{
  "id": 19653748,
  "title": "Japan Confirms 1st Bird Flu of Season in Kyoto, to Cull 20,000 Birds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/japan-confirms-1st-bird-flu-of-season-in-kyoto-to-cull-20-000-birds",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-12T04:48:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/jiji-press/20261112-358517/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Japan has confirmed its first bird flu case of the season at a poultry farm in Kyoto prefecture, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The avian influenza has killed 14 birds at the farm in Kameoka city in western Japan, the farm ministry said. The country has begun culling about 20,000 chickens there after testing confirmed the virus. “The government is asking…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "First bird flu case of the season confirmed at Kyoto poultry farm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/first-bird-flu-case-of-the-season-confirmed-at-kyoto-poultry-farm",
        "published": "2026-11-12T04:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}