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A committee of Japan’s Ministry of Health on Monday recommended the approval of an updated edition of Daiichi Sankyo’s COVID-19 vaccine, news firm Kyodo reported. The mRNA-based vaccine was first approved as a booster in August, becoming Japan’s first. Coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine has been updated to provide coverage against the XBB. 1. 5 Omicron subvariant, with a quota that allows the Ministry of Health to purchase 1. 4 million doses.

SEOUL (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea agreed on Sunday to revive cooperation between their Asian neighbours and pave the way for a summit of their three leaders as part of a new move to ease tensions in the important region. Even as China and the United States mend their ties, as was added at a summit this month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, Beijing fears that Washington and its key regional allies will abandon their tripartite partnership. Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo had agreed to annual summits starting in 2008 for diplomatic and economic exchanges, but bilateral conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted that plan, and the three leaders last met in 2019.

The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea agreed on Sunday to revive cooperation between their Asian neighbors and pave the way for a summit of their three leaders in the latest move to ease tensions in the important region. At a summit this month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, Beijing fears Washington and its key regional allies could end their three-way partnership.

Hawaii’s leaders should make it easier for Japanese tourists to enter the U. S. state by creating a pre-clearance program. . .

The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet in South Korea on Sunday to revive cooperation between the Asian neighbors and pave the way for a trilateral summit. As China and the United States try to mend strained relations, they added at a summit this month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, Beijing is concerned that Washington and its key regional allies are strengthening their tripartite partnership.

The United States inspires trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan to combat the pandemic, with the aim of saving the Tokyo Games.

Summer vacation is over, but many children in Japan have not returned to school. A record surge in coronavirus infections, driven by the more contagious Delta variant, has confounded the return to school.

Three more prefectures have been declared a state of emergency in Japan as hospital beds fill up. The immediate spread of domestic variants of the coronavirus places Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima with serious challenges.

Japan’s Ministry of Health has proposed strict new measures in a bid to prevent the third wave of coronavirus cases. Other angry people who forget the official recommendation to self-isolate or seek hospitalization are being punished.

Japan recorded 1,546 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, surpassing 1,500 for the first time since Aug. 8. The Japan Medical Association suggests that the country is now at the beginning of a third wave of infection.