Olympics organizers will ban spectators from the games in Tokyo, after Japan declared a state of emergency amid rising Covid-19 cases in the country. The decision presents a new challenge for the games, which were already delayed a year due
Japan’s government said Thursday it plans a new virus state of emergency stretching throughout the Olympics, as reports said organisers could bar fans from almost all events at the Games. With just two weeks until the July 23 opening ceremony, coronavirus infections
TOKYO, June 15. /TASS/. Four Japanese opposition parties, including the Constitutional Democratic Party, initiated a vote of no confidence against the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Kyodo reported Tuesday. The opposition blamed the cabinet for the failure of the
The baseball-sized robot will launch with ispace in 2022 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch a baseball-sized transforming rover to the moon in 2022 with the company ispace (Image credit: JAXA) Japan plans to deploy a baseball-sized rover to explore
(CNN) — The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles in putting on a 2021 show. The latest troubling sign for the Summer Games came Monday when the State Department advised US citizens
Hospitals in Japan’s second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new coronavirus infections, running out of beds and ventilators as exhausted doctors warn of a “system collapse”, and advise against holding the Olympics this summer.
For months, polling has found a majority in Japan oppose holding the Games this summer © Charly Triballeau, AFP More than 80 percent of Japanese oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new poll published Monday showed, with just under
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is postponing plans to visit India and the Philippines on a trip originally set for the end of the month, media said on Wednesday. Suga will instead focus on handling a recent surge in coronavirus
Tokyo (AFP) Japan’s government on Tuesday approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, in a controversial decision that follows years of debate. The release, which
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Sunday to do his utmost to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus ahead of the Olympic torch relay and his upcoming visit to Washington. Suga was addressing his ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s annual convention,