Japan Fact-checks: Beware of Jumping to Conclusions
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
False: A nurse who tested positive for the new coronavirus is at the source of a massive hospital-associated infection (HAI) outbreak
Fact-check by INFACT
Inaccurate: PCR test swab length “twice as long as for the flu” makes testing painful
Fact-check by INFACT
Japan Fact-checks: Uncertain information spread by the mass media
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
Misleading：The novel coronavirus has an aversion for high temperatures, high humidity and ultraviolet rays
Fact-check by INFACT
Japan Fact-checks: The importance of data-driven verification
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
Inaccurate: Countries with more PCR tests have more deaths
Fact-check by INFACT
FIJ debuts on SmartNews’ U.S. edition
FactCheck Initiative Japan (FIJ) as of June 1st will begin providing articles to the U.S. edition of SmartNews…
Japan Fact-checks: You can never be too prepared? The nature of recent hoaxes
Weekly Fact-checks report by FIJ English team.
False: “Tokyo’s hospitals overwhelmed with bed utilization at 91% on May 11” though the numbers actually ended being under 50%
Fact-check by INFACT
