NPR
 
SEOUL, South Korea — Japan's government extended a state of emergency covering major cities until at least until June 20 — roughly a month before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, which polls show an overwhelming number of Japanese do not want to proceed as scheduled.
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JAPAN TIMES
 
The top government spokesman said Saturday some restrictive measures against the coronavirus could be kept in place even if the COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and eight other prefectures is lifted as scheduled on June 20.
The government may scale down the state of emerg...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
The head of a doctors union in Japan warned Thursday that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands of people gathered from around the world, could lead to the development of a new “Olympic” strain of the coronavirus.
Although Japan has repeatedly pledge...

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CNN
 
Japan's government will decide Friday whether to extend a state of emergency across much of the country, nearly two months before the planned start of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics.
The country reintroduced emergency measures in April as it grappled with a fourth wave of coronavirus cas...

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SORA NEWS
 
One of the weirdest, most compelling otome games to ever come out of Japan is flying the coop.
There’s a sort of tragic irony to Japanese dating simulator video game design. In order to really become a hit a title needs to let players pursue a pantheon of potential paramours, but many...

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NHK
 
Japan's health ministry says the number of seriously-ill coronavirus patients across the country hit a new high of 1,413 on Wednesday.
The number of such patients, who are on ventilators or receiving treatment at intensive care units, was up 119 from the previous day.
There were 401 serious...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Osaka Prefecture said Tuesday it will ask the central government to extend its COVID-19 state of emergency until around June 20, a move likely to create a ripple effect on eight other prefectures currently under a state of emergency that is set to be lifted Monday.
Prime Minister Yo...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Move comes amid preparations in Tokyo for the Olympics, which are due to be held from 23 July despite a raging fourth wave
The US has urged its citizens to avoid all travel to Japan, where concern is rising over new variants of the coronavirus, but officials insist the move will no...

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NHK
 
There is a growing view within the Japanese government that the coronavirus state of emergency may need to continue beyond its scheduled end date of May 31 for nine prefectures.
It has been a month since the country's third coronavirus state of emergency was initially declared for Tokyo and...

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ALJAZEERA
 
Doctors in western region join calls for Olympics to be cancelled as hospitals struggle to treat coronavirus sick.
Hospitals in Japan’s second-largest city of Osaka are buckling under a wave of coronavirus cases, running out of beds and ventilators as exhausted doctors warn of a “syst...

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