Swine flu reaches Japan! Three Japanese males from Osaka who returned from the United States have been confirmed to be infected swine flu, making them the first cases of Japanese nationals to contract the new flu.

The three—a high school teacher in his 40s and two teenage students from Osaka—had been staying in Oakville, Canada, on a school trip from April 24 and arrived at Narita airport from Detroit at around 4:30 p.m. Friday on a Northwest Airlines flight.

During a quarantine inspection onboard the airplane, the three, who have developed symptoms such as fever and coughing, tested positive for influenza A and were taken to Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, where they have been isolated.

The others who were on the same flight as the 3 males are expected to stay at accommodation facilities near the airport for monitoring.

This is bad news. My trip might be postponed ><.

Source: JapanToday