Posted in: China reports new cases as WHO declares global emergency over virus See in context
According to CDC, the mortality rate for influenza is 0.13%. There is vaccination for the influenza virus.
Our latest understanding of the novel coronavirus puts the mortality rate at 2.0%. It is at least 15 times more deadly than flu. It is however less deadly than SARS which has a mortality rate of 10%.
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Posted in: 2 dead, many injured as typhoon hits western Japan, shuts down Kansai airport See in context
Here in south of Kyoto, power is out in my area. The emergency partitions along the balcony in my mansion were all smashed to pieces just a while ago.
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Posted in: More Japanese embracing foreign rice, even before it became a tariff topic
Twice in Japan in the last three years I have been in the fast lane and seen a car coming…
Posted in: 3 killed in expressway accidents caused by driver traveling wrong way
Posted in: China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost: report