Travelers from six Asian countries where tuberculosis is prevalent will have to undergo screenings for the disease before visiting Japan for three months or longer, the health ministry announced ...

Once a feared and incurable disease in Japan, patients with tuberculosis fell for the first time below 10 to 9.2 per 100,000 population in Japan in 2021, the health ministry reported on Aug. 30.

Crown Princess Kiko in April marked her 30th anniversary of becoming the president of the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, a public interest incorporated foundation. She has previously ...