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4 Min Read TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo Olympics organisers on Saturday reported the first case of COVID-19 at the athletes’ village, along with 14 other new cases connected to the Games that begin next week, raising fresh doubts over promises of a “safe and secure” event. The latest cases are a blow to the local organisers and the International Olympic Committee, who have insisted the Games will not become a super-spreader event. The Tokyo organisers confirmed that a visitor from abroad working for the Olympics had tested positive in a routine check on Friday. The person’s nationality was ...

Missing Ugandan weightlifter wanted to stay in Japan – media reports By Syndicated Content Jul 16, 2021 | 8:43 PM TOKYO (Reuters) – An Ugandan weightlifter who went missing from an Olympic training camp on Friday left a note saying he wanted to stay in Japan, media reports said, adding to confusion ahead of the Games which begin next week. Julius Ssekitoleko was discovered missing from the Ugandan team’s training site in Izumisano, a city in Osaka, western Japan. Media reports said he left behind a note saying he wanted to stay and work in Japan, as life in Uganda w...

By Syndicated Content Jul 16, 2021 | 10:53 PM TOKYO (Reuters) -A person has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Olympics athletes’ village, organisers said on Saturday, in the first such case that adds to concerns about infections at the Games which begin next week. Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the Games had tested positive. He would not reveal the person’s nationality, citing privacy concerns. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic, is being held mostly without spectato...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Japan's Minister in charge of economic revitalisation and measures for the novel coronavirus pandemic Yasutoshi Nishimura attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, tasked with leading the government’s pandemic response, defended his job on Wednesday after criticism of his handling of lockdown measures on bars and restaurants. Nishimura caused an uproar last week after suggesting that banks put pressure on restaurants and bars which defy the gov...

Reuters 3 minute read Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, wearing a protective face mask, delivers his policy speech at the opening of an ordinary session of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japan's deputy prime minister said the country needed to defend Taiwan with the United States if the island was invaded, Kyodo news agency reported late on Monday, angering Beijing which regards Taiwan as its own territory. China has never ruled out using force to reunite Taiwan with the mainland and recent mi...