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MHLW Pharma Bureau Chief Tarumi Tapped to Lead Coronavirus Reponses, Mitsuaki Kamata to Take Over
Hideki Tarumi, director general of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau, was promoted to lead a new office set up in the Cabinet Secretariat for novel coronavirus responses, effective March 25. The…
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