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  "id": 3915715,
  "title": "Health Ministry Declares Start of Flu Season, 2nd Earliest since 1999",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/health-ministry-declares-start-of-flu-season-2nd-earliest-since-1999",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T06:44:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260828-345931/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry declared Friday that the flu season has begun.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}