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Tokyo Olympics : Host Japan Set To Lose Billions If Olympics ‘Downsized & Simplified’
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INSIDE SPORT
Next year’s Olympics will be “downsized,” “simplified,” or “very different.” Tokyo CEO Toshiro Muto has been open about slashing costs and “reducing service levels.” Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, in Thursday newscasts, sounded the same tune. “We will move ahead with the items that s...
Next year’s Olympics will be “downsized,” “simplified,” or “very different.” Tokyo CEO Toshiro Muto has been open about slashing costs and “reducing service levels.” Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, in Thursday newscasts, sounded the same tune. “We will move ahead with the items that s...
- June 5, 2020
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Japan’s Fuji TV Ends ‘Terrace House’ Reality Show After Hana Kimura’s Death
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SCMP
Female wrestler’s suspected suicide is thought to be linked to cyberbullyingKimura had been target of hateful messages online after episode in which she got angry with male cast member over washing of her wrestling costume
Japanese reality TV show Terrace House has suspended its production...
Female wrestler’s suspected suicide is thought to be linked to cyberbullyingKimura had been target of hateful messages online after episode in which she got angry with male cast member over washing of her wrestling costume
Japanese reality TV show Terrace House has suspended its production...
- June 4, 2020
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Japan To Explore 'Simplified' Games: Tokyo Governor
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JAKARTA POST
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday it may be necessary to a stage a "simplified" Olympics next year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and that organisers were already discussing possible changes.
Koike's comments come after the Yomiuri newspaper reported that var...
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Thursday it may be necessary to a stage a "simplified" Olympics next year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and that organisers were already discussing possible changes.
Koike's comments come after the Yomiuri newspaper reported that var...
- June 4, 2020
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Japan Governors Call For Balancing Economic Recovery, Virus Control
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KYODO NEWS
Japan's prefectural governors on Thursday came up with joint proposals for how to revive the country's economy while preventing a second wave of infections amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Measures proposed during the online meeting of the National Governors' Association included...
Japan's prefectural governors on Thursday came up with joint proposals for how to revive the country's economy while preventing a second wave of infections amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Measures proposed during the online meeting of the National Governors' Association included...
- June 4, 2020
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Tokyo Issues Coronavirus Alert After 34 New Daily Cases Reported
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JAPAN TIMES
Surge marks first time since May 14 that more than 30 cases have been reported in a single day
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government re-sounded the alarm for the capital after 34 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in the city Tuesday, a day after it eased business closure request...
Surge marks first time since May 14 that more than 30 cases have been reported in a single day
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government re-sounded the alarm for the capital after 34 new coronavirus infections were confirmed in the city Tuesday, a day after it eased business closure request...
- June 3, 2020
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University Of Tokyo Finds Simple Coronavirus Antibody Test Gives Many False Positives
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Roughly 90% of the people who received positive results with simple coronavirus antibody test kits tested negative when a more detailed test utilizing large equipment was administered, says a team led by the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technolog...
Roughly 90% of the people who received positive results with simple coronavirus antibody test kits tested negative when a more detailed test utilizing large equipment was administered, says a team led by the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technolog...
- June 2, 2020
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Japan Starts Coronavirus Antibody Tests On 10,000 People
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KYODO NEWS
The Japanese health ministry began testing around 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies Monday in a bid to better grasp the scale of infection, as the country braces for a possible resurgence following the lifting of a state of emergency last week.
The tests, which look for specif...
The Japanese health ministry began testing around 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies Monday in a bid to better grasp the scale of infection, as the country braces for a possible resurgence following the lifting of a state of emergency last week.
The tests, which look for specif...
- June 2, 2020
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‘New Era’ for China-Japan Ties Dissipates Over Trump-Xi Fight
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BLOOMBERG
What was meant to be a landmark year for Japan-China relations has turned sour, as the U.S. standoff with Beijing leaves Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught up in a fight between his country’s biggest trading partner and its sole military ally.
If all had gone according to plan, Presiden...
What was meant to be a landmark year for Japan-China relations has turned sour, as the U.S. standoff with Beijing leaves Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caught up in a fight between his country’s biggest trading partner and its sole military ally.
If all had gone according to plan, Presiden...
- June 2, 2020
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Japanese Bathhouses Awash With Post-Lockdown Customers
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JAPAN TODAY
YOKOHAMA - Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in Yokohama, enjoying a return to a Japanese tradition largely off-limits during the city's coronavirus lockdown.
With the lifting of a nationwide state of emergency over the virus, Japan's...
YOKOHAMA - Masazumi Kato sighed deeply as he lowered himself into a tub at a public bathhouse in Yokohama, enjoying a return to a Japanese tradition largely off-limits during the city's coronavirus lockdown.
With the lifting of a nationwide state of emergency over the virus, Japan's...
- June 1, 2020
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Tokyo Moves To Step 2 In Virus Recovery Plan
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NHK WORLD
The Tokyo metropolitan government has further eased restrictions on businesses as the daily number of new coronavirus cases has fallen from its peak.
Tokyo initiated step 2 in its coronavirus recovery road map on Monday. That allows cram schools, theaters, gyms and retail shops -- inc...
The Tokyo metropolitan government has further eased restrictions on businesses as the daily number of new coronavirus cases has fallen from its peak.
Tokyo initiated step 2 in its coronavirus recovery road map on Monday. That allows cram schools, theaters, gyms and retail shops -- inc...
- June 1, 2020
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