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Olympic flame arrives in Tokyo ahead of opening ceremony on July 23
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], July 9 (ANI): After a year-long delay, traversing 46 prefectures over 106 days, the Olympic flame has finally arrived in Tokyo on Friday ahead of the Olympic Games.
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Japan to lift state of emergency except in Okinawa
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 18 (ANI): The Japanese government has officially decided to end the coronavirus state of emergency on Sunday for nine of the 10 prefectures covered. Seven of the nine prefectures will then have focused restrictions through July 11.
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Japan's expert panel approves plan to lift COVID-19 quasi-emergency in 3 p
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Japanese government's expert coronavirus advisory panel on Thursday approved a plan to lift the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in three prefectures on Sunday as scheduled, according to local media.
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Japan witnesses surge in COVID cases ahead of Summer Olympic Games
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 24 (ANI): Japan has been witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases as it reported over seven lakh coronavirus infections till Sunday ahead of the Summer Olympic Games scheduled to be held in the country's capital Tokyo on July 23.
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Japan mulls extending current state of emergency as Tokyo reports 535 new
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 23 (ANI): Tokyo reported 535 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as the government mulls extending the current state of emergency in the capital and other prefectures.
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Japan declares COVID-19 state of emergency in Okinawa prefecture: Reports
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to add Okinawa, a popular tourist destination, to a list of prefectures where a state of emergency has been declared, NHK news agency reported.
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Japan enforces tougher measures against Covid from today amid surge in cas
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Japan enforced tougher measures against the coronavirus in six prefectures from Sunday amid a surge in infections ahead of the Summer Olympics, imposing an expanded state of emergency in three of them and a quasi-emergency in three others.
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Japan expands COVID-19 emergency state to 3 more prefectures
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday announced an expansion of a state of emergency over COVID-19 to Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures.
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Japan expands COVID-19 Emergency to 2 more prefectures, extending till May
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in the prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo until May 31 and introduced the measure in two more prefectures, national media reported on Friday.
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Japan to extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response said Friday.
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Japan declares 3rd state of emergency in four prefectures over COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): A nearly three-week state of emergency, the third one since the outbreak of the pandemic, enters into force in Japan's prefectures of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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After surge in Covid cases, Japan declares emergency in four prefectures
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Following a rise in COVID cases, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a cabinet meeting Friday that four prefectures in Japan will go into a state of emergency starting Sunday.
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