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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2021
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs over 5,000 new cases as number of severely ill patients continues to rise
The seven-day average of new infections in the capital came to 4,231.1, up from 3893.0 a week before, according to the metropolitan government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2021
Tokyo area COVID-19 outbreak exacerbated by medical staff shortages
The Tokyo government has prepared 6,240 rooms across 16 empty hotels for nonsevere patients, but only about 1,800 can be utilized with the staff currently on hand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2021
Tokyo's hospitals under strain as latest COVID-19 wave hits older people harder
Infectious disease experts advising the capital said Thursday that numbers of severely ill patients are rising fast, and that maintaining the health system will soon become difficult.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2021
Japan's casino resort candidates put finishing touches on bids
A maximum of three locations for so-called integrated resorts — which combine casinos with hotels and other facilities — will then be formally announced sometime after May.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2021
Casino takes top billing, but Yokohama mayoral election may offer hints to Suga's fate
The main issue is a casino project at Yamashita Pier. Six of the eight candidates, including staunch Suga ally Hachiro Okonogi, are against the plan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2021
Japan expands COVID-19 state of emergency to Osaka and areas around Tokyo
The government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has added Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures to areas under the emergency from Monday through Aug. 31.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 31, 2021
The risk of vote-splitting makes casinos more likely in Yokohama
Press outlets begin to speculate on the true intentions of the Yokohama mayoral race's many independent candidates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2021
Japan's emergency expanded even as measure loses impact and support
With the latest measure, the Suga administration, well aware of the public's virus fatigue, wants to buy time to vaccinate as many people as possible to push cases downwards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2021
Prefectures near Tokyo to seek COVID-19 state of emergency
Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures are currently under looser quasi-emergency restrictions but are seeing infections spike like in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2021
COVID-19 spreads quietly in the shadow of the Olympics
As new cases surge to unprecedented heights, experts say the Games are drowning out public health messages telling residents Tokyo's residents to rein in their activities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2021
Victims of mass murder at Japan care home remembered on fifth anniversary
The stabbing rampage at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo became one of Japan's worst mass murders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2021
Japanese police confirm death of missing British teacher in Yokohama
While the discovery of Alice Hodgkinson's body had made headlines in the British media, Kanagawa police had remained silent on the issue, as the investigation was ongoing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2021
Yokohama election turns into test for government’s casino resort plan
With a longtime Suga ally entering the race and coming out in opposition to casinos, next month's mayoral vote has become a major challenge to the prime minister on his own turf.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2021
Many Japan schools opting not to take children to Tokyo Olympics
About 60% of discount tickets intended for municipalities to purchase for schoolchildren have been cancelled in the neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa, a report said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2021
Public safety commission chief Hachiro Okonogi to run for Yokohama mayor
The election bid will see the 56-year-old resign from his Cabinet post, though he did not specify when he plans to do so when asked at a news conference.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2021
Local fans lose out as events linked to Tokyo Olympics canceled or repurposed
With the country in the midst of its third state of emergency, promotional events for domestic fans have become a gamble some are no longer willing to take.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 22, 2021
Two-week snake search comes to end: Python found in Yokohama
The reticulated python, a species considered to be one of the world's largest snakes, was found in the attic of the apartment at around 4:45 p.m.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 10, 2021
Pandemic response highlights fractures in Japan's political system
Since the onset of the pandemic, the balance of power has oscillated between the central government and prefectural governors — undermining trust in the former.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2021
Paralympic flame event at Sagamihara massacre site to be scrapped
Some relatives of the victims of the stabbings at Tsukui Yamayuri En, as well as support groups, voiced opposition to the plan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 6, 2021
Nationwide survey sheds light on plight of Japan's young carers
Poll finds 5.7% and 4.1% of junior and senior high school students, respectively, take care of family members, including younger siblings, those with disabilities and older relatives.

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