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A day in the life of Congo¡¯s overstretched Ebola surveillance teams
WORLD / Science & Health
A day in the life of Congo¡¯s overstretched Ebola surveillance teams
In clinic after clinic, an inspection of the records showed staff had ?failed to report some suspected Ebola cases to central authorities.
WORLD / Science & Health
HIV progress in ¡®real danger¡¯ as global funding plummets
Many low-income countries in Africa are dependent on overseas development assistance for 90% of their HIV response.
WORLD / Science & Health
Ebola outbreak in Congo set to become second-largest on record after confirmed cases reach 3,200
The latest figures highlight the scale of the epidemic, though expanded surveillance and retrospective case finding have also contributed to the rapid rise in reported infections.
A health worker checks his personal protective equipment during a training exercise by Doctors Without Borders in Kenya on July 10.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 20, 2026
U.S. and Congo Ebola travel curbs may hamper humanitarian aid response
By Jason Gale and Michael J Kavanagh
The overlapping restrictions threaten to slow the deployment and rotation of doctors, nurses and other specialists needed to contain the epidemic.
A health worker takes a woman¡¯s temperature as part of Ebola screening efforts in Goma.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 18, 2026
¡®Walking Ebola¡¯ helps explain why Congo¡¯s outbreak is so hard to stop ¡ª and how to treat it
By Jason Gale
The virus¡¯s slower progression leaves patients sick enough to spread the virus but not so unwell to stop them moving through their communities.
A specialist in electromedical equipment works at the provincial electromedical workshop in Havana.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2026
Cuban lives cut short as health system flatlines
By Lisandra COTS
Once the communist revolution¡¯s crowning glory, the health system is now on life support, with the tightening of U.S. sanctions and an energy crisis pushing it to the brink.
Employees at the National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, Congo, on Wednesday
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 6, 2026
Experimental Ebola trial begins in Congo as death toll tops 500
By Jason Gale and Ashleigh Furlong
The outbreak has already infected almost 1,600 people in Congo and seeded a small number of linked cases in neighboring Uganda.
A health worker takes a woman's temperature as part of Ebola screening efforts in Goma, Congo, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2026
As recoveries rise, doctors are finally learning how Bundibugyo Ebola behaves
By Jason Gale
The number of recoveries reported by Congolese health authorities almost doubled in a week, even as treatment centers admit dozens of patients daily.
A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2026
Ebola scientists lack access to virus samples behind Congo¡¯s largest Bundibugyo outbreak
By Ashleigh Furlong and Jason Gale
The issue highlights growing disputes over pathogen sharing and the difficulty of moving infectious materials across borders for research.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks with international health officials from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Ugandan health authorities during a news conference at the Ebola isolation unit at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, on June 8.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 25, 2026
Global Ebola risk ¡®remains low,¡¯ WHO chief says after France case
France announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory: a doctor who had flown back from the?Congo.

Japanese population falls below 120 million for first time in decades
As of Jan. 1, the population of Japanese residents in Japan stood at 119.74 million, down 0.76% from the previous year.
Mall collapses after powerful quake rocks Kumamoto
Emergency crews outside an Aeon Mall in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Tuesday after the second floor of the building collapsed in the wake of a major earthquake.
Japanese man arrested for years of guitar noise
Police seized over 40 guitars ¡ª many electric ¡ª from a Kyoto musician's residence, along with CD and radio cassette players and amplifiers.
Rescuers race to find survivors following massive Kumamoto quake
Debris is strewn at the damaged Aeon Mall shopping center, where an explosion occurred after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto Prefecture, in Kashima Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
China makes new U.S. warship target for missile tests
China has built a new U.S. destroyer replica at a remote missile-testing site in its northwestern desert, satellite imagery shows.
With secondary-capital bill passed, competition between cities heats up
A view of downtown Sapporo. Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki is pushing Sapporo as a candidate for a second capital outside Tokyo.
Japanese author Keigo Higashino, known for intricate mystery novels, dies at 68
A display featuring Keigo Higashino¡¯s work, with a range of his titles translated into multiple languages, at Books Kinokuniya Tokyo in the capital¡¯s Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday
Tough new permanent residency measures trigger concern in Japan
The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau in the capital's Shinagawa Ward in March. Japan's revised guidelines for permanent residency are set to be introduced as early as Oct. 1 and applied to applications filed from April 2027.
The tiny Okayama village providing Japan with a blueprint for forest management
In 2008, Nishiawakura announced a 100-year plan to promote forest health through measures including structured thinning of its artificially planted <i>sugi</i> and <i>hinoki</i> trees. Since then, it has earned nationwide recognition for its innovative forest health management initiatives.
How foreign workers became an essential part of Japan¡¯s ubiquitous konbini
Myanmar national Nyan Linn, who works at a Lawson outlet in Tokyo¡¯s Shinagawa Ward, is one of over 110,000 foreign workers employed by Japan&#039;s three largest convenience store chains.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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