East Asia

China

China’s first AIDS case was reported in Beijing in 1985. Today, an estimated 740,000 people in China are living with HIV⁵⁶ and it is feared this number will increase dramatically in future years, as HIV spreads from the groups most at risk to the general population.⁵⁷ In 2007 an estimated 39,000 people died from AIDS in China.⁵⁸

Yunnan, Guangxi, Henan, Sichuan, Xingiang and Guangdong are most affected, representing around 70 to 80 percent of the national reported number of HIV and AIDS cases.⁵⁹

Japan

In 2007, around 9,600 adults and children were living with HIV in Japan.⁶⁰ Data released by the Japanese government in February 2007 showed that annual numbers of new HIV infections and AIDS cases had risen to an all time high in 2006, to 914 and 390 people respectively.⁶¹ In 2008, this number rose again: there were a total 1,126 new cases of people living with HIV registered that year. ⁶² MSM are particularly affected as they account for around 60% of annually reported HIV infections in Japan.