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Whooping cough cases in Japan exceed 31,000; 8-fold rise from 2024

  • None--Japan Today
  • published date: 2025-06-24 21:42:48 UTC

More than 31,000 people have caught whooping cough this year in Japan, a nearly eight-fold rise from last year that has already surpassed the annual record-high number logged in 2019, data by a national health research institute showed Tuesday. The country's …

More than 31,000 people have caught whooping cough this year in Japan, a nearly eight-fold rise from last year that has already surpassed the annual record-high number logged in 2019, data by a natio… [+1420 chars]