{
  "id": 3944754,
  "title": "Japan Enters Flu Season, Marking 2nd Earliest Start",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/japan-enters-flu-season-marking-2nd-earliest-start",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-28T10:33:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082800707/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)--Japan has entered the influenza season, the health ministry said Friday, marking the second earliest start since 1999, when the infectious disease control law went into force. In the week to Sunday, the number of flu patients reported by some 3,000 designated medical institutions across the country stood at 1.11 per institution. A reading of 1 or higher suggests...",
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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."
}