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An extensive look at Ghostwire: Tokyo in action just dropped

'GhostWire: Tokyo' was a standout at E3 2019 even without gameplay. With its release on the horizon, here's what we know about the ghost-busting game.

LOS ANGELES — Coach Vlatko Andonovski, who fielded the oldest women's soccer team in last summer's Tokyo Olympics, has called in a much a younger 23-player roster for this month's SheBelieves Cup, which kicks off with a doubleheader at Dignity Health Sports Park on Feb. 17.

A 16-hour time difference. An overloaded schedule spread across a complex array of channels. Disappointing performances from star athletes. Miserable weather. A resurgent pandemic. Empty stands. Political controversy. Social media spoilers.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are hours away from kicking off, barely a year and a half after the Tokyo Games wrapped up. 

Japan is considering a two-week extension of infection controls in 13 regions, including its capital Tokyo, to rein in a record surge of COVID-19 infections, the Fuji News Network said on Thursday.

Europe could enter ‘long period of Covid tranquility’ due to high vaccination rates, WHO says; record 1.33 million UK long Covid patients

Hundreds of thousands of foreigners have been denied entry to study, work or visit families in Japan, which has kept its doors closed to most overseas visitors during the pandemic

Iwanami Hall, a movie theater in Jimbocho, Tokyo, that pioneered the mini-theater boom, will close in July due to deteriorating business conditions amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.

More details are coming in a gameplay showcase.

Tokyo confirmed 21,576 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with the tally topping 20,000 for the first time, marking a record high for the first time in five days.