TOKYO - Japan is seeing a rise in cases of a potentially fatal tick-borne disease, with the number of infections exceeding last year's record pace, preliminary data from a national health research body shows.
A total of 72 cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, had been reported as of June 7, according to the data recently released by the Japan Institute for Health Security, compared with 68 during the same period in 2025, when Japan recorded an annual high of 192 cases.
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