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Japan's government is set to declare a state of emergency for Tokyo through August 22 amid a new wave of infections, a key minister said on Thursday, casting a shadow over the Olympic Games. Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

The pandemic’s global death toll is approaching 4 million as the delta variant spreads and vaccination drives show signs of slipping in some parts of the world. While weekly fatalities have been ... ( read original story ...)

Watch "Japan weighs banning all Olympic spectators due to surge in COVID cases", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to declare a new state of emergency over the coronavirus, in a move that could lead to a last-minute ban on fans at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Breaking news out of Haiti as the country's president is assassinated overnight. In other international headlines, crews are searching for survivors following a mudslide in Japan; a prominent Dutch ... ( read original story ...)

Yahoo Japan will no longer have to pay royalties to Verizon Media for using Yahoo's branding and licensed technologies. ( read original story ...)

Melissa Gonzalez, wife of Lions backup QB David Blough, set the Colombian record in the 400-meter hurdles when she won South American Championships. ( read original story ...)

The contingent includes the defending gold-medal-winning men's rugby sevens team as COVID-19 regulations in Asia have forced altered travel arrangements. ( read original story ...)

Surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo have hit a two-month high that almost guarantees the Japanese government will declare a new state of emergency to start next week and continue for the duration of the ... ( read original story ...)

This context of seeing a teenager who's waiting to open her A-Level results being placed on an almost impossibly high pedestal and scrutinised by the world makes new comments from another young tennis ... ( read original story ...)

Grab onto your seats, ladies and gents, because Naomi Osaka isn’t holding anything back in her upcoming Netflix documentary. The streaming service just released the first official trailer for Naomi ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities in Osaka prefecture on Wednesday made the decision to request the Japanese government to extend businesses restrictions under a Covif-19 quasi-state of emergency scheduled to expire on ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka became a household name after beating Serena Williams to win the 2018 US Open. While Osaka’s win was mired in controversy — Williams expressed on-court frustration over ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's biggest city gas supplier, said on Wednesday it would start a demonstration test of methanation, a technology to help decarbonise city gas, in Japan by the end of next March. ( read original story ...)

Osaka prefectural government on Wednesday made the decision to request the Japanese government to extend businesses restrictions under a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency scheduled to expire on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)

The tennis star dropped the trailer amid a press blackout in which she has refused to speak with the media since May. Osaka, 23, hasn't played since May after stepping away for mental health reasons. ( read original story ...)