Disability Infectious Diseases Influenza Japan Podcast

Flu Season Starts in Japan, 2nd Earliest in 20 Years [Podcast Episode]

Japan has entered the influenza season nationwide, marking the second-earliest beginning in the past 20 years, the health ministry said Friday. The number of flu patients reported from some 3,000 regularly monitored medical institutions across the country stood at 1.04 per institution in the week through Sunday 5th October.

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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By Barrier Free Japan

October 8 2025

TOKYO – Japan has entered the influenza season nationwide, marking the second-earliest beginning in the past 20 years, the health ministry said Friday. The number of flu patients reported from some 3,000 regularly monitored medical institutions across the country stood at 1.04 per institution in the week through Sunday 5th October.

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