TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government put Tokyo under its fourth COVID-19 state of emergency on Monday in an effort to contain a resurgence in coronavirus infection
TOKYO, July 9 Kyodo - The Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators at all venues in and around the Japanese capital due to a spike in coronavirus infections, organizers said Thursday after ma
TOKYO, July 9 Kyodo - The Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators at all venues in and around the Japanese capital due to a spike in coronavirus infections, organizers said Thursday after ma
TOKYO, July 8 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government decided Thursday to place Tokyo under a fresh COVID-19 state of emergency for the duration of the Olympics in an effort to curb
SHIZUOKA, Japan, July 5 Kyodo - Rescue workers continued their search for survivors on Monday, two days after a large mudslide in a hot spring resort town southwest of Tokyo killed at least three p
TOKYO, June 30 Kyodo - Japan is considering extending its coronavirus quasi-state of emergency in Tokyo and three adjacent prefectures, government sources said Wednesday as a rebound in COVID-19 ca
TOKYO, June 29 Kyodo - The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will be taken off public roads in most parts of the Japanese capital during the first eight days after the segment begins next week, the metropo
TOKYO, June 21 Kyodo - Tokyo Olympic organizers said Monday venues can fill to 50 percent of capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 spectators, despite calls from the public and medical experts to eit
TOKYO, June 15 Kyodo - Japan's ruling coalition voted down a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, deflecting cr
TOKYO, June 15 Kyodo - Japan plans to move forward on a proposal that will allow up to 10,000 spectators or 50 percent of a venue's capacity, whichever is smaller, at events in July and August
