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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2020
Tokyo reports 208 new COVID-19 cases
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Saturday it had confirmed 208 new cases of infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, after reporting 196 infections a day earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2020
Tokyo to extend lease on giant panda Xiang Xiang's parents
Tokyo is set to extend the lease on a giant panda couple on loan from China, while their popular female offspring Xiang Xiang will depart the Japanese capital as planned by the end of the year, Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2020
Tokyo confirms 196 new cases of novel coronavirus
According to the metropolitan government, 5,705 tests had been conducted.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2020
Tourism sector balances hopes and concerns as Tokyo joins Go To Travel
While the capital is a major source of domestic tourism for many areas, it is also the source of about 30 percent of Japan's coronavirus cases.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 30, 2020
Daiya Seto vacates Olympic swim captain role over affair
Daiya Seto, the reigning world champion in the men's 200- and 400-meter individual medley, resigned as captain of Japan's Olympic swim team on Wednesday in the wake of his admitting to an extramarital affair.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2020
Tokyo reports 194 new COVID-19 cases
People in their 20s made up the largest proportion of the group, at 46, while those in their 30s and 40s totaled 76, the metropolitan government said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 30, 2020
Bronze medalist Mikako Kotani appointed as Tokyo 2020 sports director
Kotani, a fluent English speaker who earned two synchronized swimming medals in Seoul in 1988, is expected to become the public face of local games organizers.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 28, 2020
Tokyo Olympic torch relay to start March 25 in Fukushima Prefecture
The Olympic flame was lit earlier this year at the site of ancient Olympia in Greece and arrived in Japan four days before the games were postponed on March 24.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 28, 2020
The Tokyo Olympics should not be held amid coronavirus pandemic
Hiroshi Hoketsu, 79, is a Japanese three-time Olympic equestrian. He made his Olympic debut at the 1964 Tokyo Games and became the oldest Japanese Olympian when he participated in the 2012 London Games at age 71.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 28, 2020
Tokyo confirms 78 new COVID-19 cases Monday
People in their 20s made up the largest proportion of the group, at 26, while those in their 30s and 40s totaled 28, the metropolitan government said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2020
Tokyo reports 144 new coronavirus cases, nearly half of Saturday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Sunday it had confirmed 144 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital after reporting 270 infections a day earlier.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2020
Tokyo confirms 270 new cases of COVID-19
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Saturday it had confirmed 270 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2020
Can Japan balance controlling COVID-19 with rebooting the economy?
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike once likened pursuing both as “stepping on the gas and brakes at the same time,” and experts say mixed messages may confuse the public.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2020
Xbox targets mobile gamers with new cloud service in Japan
Microsoft is also engaging creators in the country, distributing development kits to more than 100 of them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2020
Tokyo Disneyland unveils new 'Beauty and the Beast' area
The area, which will officially open to visitors from Monday, also houses a facility based on the animated superhero film 'Big Hero 6.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2020
Suga and Koike agree to move forward with holding Tokyo Games
The two are the latest in a string of top government officials and organizers who have recently tried to quell concerns over whether it is feasible to host the games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 23, 2020
Return of sports should provide 'confidence' for Tokyo 2020, says IOC's Bach
Bach wrote sport is 'widely recognized as an essential factor in fighting the pandemic' and 'accepted as an integral part of the solution for the crisis recovery.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2020
Tokyo logs 88 new coronavirus cases as Japan wraps up long holiday
Tuesday's figure brought the cumulative number of people infected with the virus in the capital to 24,394.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2020
Tokyo Olympics consulting firm paid ¥37 million to IOC member's son
The consulting firm in Singapore received a total of u00a5230 million from the bid committee in 2013, in payments made before and after Tokyo was selected to host the games.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Sep 21, 2020
Buffaloes score with play, uniforms during mostly positive week on diamond
The Orix Buffaloes looked good last week.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
Japan mostly spared in global IT meltdown despite reports of some bugs
A screen displays an error message at a self-checkout terminal of a supermarket in Sydney on Friday.
'Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman' is an immersive journey into Murakami's world
“Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” incorporates six Murakami short stories from three books into a single intertwined narrative that centers on a trio of lonely Tokyoites.
CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
The CrowdStrike offices in Sunnyvale, California, on Friday
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.
German, French and Spanish fighter aircraft arrive in Japan for joint drills
Two Air Self-Defense Force F-15s (right) escort two German Air Force Eurofighter jets and an A330MRTT aerial tanker on their arrival in Japan Friday. The ASDF is conducting training exercises with the German, French and Spanish air forces this weekend.

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