Tokyo residents gather outside Tokyo’s Olympic stadium to enjoy the atmosphere on the day of opening ceremony. “It really feels like the Olympics is going to start,” says one Tokyo resident. Agence France Presse https://youtu.be/stZbrEjnn6A
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Tokyo 2020: Scene outside stadium ahead of opening ceremony
Streets outside the Japan National Stadium are crowded as Tokyo enters the final hours before the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. SOURCE: AFPTV https://youtu.be/dTh2du7PGdg
Tokyo 2020: Excitement outside stadium as Olympics set to begin
Hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, people take photos with the Olympic rings outside the Olympic Stadium. SOURCE: AFPTV https://youtu.be/CdC5tHJSq1E
Ceremonies chief sacked on eve of troubled Tokyo Olympics
by Talek HARRIS Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was fired for jokes about the Holocaust on Thursday, causing fresh embarrassment a day before the pandemic-delayed Games finally get under way. The latest row involving a senior Games figure comes at a time of widespread opposition to the 2020 Olympics as Tokyo battles its highest number of coronavirus cases since January. Japan’s Covid-19 crisis has […]
Japan PM denies IOC pressure to hold Olympics: report
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied he was pressured by the International Olympic Committee into holding a Games that remains deeply unpopular as virus cases surge in Tokyo. And with just days until the opening ceremony, the Japanese leader said Tokyo was “in the right place, and we’re ready to go.” In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the 72-year-old insisted he was “absolutely not” pushed into going ahead […]
Japan becomes first country to approve Ronapreve Covid treatment
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Tuesday that Japan had become the first country to fully approve its Ronapreve antibody treatment for patients with mild to moderate Covid-19. The approval was based on phase 3 trials finding that the antibody cocktail dramatically reduced the likelihood that mild or moderate Covid patients would develop into serious illness causing hospitalization or death. Ronapreve, developed in cooperation with US biotech firm Regeneron, was approved by […]
Tokyo’s real life Paw Patrol keeps crime on short leash
by Harumi OZAWA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — It’s a neighbourhood watch with a difference. A clean-nosed crew, sniffing out trouble and keeping the streets safe for school kids: meet the pups of Tokyo’s real-life Paw Patrol. They might not have the gadgets and gear of their beloved cartoon counterparts, but the dogs of the Wan-Wan (bow-wow) Patrol are firm favourites in Tokyo’s Karasuyama neighbourhood. Twelve-year-old Yurika Igarashi counts on seeing Sakura, a fluffy toy poodle, […]
Coronavirus hits Olympic Village for first time
by Talek HARRIS Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The chief of the Tokyo Olympics tried to reassure “worried” athletes on Saturday as the Games Village was hit by its first coronavirus case, six days before the pandemic-delayed event opens. As thousands of competitors pour into Japan for the Games, which will largely take place without spectators, the positive test for an unnamed person in the Village heightened worries over biosecurity. About 11,000 […]
Virus cluster at Japan hotel hosting Brazilian Olympians
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least eight staff at a Japanese hotel hosting Brazil’s Olympic judo team have tested positive for coronavirus, local officials said Thursday. Health and sports officials at Hamamatsu city, west of Tokyo, said virus screenings were done before the judo delegation of around 30 members arrived there on Saturday. None of the infected individuals came in contact with the athletes, they said. The news comes as Tokyo prepares to host […]
Immigration bureau: 9 Japanese nationals wanted in their country for telco fraud deported
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration deported on Thursday, July 15, nine Japanese nationals wanted in their home country for telecommunications fraud. In a statement, the bureau said Mishima Takumi, Tabata Ryota, Kawasaki Ryuto, Irabu Shioki, Onishi Shunsuke, Omata Kenta, Sato Takatoku, Hashizumi Ryushin, and Mitani Ren boarded a Japan Airlines flight to Narita which left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport shortly after 10 a.m. The bureau said the deportees were among 34 Japanese […]
48,000 meals a day: Tokyo tackles feeding an Olympic Village
by Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Even under ordinary circumstances, feeding an Olympic Village is a mammoth task, with chefs preparing tens of thousands of meals a day for elite athletes from around the world. But at Tokyo 2020, there’s an added pressure: strict coronavirus rules forbid athletes from eating at local restaurants, so it’s their only chance to sample Japan’s famous cuisine. “I feel it’s a lot of responsibility for us,” admitted Tsutomu […]
Pres. Duterte thanks Japan for donating 1M AstraZeneca doses
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte thanked the government of Japan for donating over 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the country. The additional 1 million AstraZeneca doses from Japan that arrived on Thursday night, July 8, brought the total number of vaccine doses so far delivered to the Philippines at over 18.5 million. President Duterte himself witnessed the arrival of the vaccine doses from Japan, saying this would help the county […]
