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Japan's key organ transplant network has invalidated the organ donation wishes of all individuals officially recognized as being intellectually disabled, according to the health ministry.
The number of people whose remains are placed at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery now totals 370,700.
Health minister Keizo Takemi. A total of 21,716 people died at home alone between January and March, and about 80% of them were 65 years old or older, according to figures released by the National Police Agency.
The body will be called the Japan Institute for Health Security.
Japan will establish a new organization to advise the government on major outbreaks of infectious diseases from April next year, the country's health minister said Tuesday, in response to criticisms over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. At a ministry meeting, Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Keizo Takemi expressed hopes…