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Support rate for Suga's cabinet hits all-time low ahead of Olympics

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a news conference on the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2021. /Reuters The support rate for Japanese Prime

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Japanese PM Suga, IOC chief Bach meet ahead of Tokyo Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (4th L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) at the latter's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, July 14, 2021. /CFP Japa

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Japan's Fukushima, in reversal, bars spectators from Olympic events

Japan's Fukushima prefecture will bar spectators from the Olympic events it hosts this summer due to rising COVID-19 infections, its governor said on Saturday, reversin

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Sports bodies disappointed but accept Tokyo decision to ban spectators

Various sports federations expressed their disappointment at the decision of Olympics organizers to ban spectators from the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Games but understood

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Sports bodies disappointed but accept Tokyo decision to ban spectators

Various sports federations expressed their disappointment at the decision of Olympics organizers to ban spectators from the July 23-August 8 Tokyo Games but understood

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Japan considers ban on all Olympic spectators, weighs extending curbs

Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympic Games, several sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as officials weigh extending novel coronavirus restrictio

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Japan considers barring all fans at Olympic events: Mainichi Newspaper

A view of the government office building decorated with Tokyo Olympics flags in Tokyo, Japan, July 5, 2021. /CFP Japan's government is floating proposals that would ban fans from all events at

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Tokyo Games at risk of more spectator curbs and downgrades

Japan is considering barring all but VIP spectators from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a newspaper said on Tuesday, another downgrade for the Games that h

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As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic is beginning to show in Japan.The games begin July 23, with organizers determined they will go on, ev

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Japan searches for dozens missing in resort town mudslide

Rescue workers slogged through mud and debris Monday looking for dozens feared missing after a giant landslide ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at

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Japan's leader pushes rescue after deadly mudslide hits town

More than 1,000 soldiers, firefighters and police on Sunday waded through a giant mudslide that ripped through a resort town southwest of Tokyo, killing at least two pe

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Olympic delegates' positive tests spur Japan panel's call for tougher border controls

With two members of the Ugandan delegation testing positive after arriving in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that start on July 23, organisers are seeking to so

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Is Japan’s remarkable vaccine drive in time for Olympics?

After months of frustration and delay, Japan has hit the remarkable benchmark of 1 million vaccines a day. But with the Olympics set to start in less than a month, and

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Tokyo 2020 organizers ban alcoholic beverages at venues

A Japanese fan cheers for the team during the FIFA Women's World Cup France Group D game against Argentina at Parc des Princes in Paris, France, June 10, 2019. /CFP All kinds of consumption a

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Japan to lift state of emergency for Tokyo, 8 other prefectures from Monday

The Japanese government on Thursday decided to lift the COVID-19 state of emergency for nine prefectures from Monday, following its coronavirus advisory panel approving

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APD | G-7 was a failed attempt to gang up against China

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o

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Japan's Suga faces no-confidence motion from opposition

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko return to Tokyo's Haneda airport from a trip to Cornwall, England, where the premier attended a Group of Seven summit, June 14, 2021. /C