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Europe lifts virus shutters as Japan ends emergency

Europeans flocked to parks, gyms, and pools on Monday as more countries eased coronavirus restrictions, while Japan lifted its state of emergency but urged...

Tokyo stocks open higher on virus hopes

Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday on expectations the state of emergency will be lifted for the whole nation including economic powerhouse Tokyo. The benchmark...

Tokyo shares open flat, eyes on China

Tokyo shares opened nearly flat Friday after falls on Wall Street, with investors eyeing the opening of China's National People's Congress. The Nikkei 225 index...

Tokyo shares close lower on profit-taking

Tokyo stocks closed lower on Thursday as profit-taking erased early gains generated by the prospect of a state of emergency being lifted in western...

Has Japan dodged the coronavirus bullet?

With the world's oldest population and one of the most crowded megacities on the planet as its capital, Japan should have provided a fertile...

Japan set to approve remdesivir for coronavirus treatment

Japan plans to authorise Thursday the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approving another medication Avigan...

Japan set to extend virus emergency to May 31

Japan's government prepared Monday to extend its nationwide state of emergency to the end of May as it braces for a lengthy battle against...

IOC: Postponed Olympics ‘to kickstart’ Japan economy

Tokyo—Postponing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide a welcome boost to the coronavirus-hit Japanese economy next year, a senior International Olympic Committee official claimed...

Japan PM Abe declares state of emergency over virus

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a month-long state of emergency in Tokyo and six other parts of the country over a...

Olympic postponement right decision, says POC president

The move to postpone the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games until next summer is the right decision. Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino...

Re-organizing Olympics a Herculean task

London—Thomas Bach and the IOC should not be criticized for procrastination over the Tokyo Olympics as re-organizing them is “mind-bogglingly complex”, the movement’s former...

Canada pulls out of Olympic Games; delay inevitable

Tokyo­—Canada pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears as Japan's prime minister Monday admitted a delay may be "inevitable" and the International...

Doubts grow in Japan over Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo--Doubts are growing in Japan about the Tokyo Olympics, with growing opposition to holding them as scheduled and some urging officials not to risk...

Abe pledges Olympics to go ahead despite virus havoc

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