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S. Korea sends hand cleaning agent to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Trucks carrying 200,000 liters of the cleaning agent leave the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Dorason, south of the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2010, to head for the North's border city of Kaesong. The sanitizer is being sent to help North Koreans fight the H1N1 flu virus.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold health ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu, Japanese health minister Akira Nagatsuma and South Korea's Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Minister Jeon Jae Hee shake hands after signing a memorandum during their meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2009. The three countries agreed to boost cooperation on food safety issues and measures against the new H1N1 influenza virus.

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold health ministers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu, Japanese health minister Akira Nagatsuma and South Korea's Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Minister Jeon Jae Hee show a memorandum signed during their meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2009. The three countries agreed to boost cooperation on food safety issues and measures against the new H1N1 influenza virus.

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Ill people, pregnant women begin getting shots against new flu

GIFU, Japan - A man receives vaccination against the new H1N1 strain of influenza A at a hospital in Gifu, central Japan, on Oct. 30, 2009 as medical institutions in three western prefectures began vaccinating pregnant women and people with chronic diseases against the new flu.

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H1N1 flu vaccination begins in Japan

KOFU, Japan - A nurse receives an H1N1 influenza vaccine at a hospital in Kofu on Oct. 19, 2009 as vaccinations began across Japan, with doctors and other medial professionals given top priority under the government's plan to combat the fast-spreading infection.

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Ministry says 20% of Japan population could contract new flu

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Nakajima (L), head of the infectious disease information section at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, speaks about the ministry's estimation of the number of people who could be infected with the new H1N1 strain of influenza A during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18. The ministry said it expects about 25 million people, or some 20 percent of the population in Japan, to become infected with the new flu.

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Chorus contest at empty hall in flu-hit Japan

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a chorus group sing in an empty hall during a contest in Iwaki in the northern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 28. In a rare move, the prefectural choral association decided to close the 1,700-seat competition venue to spectators for fear of spreading the new H1N1 strain of influenza A. High school girl Ena Yasuda, one of about 3,700 participants, said after her performance that she felt ''strange'' singing to an empty hall.

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Darvish wears antiflu protection mask

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters ace pitcher Yu Darvish is seen wearing an antiflu protection mask at Sapporo Dome in Hokkaido on Aug. 19 as he heads for a test for the new H1N1 influenza. The club has decided to carry out medical examinations of all team personnel for the flu after two players and a coach were confirmed to have contracted it.

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Flu scare hits Japan baseball club

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Yoshio Itoi, pitcher Keisuke Tanimoto and pitcher Masanori Hayashi are seen wearing masks as they leave Asahikawa Starffin Stadium in Hokkaido on Aug. 18. Four players and a coach in the team have tested positive for influenza A, with three of them confirmed as having the H1N1 strain.

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Japan's tally of new-flu infections reaches 281

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on May 21. Masuzoe said the new H1N1 strain of influenza A ''has become substantially widespread inside the country.''

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New flu spreads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Maeda (2nd from R), a senior official at the Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health of the Tokyo metropolitan government, gives a press conference at the government on May 20. The authorities announced that the first case of the new strain of H1N1 influenza had been confirmed in the Japanese capital.

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New flu in Tokyo area prompts firms to take precautionary steps

KAWASAKI, Japan - Many commuters are seen wearing face masks at JR Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on May 21, a day after two students at a senior high school in the city were confirmed to be infected with the new strain of H1N1 influenza.

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China confirms first case of Influenza A (H1N1)

BEIJING, China - Workers at Beijing airport wear face masks on May 11. China confirmed the same day its first case of Influenza A (H1N1) in a 30-year-old man who returned to the country from the United States on May 9.

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New flu outbreak fear hits Tokyo sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers clad in yukata disinfect their hands with antiseptic liquid in a bottle before entering the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo gymnasium in Tokyo on May 10 for fear of a possible outbreak of the new-strain H1N1 influenza A virus in Japan.

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H.K. confirms Asia's 1st case of new flu strain

HONG KONG, China - Police officers wearing protective masks seal off Metro Park Hotel in Hong Kong on May 1 after the first H1N1 influenza A victim in the city was confirmed to have stayed there.

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Yokohama high school student tests negative for new flu

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The principal of a high school in Yokohama's Sakae Ward bursts into tears after hearing that a student of the school tested negative for the rapidly spreading new influenza virus. The 17-year-old boy was suspected of being Japan's first case of infection from the H1N1 influenza A virus after staying in British Columbia, Canada, on a school excursion for about two weeks from April 10 with 114 schoolmates and five teachers.

