Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/12/15 | Georgia
The CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database
Here is the database that gathers all of the falsehoods that have been detected by the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus alliance. This database unites fact-checkers in more than 70 countries and includes articles published in at least 40 languages. Para búsquedas en español, haz clic aquí. Faça buscas em português aqui.
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/12/06 | Georgia, Japan
FALSE: A Japanese Nobel laureate professor Tasuku Honjo, who has worked with researchers from Wuhan University for 4 years, stated that the coronavirus didn’t evolve naturally. If the coronavirus was natural, it’d only impact countries in the same climate zone as China – It would spread only in cold places, and die in hot places.
Fact-Checked by: Myth Detector
2020/11/09 | Georgia
FALSE: Persimmon kills coronavirus, according to the study by Japanese scientists.
Fact-Checked by: BuzzFeed Japan
2020/10/20 | Japan
FALSE: The current mortality rate of the new coronavirus in Japan is one death per 10,000,000 people.
Fact-Checked by: Teyit
2020/09/03 | Turkey
FALSE: Japanese Prime Minister resigned because the economy broke down due to epidemic
Fact-Checked by: BuzzFeed Japan
2020/08/24 | Japan
Misleading: The WHO confirms COVID-19 has ended in Japan and praises PM Abe’s handling.
Fact-Checked by: Rappler
2020/08/03 | Philippines
FALSE: A photo that circulated on Facebook showed Japanese government officials bowing down to their frontliners who have been working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fact-Checked by: BuzzFeed Japan
2020/07/31 | Japan
FALSE: A street protest criticizing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is the source of the “night life city cluster”
Fact-Checked by: Bolivia Verifica
2020/07/27 | Bolivia
False: Japanese are acquiring indoor plants to cure mental illnesses caused by the pandemic
Fact-Checked by: INFACT
2020/07/07 | Japan
Misleading: The low number of deaths from COVID-19 in Japan is due to the “difference in the level of ‘social standards’ between Japan and other countries”.
Fact-Checked by: VoxCheck
2020/06/21 | Ukraine, Japan
FALSE: A Japanese professor said that the coronavirus was fabricated in China.
Fact-Checked by: BOOM FactCheck
2020/06/11 | India
FALSE: BJP leader shares fake ads of Japanese novelist saying COVID-19 is man-made
Fact-Checked by: India Today
2020/06/03 | India
FALSE: Japanese Nobel laureate Dr. Tasuku Honjo has said China manufactured coronavirus and he once worked at the Wuhan lab which later produced it.
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