As an unusually strong wave of flu infections spreads across Japan this winter, experts have shared tips with the Mainichi ...

We are now slowly heading into February, widely regarded by many as the coldest time of year in Japan. Unfortunately, this ...

Japan reports a record-breaking surge in influenza cases, with 317,812 patients recorded in late December 2024, marking the highest levels since 1999. The Ministry of Health attributes the spike to ...

Two of the three chicken farms are in the city of Handa and the other is in the city of Tokoname. The quail farm is located ...

The country's reported flu cases rose by more than 50% to 317,812 during the week of Dec. 23-29, which Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases says is three times the amount from a year ago.

So far in January, as many as 13 bird flu cases have been confirmed at chicken farms across the country, including multiple ...

Japan's medical institutions dealing with emergency patients are struggling with the spread of influenza as their beds are often filled to capacity.

Cases of flu often rise in the winter in Japan and elsewhere, but some countries have seen large jumps in cases recently including in France and Britain. Australia logged more than 350,000 ...

With confirmation of a new highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) farm outbreak an almost daily occurrence in Japan over the past few weeks, fears are being voiced about a looming egg shortage in ...

In November, around 2,500 chickens were culled after an outbreak of the virus was reported on a farm in Gyoda city’s Saitama prefecture. The environment ministry raised the bird flu alert to its ...

It is the 19th bird flu outbreak of the season in Japan, the agriculture ministry said. The latest farm reported increasing deaths of fowl, and test results confirmed Sunday that bird flu was the ...