Japan – Page 7 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Beijing blasts Japan over decision to water down textbooks on historic ‘comfort women’ abuses

Posted on September 28, 2021September 28, 2021By Editor

The Chinese foreign ministry has registered its anger and disappointment over Japan’s decision to revise textbook language on so-called comfort women, victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and other forced workers. … Read More >Beijing blasts Japan over decision to water down textbooks on historic ‘comfort women’ abuses

IAEA to send experts to Japan in December to review plan for release of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021By Editor

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will travel to Japan in December to look into Tokyo’s plan to release water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, the sides agreed on Thursday. … Read More >IAEA to send experts to Japan in December to review plan for release of radioactive Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean

Japan to purchase 150 million doses of Novavax’s Covid jab produced by country’s drug-maker Takeda

Posted on September 18, 2021September 18, 2021By Editor

Japanese drugs manufacturer Takeda has announced that Tokyo has commissioned it to produce US firm Novavax’s Covid jab, as the country moves to making the vaccine domestically. … Read More >Japan to purchase 150 million doses of Novavax’s Covid jab produced by country’s drug-maker Takeda

THIRD person dies in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid vaccine from batch recalled over stainless steel contamination

Posted on September 18, 2021September 18, 2021By Editor

Japanese health authorities have confirmed that a third man has died, one day after receiving a second dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from one of the contaminated lots that have since been recalled. … Read More >THIRD person dies in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid vaccine from batch recalled over stainless steel contamination

Chinese media mocks Japan as Tokyo apologizes to Okinawans for US Marines’ sudden dumping of ‘safe’ wastewater from base

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021By Editor

A unilateral decision by the US Marines stationed in Okinawa to dump wastewater contaminated with toxic acid into a city sewer caused a scandal in Japan. Chinese media compared it to Japan’s own approach to water from Fukushima. … Read More >Chinese media mocks Japan as Tokyo apologizes to Okinawans for US Marines’ sudden dumping of ‘safe’ wastewater from base

Japan’s Yoshihide Suga declines to run for reelection as ruling party chief, paving way for his resignation as prime minister

Posted on September 13, 2021September 13, 2021By Editor

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that he will not stand for reelection as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) this month, signaling his intention to resign after having served for a year as PM. … Read More >Japan’s Yoshihide Suga declines to run for reelection as ruling party chief, paving way for his resignation as prime minister

3 lots of Moderna Covid vaccine doses to be recalled by Japanese distributor over stainless steel contamination

Posted on September 11, 2021September 11, 2021By Editor

Biotech firm Moderna has said its Japanese distribution partner will recall three lots of its Covid-19 vaccines after a fourth batch of the company’s shots were found to be contaminated with particles of stainless steel. … Read More >3 lots of Moderna Covid vaccine doses to be recalled by Japanese distributor over stainless steel contamination

Japan suspends Moderna Covid vaccine after another million doses found contaminated, bringing total to 2.6 million

Posted on September 6, 2021September 6, 2021By Editor

Japanese officials have suspended the use of millions of doses of the Moderna Covid vaccine after foreign substances were found in a number of batches and two people died after receiving jabs from the affected lots. … Read More >Japan suspends Moderna Covid vaccine after another million doses found contaminated, bringing total to 2.6 million

Moderna vaccinations halted in Japan’s Okinawa after ‘black substances’ found in vial, days after other batch of jab was suspended

Posted on September 4, 2021By Editor

Okinawa prefecture has halted Moderna vaccinations after unknown materials were found in a vial of the drug. The move comes after Japan pulled 1.6 million Moderna doses from a different batch over contamination concerns. … Read More >Moderna vaccinations halted in Japan’s Okinawa after ‘black substances’ found in vial, days after other batch of jab was suspended

2 people die in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid-19 shots from batch that was withdrawn due to foreign material in some vials

Posted on September 3, 2021September 3, 2021By Editor

Two people have died in Japan after having received doses of the Moderna vaccine from a batch that was suspended as a precaution after some of the vials were contaminated with unknown foreign material. … Read More >2 people die in Japan after receiving Moderna Covid-19 shots from batch that was withdrawn due to foreign material in some vials