The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Olympic legacy gains momentum with reuse of venues

There will be a new training center for para-athletes, and the water polo venue will be turned into an ice skating arena.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 6, 2022

Tokyo logs 21,122 new virus cases

Tokyo confirmed 21,122 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, up 3,689 from a week earlier.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 5, 2022

Tokyo govt seeks more emergency hospital beds

The Tokyo metropolitan government has requested hospitals to increase their number of emergency beds to accept patients at night and on weekends and holidays, as emergency medical care in the capital is in a critical situation due to the rapid increase in COVID-19 cases.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 5, 2022

Tokyo new virus cases fall below 20,000

Tokyo logged 19,798 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Friday, with the daily tally falling below 20,000 for the first time in three days.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 4, 2022

Covid, Uyghurs and viewer apathy: is Beijing 2022 in danger of a US ratings flop?

The Olympics is no longer event television and Tokyo 2020 drew the smallest US audience of any televised Games. Worse could be in store in the coming weeks

The Guardian - US · Feb 4, 2022

6th wave taking longer to peak than expected

The curve is being flattened, but Japan's latest wave of novel coronavirus infections is taking longer to peak than initially predicted and clusters are increasingly emerging at schools and elderly facilities.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 4, 2022

Under 5% of population has received COVID-19 booster

Little progress has been made in the nation's COVID-19 vaccination booster campaign, with only 4.4% of the population having received a third vaccine dose as of Wednesday.#True?

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 4, 2022

New US envoy to Japan meets Kishida, vows to deepen alliance

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, has pledged to work “wholeheartedly” to deepen Washington’s alliance with Tokyo as he met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2022

Japan's serious COVID cases climb to 4-month high; record infections

Japan serious COVID-19 cases crossed 1,000 for the first time in four months, data showed on Friday, as the Omicron variant fuelled record infections and burdened the medical system.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Japan mulls extension of coronavirus measures

The government began to consider on Thursday an extension of the quasi-emergency measures in 13 of the 34 prefectures where they are now in effect, including Tokyo, Aichi and Nagasaki, as the quasi-emergency period for the 13 prefectures is supposed to end on Feb. 13.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 4, 2022