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By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 29, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – Japan’s capital city ended the workweek with a drop in new coronavirus infections and the U.S. military in Japan reported 34 by 6 p.m. Friday. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 868 indivi...

By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 28, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO — The U.S. military in Japan and South Korea reported 17 new cases of the coronavirus as of 6 p.m. Thursday. Meanwhile, Japan’s capital city announced another 1,064 people had tested positive for th...

By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 25, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – Japan’s capital city reported 618 new coronavirus patients Monday, a decline of more than 50% in new cases over the previous four days. Totals early in the week are typically low because many test...

On Okinawa, Marine Corps bases reported no new cases but curtailed most off-base activities indefinitely due to a record-breaking number of new infections on the island.

By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 21, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea reported 15 new coronavirus cases as of 6 p.m. Thursday, while Japan’s capital city counted more than 1,000 new patients for the ninth consecutive day. ...

The Tokyo metro area and three prefectures around it remain in a state of emergency, along with seven other prefectures, until Feb. 7.

By CAITLIN DOORNBOS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 19, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – A Defense Department high school on Okinawa closed its doors this week after three “members of our Kubasaki High School family” tested positive for the coronavirus over th...

By STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 14, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO — Japan’s capital city reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus patients Friday as a third wave that prompted an emergency declaration over much of the country until Feb. 7 continued unabated. The Tokyo Metropolitan...

. TOKYO — The U.S. military in Japan reported 66 new coronavirus infections as of 6 p.m. Tuesday as the Japanese government prepared to expand a state of emergency to three more of its largest cities. Yokosuka Naval Base, 35 miles south of Tokyo, said 41 people had tested positive for the coronavirus since Friday, according to a Facebook post. The naval base is monitoring 127 individuals with the virus. All four Defense Department schools at the base will close Wednesday and Thursday follo...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and the three surrounding prefectures.