A Japanese woman in her 20s, later diagnosed with measles, visited several locations in Taipei and Jiufen in early March, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported on Tuesday.
The woman, a resident of Akashi in Hyogo Prefecture, arrived in Taiwan on March 1, flying from Osaka to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Vietjet Air. She began experiencing a fever the day before her flight. After arriving in Taiwan, she traveled via the airport MRT from Terminal One to Taipei Station, and then to Jiantan Station on the Tamsui-Xinyi Line. At Jiantan, she visited the Shilin Night Market.
Later that evening, the woman traveled by MRT from Jiantan to Zhongshan, where she stayed at a hotel. On March 3, she took a bus from Taipei to Jiufen in New Taipei City’s Ruifang District and then returned before visiting Taipei’s Ningxia Night Market and dining at a hotpot restaurant in Datong District.
On March 4, the woman took the airport MRT back to Taoyuan Terminal One to board an AirAsia flight back to Osaka. The CDC received information regarding her condition from Japan on March 8.
The CDC is advising anyone who visited the same locations during the same times to self-monitor for 18 days for symptoms of measles, including fever, coughing, a runny nose, or a rash. Those who develop symptoms should seek medical attention immediately.
This year, Taiwan has reported 13 measles cases, with ages ranging from 10 to over 60. Seven of the cases were imported from Vietnam, where Hanoi alone reported 120 new cases in just one week, pushing Vietnam’s total for 2025 to 745. Meanwhile, Japan also saw an uptick in measles cases, with four new cases reported in the past week, bringing the total to nine in 2025. The CDC noted that this rise in measles infections is part of a broader trend seen in countries like the US and Canada.
Stay tuned to The Asia Review for further updates on this developing story.
