And Osaka isn't the only place facing a medical care shortfall. Hospitals across Japan are struggling to ... are now more than 1,600 inpatients, and hospital beds for regular medical treatment ...

The general hospital with 18 specialties became the nation’s first COVID-19-designated facility on April 14, when Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui made the declaration. At that time, Japan was under a ...

Laxness and overconfidence allowed a cyberattack that halted services at a major Osaka hospital last year, as the hospital was found to have used the same ID and password for its electronic ...

Across Japan, there are some 11,000 hospital beds equipped to accommodate ... They include Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Ishikawa, which the central government has designated as "special alert ...