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H.I.S. to close temporarily due to emergency declaration

Exterior view of a branch of HI Corp. that will be temporarily closed until May 6, 2020 due to the declaration of a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). (April 10, 2020, Shinjuku East Exit Head Office, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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H.I.S. to close temporarily due to emergency declaration

Exterior view of a branch of HI Corp. that will be temporarily closed until May 6, 2020 due to the declaration of a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19). (April 10, 2020, Shinjuku East Exit Head Office, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Ministry says 20% of Japan population could contract new flu

TOKYO, Japan - Kensuke Nakajima (L), head of the infectious disease information section at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, speaks about the ministry's estimation of the number of people who could be infected with the new H1N1 strain of influenza A during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18. The ministry said it expects about 25 million people, or some 20 percent of the population in Japan, to become infected with the new flu. (Kyodo)

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Chorus contest at empty hall in flu-hit Japan

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a chorus group sing in an empty hall during a contest in Iwaki in the northern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 28. In a rare move, the prefectural choral association decided to close the 1,700-seat competition venue to spectators for fear of spreading the new H1N1 strain of influenza A. High school girl Ena Yasuda, one of about 3,700 participants, said after her performance that she felt ''strange'' singing to an empty hall. (Kyodo)

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Flu scare hits Japan baseball club

SAPPORO, Japan - (From L) Nippon Ham Fighters outfielder Yoshio Itoi, pitcher Keisuke Tanimoto and pitcher Masanori Hayashi are seen wearing masks as they leave Asahikawa Starffin Stadium in Hokkaido on Aug. 18. Four players and a coach in the team have tested positive for influenza A, with three of them confirmed as having the H1N1 strain. (Kyodo)

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New flu in Tokyo area prompts firms to take precautionary steps

KAWASAKI, Japan - Many commuters are seen wearing face masks at JR Musashi-Mizonokuchi Station in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on May 21, a day after two students at a senior high school in the city were confirmed to be infected with the new strain of H1N1 influenza. (Kyodo)

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Japan's tally of new-flu infections reaches 281

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on May 21. Masuzoe said the new H1N1 strain of influenza A ''has become substantially widespread inside the country.'' (Kyodo)

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New flu spreads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Maeda (2nd from R), a senior official at the Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health of the Tokyo metropolitan government, gives a press conference at the government on May 20. The authorities announced that the first case of the new strain of H1N1 influenza had been confirmed in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo)

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China confirms first case of Influenza A (H1N1)

BEIJING, China - Workers at Beijing airport wear face masks on May 11. China confirmed the same day its first case of Influenza A (H1N1) in a 30-year-old man who returned to the country from the United States on May 9. (Kyodo)

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Yokohama high school student tests negative for new flu

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The principal of a high school in Yokohama's Sakae Ward bursts into tears after hearing that a student of the school tested negative for the rapidly spreading new influenza virus. The 17-year-old boy was suspected of being Japan's first case of infection from the H1N1 influenza A virus after staying in British Columbia, Canada, on a school excursion for about two weeks from April 10 with 114 schoolmates and five teachers. (Kyodo)

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H.K. confirms Asia's 1st case of new flu strain

HONG KONG, China - Police officers wearing protective masks seal off Metro Park Hotel in Hong Kong on May 1 after the first H1N1 influenza A victim in the city was confirmed to have stayed there. (Kyodo)

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New flu outbreak fear hits Tokyo sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers clad in yukata disinfect their hands with antiseptic liquid in a bottle before entering the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo gymnasium in Tokyo on May 10 for fear of a possible outbreak of the new-strain H1N1 influenza A virus in Japan. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea sends hand cleaning agent to N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Trucks carrying 200,000 liters of the cleaning agent leave the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Dorason, south of the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea, on Feb. 23, 2010, to head for the North's border city of Kaesong. The sanitizer is being sent to help North Koreans fight the H1N1 flu virus. (Kyodo)

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Full-scale new-flu vaccination of pregnant women begins

AOMORI, Japan - A pregnant woman gets a shot for the new H1N1 strain of influenza at a hospital in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2009, as medical institutions across Japan began vaccinating pregnant women and people with chronic diseases the same day. (Kyodo)

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Full-scale new-flu vaccination of pregnant women begins

MITO, Japan - A pregnant woman gets a shot for the new H1N1 strain of influenza at a hospital in Mito, Iabraki Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2009, as medical institutions across Japan began vaccinating pregnant women and people with chronic diseases the same day. (Kyodo)

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Ill people, pregnant women begin getting shots against new flu

GIFU, Japan - A man receives vaccination against the new H1N1 strain of influenza A at a hospital in Gifu, central Japan, on Oct. 30, 2009 as medical institutions in three western prefectures began vaccinating pregnant women and people with chronic diseases against the new flu. (Kyodo)

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H1N1 flu vaccination begins in Japan

KOFU, Japan - A nurse receives an H1N1 influenza vaccine at a hospital in Kofu on Oct. 19, 2009 as vaccinations began across Japan, with doctors and other medial professionals given top priority under the government's plan to combat the fast-spreading infection. (Kyodo)

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