Listed below are the newest COVID-19 updates from Japan and past:

Individuals pull a 160-meter rope on a nationwide street within the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Oct. 9, 2022. Okinawa’s conventional tug-of-war competition resumed following a two-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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  • China’s weeklong vacation kicked off Saturday amid a subdued temper earlier than the ruling Communist Social gathering’s once-in-five-years congress starting Oct. 16, with restrictions on people’s movement strengthened by the management of President Xi Jinping beneath its radical “zero-COVID” coverage.

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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos – Oct. 1~7

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Helpful assets for international residents and guests in Japan

  • Well being ministry name heart 
    COVID-19: 0120-565-653 (toll free)
    COVID-19 Vaccines: 0120-761-770 (toll free)
    -Interpreters out there for English, Chinese language, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; for Thai 9 a.m. to six p.m.; for Vietnamese 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
  • Well being ministry’s COVID-19 Vaccine Navigation web site
    https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp/en/

  • AMDA Medical Info Middle’s “Multilingual Session Service”
    – Accessible in Easy Japanese and English, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Additionally out there in Chinese language, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese on designated weekdays. Verify schedule here.
    03-6233-9266 
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Authorities’s COVID-19 data
    https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Authorities hotline
    https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/contacts
    – Accessible in English, Chinese language, Korean and Japanese, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (together with weekends and holidays)
    0570-550571
    –     Accessible by way of fax for these with listening to impairments
    03-5388-1396
  • Japan Nationwide Tourism Group’s “Information for if you find yourself feeling ailing”
    – Multilingual clinic/hospital search out there in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese language, Conventional Chinese language, Japanese
    https://www.jnto.go.jp/emergency/eng/mi_guide.html
  • JNTO’s “Japan Customer Hotline“
    https://www.japan.travel/en/plan/hotline/
    – Accessible in English, Chinese language, Korean and Japanese 24 hours a day
    050-3816-2787 
    +81-50-3816-2787     (from abroad)