{
  "id": 7960168,
  "title": "New HIV Carriers, AIDS Patients in Japan Fall in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/new-hiv-carriers-aids-patients-in-japan-fall-in-2025",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-17T05:41:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091600986/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan confirmed 890 new HIV carriers and AIDS patients in 2025, marking a decrease of 104 from the previous year and the second lowest level in the past 20 years, the health ministry said Wednesday. The number of new HIV carriers fell by 38 to 624, the lowest in 20 years, while that of AIDS patients dropped by 66 to 266. Same-sex sexual contact was the most ...",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Japan records fewer new HIV carriers and AIDS patients in 2025",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/japan-records-fewer-new-hiv-carriers-and-aids-patients-in-2025",
        "published": "2026-09-17T07:10:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}