.

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

(From L) Shigeru Omi, deputy chair of a government panel on the novel coronavirus, and Takaji Wakita, chair of the panel, attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2020, amid concerns over a possible second wave of virus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

(From L) Shigeru Omi, deputy chair of a government panel on the novel coronavirus, and Takaji Wakita, chair of the panel, attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2020, amid concerns over a possible second wave of virus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the novel coronavirus, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2020, amid concerns over a possible second wave of virus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's fight against novel coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the novel coronavirus, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2020, amid concerns over a possible second wave of virus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Shigeru Omi (L), deputy head of a coronavirus task force, speaks alongside Takaji Wakita, head of the task force, at a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on May 29, 2020, amid continued worries about the spread of the virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura talks in a meeting with National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the coranavirus pandemic, at the institute's Toyama facility in Tokyo on May 24, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (back, 2nd from R) and National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita (front row, 3rd from L), chair of a government panel on the coranavirus pandemic, attend a meeting at the institute's Toyama facility in Tokyo on May 24, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the coranavirus pandemic, talks in a meeting with Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura at the institute's Toyama facility in Tokyo on May 24, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the new coronavirus and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on May 20, 2020. The Japanese government plans to decide the next day on whether to lift a state of emergency still in place in Tokyo, Osaka and their neighboring prefectures as well as Hokkaido to control the spread of the virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the new coronavirus and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on May 20, 2020. The Japanese government plans to decide the next day on whether to lift a state of emergency still in place in Tokyo, Osaka and their neighboring prefectures as well as Hokkaido to control the spread of the virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the new coronavirus and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks during a House of Representatives budget committee session in Tokyo on May 20, 2020. The Japanese government plans to decide the next day on whether to lift a state of emergency still in place in Tokyo, Osaka and their neighboring prefectures as well as Hokkaido to control the spread of the virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (R) speaks in Tokyo on May 14, 2020, at a meeting of a government panel of experts working on measures against the new coronavirus. Takaji Wakita, panel chair and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, also attends the meeting ahead of the planned lifting of a state of emergency for some parts of the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato (R) and National Institute of Infectious Diseases head Takaji Wakita attend a meeting of a government panel of experts working on measures against the new coronavirus on May 14, 2020, in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's battle against new coronavirus

Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato (L) and Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the new coronavirus, exchange words before they start a meeting in Tokyo on May 4, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Takaji Wakita (R), chair of a government panel on the new coronavirus and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2020, after a meeting of the panel. Panel member Shigeru Omi of the Japan Community Healthcare Organization can be seen on the left. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Shigeru Omi (L) of the Japan Community Healthcare Organization speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2020, after attending a government panel of experts over the spread of the novel coronavirus. Takaji Wakita, chair of the panel and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, can be seen on the right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Takaji Wakita, chair of a government panel on the new coronavirus and head of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2020, after a meeting of the panel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's fight against coronavirus

Takaji Wakita (3rd from L), head of a Japanese government panel of experts working on measures against the new coronavirus, and his deputy Shigeru Omi (2nd from L) attend a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2020. The panel warned of a healthcare system collapse if the sharp increase in coronavirus infections seen recently in urban areas continues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita meets the press after attending a meeting of a government panel of experts on the new coronavirus in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita (R) speaks at a press conference following a meeting of a government panel of experts on the new coronavirus in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2020. Seen on the left is Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato, who also attended the meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato (L) speaks at a press conference after attending a meeting of a government panel of experts on the new coronavirus in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2020. Seen on the right is National Institute of Infectious Diseases chief Takaji Wakita, who chaired the meeting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(5)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Takaji Kunimatsu, former head of the National Police Agency, leaves his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on July 7 following reports a former police officer and three former AUM Shinrikyo cult senior members were arrested over the 1995 shooting of Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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(4)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tetsuya Uemura (R) enters the Miniami-Senju Police Station in Tokyo on July 7 after being arrested in connection with the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)