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Messenger TOKYO, April 22, (AP): Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic torch relay. It is the first positive test connected to the relay since it began March 25 from northeastern Fukushima prefecture. Organizers say the policeman, who is in his 30s, was assigned to control traffic on the April 17 leg in southwestern Kagawa prefecture. Organizers hold signs to spectators that read: ‘Avoid crowd...

Plans, test events change daily for postponed Tokyo Olympics By STEPHEN WADEApril 21, 2021 GMT Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto delivers an opening remarks during Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and the Japanese Paralympic Commit... Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto delivers an opening remarks during Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and the Japanese Paralympic Commit... TO...

By STEPHEN WADE | Associated Press | Published: April 21, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO — Japanese residents with tickets to the Tokyo Olympics may not know until weeks before the games open if theyll be allowed to attend. Fans from abroad have already been barred, and on Wednesda...

Hashimoto acknowledged the low public support in Japan for going ahead with the Olympics, particularly since less than 1% of the population has been vaccinated. Polls repeatedly show 70-80% are opposed to going ahead with the games. “In local municipalities the situations are rather dire,” Hashimoto said. “And in this context, Japanese citizens and residents have worries and concerns. I know that. ... For the safety and security of the games, we must contain the spread of the virus as soo...

Japan has attributed more than 9,600 deaths to COVID-19, good by global standards but poor by standards in Asia. “If the coronavirus infection keeps getting worse, its no time to be holding the Olympics,” Kotaro Nagasaki, the governor of Yamanashi prefecture, said this week. Yamanashi is located just southwest of Tokyo and the home of famous Mt. Fuji. Some test events are also being postponed or rescheduled. Many that are going forward are being held without athletes — so-called operation...

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news Daily coronavirus infections hit record highs in 14 Japan prefectures over past month The Mainichi © The Mainichi (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Coronavirus infections hit single-day highs in 14 of Japans 47 prefectures over the past month, though many of the prefectures are not subject to quasi-emergency measures that have been implemented to curb the spread of the virus. As of April 19, quasi-emergency virus measures had not been implemented in 10 of the 14 prefectures where dail...

pandemic, and now as vaccines become more widely available, we are reporting on how our local schools, businesses and communities are returning to a more "normal" future. Theres never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. Will Japanese Olympians be vaccinated ahead of the public? People take pictures of the Olympic rings installed by the Japan Olympic Museum on March 19 in Tokyo. The...

Will Japanese Olympians be vaccinated ahead of the public? by Stephen Wade, The Associated Press Posted Apr 19, 2021 5:12 am EDT Last Updated Apr 19, 2021 at 5:14 am EDT FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, the Olympics rings are reflected on the window of a hotel restaurant as a server with a mask sets up a table, in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1% vaccinated. This of course is spilling over to concerns about the postponed Tokyo Ol...

Apr 18, 2021 While it’s hard to measure the size of the economic impact brought to Japan by Hideki Matsuyama’s historic Masters victory a week ago, there is hope within domestic golf circles that the historic feat will boost the sport’s popularity going forward. “From what I’ve seen, I believe that we’ve had roughly 10% more people coming to our store since Matsuyama won the tournament,” said Makoto Yasuda, who manages the main Osaka branch of national golf merchandise r...