Japan Covid

• Japan’s tough COVID-19 border measures leaves thousands of foreigners in limbo

  Japan has kept its door closed to most foreigners during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in hundreds of thousands denied entry to study, work or see their families.

  World

  Feb 3, 2022
  
• Japan to keep strict border measures until end of February amid Omicron spread

  Japan adopted some of the strictest border controls in the world when the Omicron variant emerged late last year, banning all new entry by non-Japanese people.

  World

  Jan 11, 2022
  
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• Japan to cut quarantine for some travellers from 10 days to 3 as COVID-19 measures ease

  Domestic and foreign business groups in Japan have lobbied the government to ease border restrictions to be more on the same terms as other countries.

  World

  Nov 2, 2021
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• Tokyo Paralympics to be held amid ‘very difficult’ COVID-19 surge, organizers warn

  Organisers said they would implement COVID-19 protocols for the Paralympics, the same "playbook" used during the Olympics which ended earlier this month.

  Sports

  Aug 20, 2021
• Japan to only hospitalize seriously ill COVID-19 cases as medical system strains

  The country has seen a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, and has been recording more than 10,000 daily new infections nationwide.

  World

  Aug 3, 2021
• Japan expands state of emergency to 4 other areas as Tokyo Olympics continue

  Japan reported 10,687 cases Thursday, exceeding 10,000 for the first time. It has recorded 15,166 fatalities from COVID-19, including 2,288 in Tokyo, since the pandemic began.

  World

  Jul 30, 2021
• Tokyo governor urges young people to get COVID-19 vaccines as cases surge

  Officials are reminding the Japanese public that mostly unvaccinated younger people are now dominating the new cases, while cases among vaccinated elderly people have dropped.

  World

  Jul 28, 2021
• Tokyo records new high in COVID-19 cases days after 2020 Olympics begin

  Tokyo is under its fourth state of emergency, which is to continue through the Olympics until just before the Paralympics start in late August.

  World

  Jul 27, 2021
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• COVID-19 outbreaks among Olympic teams in Tokyo spark concern as Games near

  Infections have hit at least seven teams arriving in Japan days before the July 23 opening ceremony and after Tokyo reported its highest tally of new COVID-19 cases in months.

  World

  Jul 16, 2021
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• Tokyo bans Olympic spectators as Japan declares COVID-19 state of emergency

  The move is a sharp turnabout from just weeks ago, when Olympic organizers said they aimed to hold the global sporting showpiece with some spectators.

  Sports

  Jul 8, 2021