From 11 October, foreigners will be able to return to Japan on holiday, reopening the doors to foreign tourists without visas, after more than two years of border closures due to the Covid pandemic; the maximum daily arrival limit will also be lifted

Commenting international concern about current spread of streptococcal infections, Hitoshi Honda, professor and infectious disease expert at Fujita Health University said pandemic-level infections are not expected and travel restrictions not required

157 hospitalizations have been traced back to dietary supplements at the center of an expanding health scare, an increase from the 114 cases that last week Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said were linked to its products containing red yeast rice 'beni kōji'

The film Oppenheimer was first shown in Japanese theaters, several months after its US release in July 2023