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People walk in Shibuya shopping area, during a state of emergency amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan August 29, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki?Christodoulou
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Japan to extend Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo area - paper

Police escort rescue workers carrying a person through a train station after a knife attack on a train in Tokyo, Japan August 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Knife attacker on Tokyo commuter train wanted to kill 'happy women'- NHK

People queue at the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Covid-19 surge hits Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections

People queue at the Central Vaccination Center as Thailand begins offering first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to at-risk groups amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
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Covid-19 surge hits Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record infections

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past extra papers reporting on Japanese gold medalists at Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Photo: UNB/AP
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Japan expands state of emergency as Covid-19 surge shadows Olympics

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk past extra papers reporting on Japanese gold medalists at Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Photo: UNB/AP
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Tokyo records record virus cases days after Olympics begin

A silhouette of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Athletes' Village is seen in Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2021. Photo: REUTERS
World+Biz

Olympic Village Covid-19 infection bubble already ‘broken', says health expert

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn talks during an interview with Reuters in Beirut, Lebanon June 14, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

American duo sentenced to prison by Tokyo court for helping Ghosn flee Japan

Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference following his confirmation as Prime Minister of Japan in Tokyo, Japan September 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Japan PM Suga declares state of Covid-19 emergency in Tokyo

Passengers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at the Haneda airport, in Tokyo, Japan June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou
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Organisers to ban Olympic spectators as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency-report

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Offbeat

Giant 3D cat on Tokyo’s biggest billboard

People walk on a street next to an advertisement for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan June 19, 2021. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
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Tokyo cancels public viewing sites, some to be vaccination centres

There have been protests in Japan over the Olympic Games happening there this year in the middle of a pandemic. Photo: Reuters
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Japan Olympic Committee board member blasts Tokyo Games organisers