According to data released by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare on the 9th, designated medical institutions across Japan reported a total of more than 40,000 cases of influenza in the week ending October 4, about seven times that of the same period last year.

According to data released by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare on the 9th, designated medical institutions across Japan reported a total of more than 40,000 cases of influenza in the week ending October 4, about seven times that of the same period last year.