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With the clock ticking down to the opening of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, Japan is preparing to host a Games like no other in history as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. Although the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government is going to place Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency on 12 July, which will last until 22 August and cover the duration of the Olympic Games, ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government decided Thursday to put capital Tokyo under the fourth state of emergency over COVID-19, covering the duration of the Olympics, in an effort to curb a recent surge in ... ( read original story ...)

Olympic sponsor Panasonic will back any decision by Olympic 2020 organizers on whether to allow spectators at the Tokyo games as a rise in COVID-19 infections in Japan's capital triggers tighter ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday that the number of coronavirus infections was rising in the Tokyo area due partly to growing numbers of the Delta variant. ( read original story ...)

This new book explains how Japan's economic resurgence in recent decades coincided with greater transparency, collaboration, and inclusivity. ( read original story ...)

Japan's service sector sentiment index rose for the first time in three months in June, a government survey showed Thursday, even as the government prepared to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Virus policy czar Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters that an advisory panel had approved an emergency in the capital from July 12 to Aug. 22 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, July 8 (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic organisers will decide ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo through August 22 to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections, a key minister said on ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka prefectural government has decided to ask the Japanese government to maintain business restrictions under a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency, slated to expire July 11, until the end of the ... ( read original story ...)

Fingerprint Cards has found another partner to help fuel its growth in the emerging biometric payment cards market. ( read original story ...)

The capital has already had a state of emergency, which gives local authorities more powers to request business closures, imposed three times since the pandemic began. Story continues The last ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka prefectural government decided Wednesday to ask the Japanese government to maintain business restrictions under a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency, slated to expire Sunday, until the end of ... ( read original story ...)

FILE – In this Dec. 2, 2019, file photo, Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida speaks during a press conference in the automaker’s headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Uchida told a Japanese court on ... ( read original story ...)

Nomura Holdings Inc plans to suspend part of its cash-prime brokerage business after sustaining a US$2.9 billion hit from the collapse of U.S. ( read original story ...)