First antigen test to be approved for Japan as soon as next week

Japanese company Miraca Holdings looks to start producing 200,000 tests per week

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Miraca Holdings is set to be the first company to offer antigen test kits for the novel coronavirus in Japan. (Nikkei Montage/Reuters)

NIkkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese medical diagnostics company Miraca Holdings is set to be the first to provide antigen test kits for the novel coronavirus in Japan, Nikkei has learned, expecting to receive necessary approval from the country's health ministry as early as next week.

Miraca is planning to start producing equipment for 200,000 tests per week from the middle of May at its factory in Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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