Topic: Osaka

Swine Flu Reaches Tokyo

Swine flu is expected to spread more rapidly and extensively in Japan after the virus reached Tokyo, one of the world's most populous metropolitan areas, with 35 million people. Two high school students were confirmed as the first two swine flu patients ...

Karaoke clubs fill up as flu shuts Japan schools

Hundreds of Japanese students whose schools have been closed this week to contain a swine flu outbreak have instead flocked to karaoke parlours with their friends, club operators said.Authorities in and around Osaka and Kobe cities have shut more than 4,000 schools, ...
Japan said Sunday that 32 more people had tested positive for swine flu, bringing the total number of cases to 44 amid fears the virus has a foothold in the west of the country.The latest group of flu sufferers included 29 high ...
Japan said that nine more high school students had tested positive for swine flu, bringing the total number of domestic infections to 17 amid fears the virus has a foothold in the community.The latest confirmed cases are all students in Osaka prefecture ...
Japan said eight high school students had tested positive for swine flu on Saturday amid fears the virus was spreading in schools in at least two cities where scores of students said they felt ill.The eight confirmed cases were all students at ...

Japan reports three domestic swine flu cases

Japan confirmed three domestic swine flu infections Saturday, all high school students who had not been abroad, and was testing at least 14 other suspected cases in two cities, officials said.Health officials were testing five more teenagers from the same school in ...