In Japan, 10,096 people were newly registered as TB patients in 2023. Sixteen percent were born abroad, and more than 80 percent of them were from the six restricted countries.

The government in fiscal 2024 plans to require people in six countries to take tuberculosis tests before they enter Japan for visits exceeding three months, health minister Keizo Takemi said. The ...

But without treatment at this stage, it can develop into active tuberculosis, with symptoms such as a cough that lasts more ...

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 ...