Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)--Influenza outbreaks have started in Japan in late September, earlier than usual, partly because of increases in cross-border travel.     According to the health ministry, the number of flu patients reported by regularly monitored medical institutions across the country in the week to Oct. 26 stood at 6.29 per facility. By prefecture, Okinawa, southernmost Japan, topp...                        
                                            
                                        
                





