Japan's Emperor Naruhito has left a Tokyo hospital after undergoing a prostate biopsy, or examination of tissue samples.
The Emperor bowed to people and smiled from his car as he left the University of Tokyo Hospital on Monday morning. He had entered the hospital the previous day.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has visited a hospital to have his prostate examined again after the previous test results showed some slightly concerning data.
The Emperor left the Imperial Palace on Sunday morning to visit a hospital in Tokyo.
For those unfamiliar, the Starlight Nintendo console was actually rolled out back in 2019 where it was initially available at the Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, Washington, but now it seems that Nintendo will be expanding on its availability to more locations around the US.
This isn’t a new console per se, but rather it’s based on the Nintendo Switch, with some slight modifications to help make them easier to move around a hospital setting and go from room to room.
Hospital beds in Japan are rapidly filling up as the number of cases of the coronavirus infection continue to rise.
A health ministry report shows as of Tuesday, seven prefectures were at Stage 4, the most critical of the government's four-tier alert system. Two more prefectures, Aichi and Mie, have been added to the five that were already at that stage previous week.
A new medical facility designed to exclusively treat COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms opened in Tokyo on Wednesday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government renovated a former healthcare facility in Fuchu City. It is the first facility run by the metropolitan government that is designed to care exclusively for coronavirus patients who need to be hospitalized.
Japan's medical systems are increasingly under strain as the number of cases of coronavirus continues to rise.
On Tuesday, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures were at Stage 4, the worst of the four-level alert scale, in terms of hospital bed availability. The scale was set by a government advisory panel to assess the severity of an outbreak.
The Tokyo Metropolitan government is planning to ask medical facilities in the capital to secure 50 more beds for serious coronavirus patients, for a total of 200.
Tokyo now has 70 patients with serious respiratory symptoms. It is the highest figure since the government lifted the state-of-emergency in May.
Tokyo is set to open its second medical facility dedicated specifically for COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms.
The hospital, which is a renovated healthcare facility in Fuchu City, will begin operations on December 16 as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have made online inspections of Japanese Red Cross Society hospitals dealing with coronavirus patients.
At the Akasaka Palace on Wednesday, they listened to an explanation by the president of the Red Cross Society and others.
A government panel on the coronavirus outbreak says two prefectures, Okinawa and Ishikawa, still remain at the worst of the four stages in hospital bed availability.
The subcommittee on Thursday released the latest data on the severity of the pandemic for each of the nation's 47 prefectures, including strains on the medical system.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo spent three and a half hours at a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for medical reasons. He says it was a follow-up to a test he took last week. But the visit adds fuel to concerns the prime minister may be in poor health.
Abe said, " I heard details about my test results and also underwent additional tests. I'll continue to do my best in my work and take all measures to manage my physical condition."
Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is visiting a hospital in Tokyo again on Monday. One of his secretaries says it is a follow-up visit scheduled after a one-day checkup Abe underwent a week earlier.
Abe arrived at Keio University Hospital in Shinjuku Ward around 10 a.m.
Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is visiting a Tokyo hospital on Monday. One of his secretaries says Abe is having a one-day check-up.
Abe arrived at Keio University Hospital on Monday morning.
A recent survey shows university hospitals across Japan are losing revenue significantly amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The survey shows revenues at university hospitals for May dropped 16 percent from a year earlier, as people apparently refrained from visiting hospitals to reduce the risk of infection.