Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab. Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious ...

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For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...