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June 7, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics: Official at the JOC aged 52 commits suicide in Tokyo

June 1, 2021 leejayuk

Mixed Covid-19 news in Japan: Minor testing in Tokyo

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 leejayuk

Olympic news: Japanese Communist Party says IOC treating Japan as a colony

May 25, 2021 leejayuk

The USA issues Covid-19 Level 4 warning not to travel to Japan: Olympics 2 months away

May 22, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics: Covid-19 serious cases reach a new high but IOC, Suga, and Koike in denial

May 19, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics: Tokyo medical group calls for Olympic cancellation

May 16, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics and internal discontent over Covid-19

May 12, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics: 11,000 Covid deaths, Osaka crisis, but vaccines for athletes

May 10, 2021 leejayuk

Unpopular Tokyo Olympics: Japan Covid-19 serious cases hit a new high

May 4, 2021 leejayuk

Osaka news: Osaka might request an extension of the State of Emergency

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 leejayuk

Olympic news: Sapporo Covid-19 crisis but a pre-Olympic event to be held

May 2, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics: Highest severe daily Covid-19 cases reported in Japan

April 29, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics: Tokyo and Osaka hit over 1,000 daily Covid-19 infections again

April 24, 2021 leejayuk

Japan and another State of Emergency: Tokyo Olympics still scheduled

April 21, 2021 leejayuk

Japan mulls another Covid-19 related State of Emergency

April 17, 2021 leejayuk

Japan Covid-19 and Olympics: Koike and Suga with eyes closed

April 14, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News and Olympics: 3 million Covid deaths but Koike says “wonderful games”

April 9, 2021 leejayuk

Japan bypasses Covid-19 emergency by utilizing new phrases

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 leejayuk

Japan in recent Covid-19 upturn again

March 21, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Expensive and soulless Tokyo Olympics bars overseas fans

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo tourism: Ryusenji (Meguro Fudo) Tendai Buddhist Temple

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo tourism: Todoroki Valley and the natural flow of Buddhism and Shintoism

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo tourism: Buddhism in ultra-modern Tokyo

March 11, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympic Committee shamelessly plugs the Olympics on March 11: Earthquake and tsunami

March 10, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo tourism: Gotokuji Buddhist Temple, cats, and legend of Maneki Neko

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Tokyo Olympics looks set to be held without overseas spectators

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo tourism: Senzokuike Pond, Nichiren, and the backdrop of Shintoism

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: The Covid-19 State of Emergency in Tokyo environs to continue

March 3, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Government may extend the State of Emergency in Tokyo environs

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Tokyo more reluctant than Aichi, Hyogo, Kyoto, and Osaka in lifting Covid-19 emergency

February 5, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Covid-19 deaths in Tokyo to reach 1,000 in the next 24 hours

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: President of the Tokyo Olympic Committee fed up with women talking

February 3, 2021 leejayuk

Japan News: Increasing daily Covid-19 deaths in Japan but a downward infection curve

January 30, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Covid-19 infections signal a downward curve in Tokyo

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Japanese lawmakers enjoy Tokyo nightlife while people suffer from Covid-19 anguish

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Japan seeks 10,000 medical staff for the Olympics while Covid-19 hospital waiting list grows

January 21, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News and Covid-19: Japanese political voices raise doubts about the Tokyo Olympics

January 19, 2021 leejayuk

Japan News: 100 daily Covid-19 deaths and 1,000 critically ill for the first time

January 15, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Osaka Covid-19 deaths higher than Tokyo despite fewer infections

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Small minority support the Olympics being held this year

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Minimalistic State of Emergency in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures

January 7, 2021 leejayuk

Japan News: Tokyo and national Covid-19 crisis is increasing

January 5, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: High new infections once more before the minimalistic State of Emergency

January 2, 2021 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Tokyo and border linked prefectures request Covid-19 State of Emergency

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 leejayuk

Japan News: PM Suga and tourism and the Olympics while more Covid-19 highs

December 31, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Covid-19 daily high of over 1300 based on inaction

