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Japan considers expanding areas covered by emergency declaration

Gion district is quiet in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture on April 15, 2020. /AP The Japanese government is considering expanding the list of prefectures covered by Japan's state of emergency dec

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Beijing 2022 organizers to evaluate impact of Tokyo 2020 new dates

With the Tokyo Olympic Games rescheduled to the summer of 2021, Beijing 2022 organizers told Xinhua that they will evaluate the impact of the new dates to ensure the success of the Olympic Winter

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2020 Summer Olympics postponed due to pandemic

06:24 CGTN's Mike Walter discusses the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo being postponed with Dong Jun, co-founder and CEO at Ei Asia Limited.

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Tokyo Olympic Games to be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021

The Tokyo Olympic Games will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, almost a year after the original schedule, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on

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Story of Fighting COVID-19: Tokyo residents adapt to a new lifestyle

04:10 The impact of COVID-19 on Tokyo has become more apparent in recent days. Japan has suspended the scheduled 2020 Summer Olympic Games and Tokyo residents are adapting to a new lif

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Olympic flame to be kept in Tokyo

The Olympic flame will be displayed in Fukushima for a month before being kept in Tokyo, local reports said on Sunday. Japanese broadcaster NHK said that the flame, which arrived in Japan from Athen

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Tokyo stocks open sharply higher after G-20 pledges 5 trillion USD

Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher Friday after the Group of 20 nations vowed to inject 5 trillion U.S. dollars to minimize the social and economic damage caused by the

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Athletes react to delay in 2020 Olympics

02:01 The announcement that the 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be postponed due to coronavirus precautions has disappointed many Olympic medal hopefuls.But many athletes also believe i

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Japan's Abe hints at possibility of postponing Tokyo Olympics

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday hinted at the possibility that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games could be postponed this summer if they could not be

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Japanese Prime Minister Abe says Tokyo Olympics postponement possible

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Parliament on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games could be postponed because of the global spread of the coronavirus. But h

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COVID-19 infections in Japan rises to 821 cases

Japan's health ministry and local governments said Tuesday the number of COVID-19 infections stood at a total of 821 as of 10:30 a.m. local time here. The death toll in Japan from the pneumonia-caus

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Japan continues to prepare for Olympics, PM Abe says

Japan continues to prepare to host the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, despite widening concern about the viability of t

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Tokyo stocks close substantially lower as virus fears propel global rout

Tokyo stocks closed significantly lower Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index at one point logging the steepest one-day point decline since April 1990, as cont

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Japan's Nikkei logs biggest point fall since April 1990 amid growing virus fears

Tokyo stocks extended losses Friday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index losing more than 1,850 points at one point, dropping below the 17,000 threshold and

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Flame for Tokyo 2020 Games lit in birthplace of ancient Olympics

The flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics has been lit in ancient Olympia, Greece. From Ancient Olympia, the flame will travel through Greece for eight days and then

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No spectators at 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch-lighting ceremony

Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Olympia, Greece, October 24, 2017. /VCG The lighting ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame will be held wi

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No spectators at 2020 Tokyo Olympics torch-lighting ceremony

Lighting ceremony of the Olympic Flame for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Olympia, Greece, October 24, 2017. /VCG The lighting ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame will be held wi