December 26, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: New Covid-19 daily high but no change in containing the crisis

December 24, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: New Covid-19 daily high in Tokyo but Christmas shopping is in demand

December 23, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Profligate Tokyo Olympics set to become the most expensive in history

December 21, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Homeless to be offered hotel rooms over New Year period in Tokyo

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Tokyoites hit by Covid-19 related poverty visit consultations by trade unions

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: New fresh Covid-19 daily high reaches 822

December 16, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Fresh Covid-19 daily infections high in Tokyo

December 15, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News and Twitter killer: Serial killer is given the death penalty in Japan

December 15, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo News: Majority support the Olympics to be canceled or postponed

December 13, 2020December 14, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Covid-19 past weekly average reaches a new high: Other prefectures also

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 leejayuk

Covid-19 health care strains in Hokkaido, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo

November 27, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Covid-19 daily infections reach a new high again

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 leejayuk

Aichi takes Covid-19 measures, while more severe cases in Tokyo grow

November 25, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo reports 401 new Covid-19 infections from limited tests: Surreal feel

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 leejayuk

Japan daily Covid-19 cases hit a new high: Daily Commute remains busy

November 19, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Covid-19 daily infections reach a new high of 534

November 18, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo records a new daily high of 493 Covid-19 infections

November 14, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Covid-19 serious cases reach the highest level since late May

November 12, 2020 leejayuk

Covid-19 infections just shy of 400 in Tokyo: Worrying signs in Japan

November 12, 2020 leejayuk

Covid-19 cases on the increase again in Japan: Flu season soon to begin

November 11, 2020 leejayuk

Suicide increase among women in Japan is alarming: Covid-19 convulsions

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo and Covid-19: Will workstyle changes impact greatly?

October 24, 2020 leejayuk

Weekly Covid-19 high in Tokyo on very few tests taken

October 22, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo preparing to increase Covid-19 tests when the flu season starts

September 23, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Covid-19 daily infections come down over the holiday period

September 18, 2020 leejayuk

“Go To Travel to include Tokyo but Covid-19 concerns remain

September 17, 2020 leejayuk

A slight weekly increase in Covid-19 cases in Tokyo

September 7, 2020 leejayuk

Lowest Covid-19 daily infection numbers in Tokyo for 2 months

September 3, 2020 leejayuk

Adachi hostess cluster in Tokyo related to at least 100 Covid-19 cases

September 2, 2020 leejayuk

Record heatstroke deaths last month in Tokyo

August 20, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Covid-19 infections and mounting heatstroke deaths

August 19, 2020 leejayuk

Increasing serious Covid-19 cases in Osaka and Tokyo

August 17, 2020 leejayuk

Over 50 heatstroke deaths reported in Tokyo with Japan under intense heat

August 15, 2020 leejayuk

Japan Covid-19 infections are high but stable: New high in Kanagawa

August 12, 2020 leejayuk

Heatstroke fears in Japan with the added pressure of Covid-19

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 leejayuk

Japan in new Covid-19 infection high thus curtailing the Obon holiday for many

August 1, 2020 leejayuk

Covid-19 in Japan is increasing in many prefectures: Folly of encouraging tourism

August 1, 2020 leejayuk

Over 1,500 daily Covid-19 cases in Japan: New highs for Aichi, Fukuoka, and Tokyo

July 31, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo in possible new Covid-19 state of emergency: Re-run of Yuriko Koike

July 29, 2020 leejayuk

Japan Covid-19 daily infections hit over 1,000: Tourism and psychological war

July 23, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo in a new daily high of Covid-19: Allowed to fester in sex areas and now spread

July 22, 2020July 28, 2020 leejayuk

Japan Covid-19: Worrying signs in Aichi, Chiba, Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Osaka, Saitama, and Tokyo

July 22, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo Olympics and declining interest with two-thirds favoring no games next year

July 17, 2020 leejayuk

Tokyo in fresh high of new Covid-19 cases: All too predictable under Yuriko Koike!

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