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Tokyo Letter: The annual eruption of pink and white is now coming worryingly early
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Tokyo Letter: The possibility of a historic first has enlivened an otherwise dull race
Storm Nepartak threatens to end ‘smooth’ start to Olympics
Typhoon disrupts scheduling of Irish rowers including single sculls favourite Puspure
Athlete tests positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo quarantine
The athlete had not yet relocated to the athletes’ village - local reports
Ban on Olympic spectators mooted as Delta variant takes hold in Asia
Japan in state of emergency as cases climb while India’s official death toll tops 400,000
Tokyo may extend coronavirus curbs into Olympics period
There’s less than a month to go until the Tokyo Summer Olympics are set to open
Recession risk looms as Japan eyes third state of emergency
Japan struggles to contain surge in new Covid-19 case numbers
State of emergency to be declared in Tokyo amid pre-Olympics Covid surge
Prime minister says measures will not affect Games, which are due to open on July 23rd
French Olympic president says athletes should ‘pass’ ahead of others for vaccinations
Prioritising athletes for vaccination has proved controversial in some countries
Covid-19: India reports record surge in cases amid vaccine shortages
World wrap: New Zealand suspends travel from India, Italy plans for Covid-free islands
Covid-19: Japan considers state of emergency amid rising cases
Worries grow over rescheduled Olympic games due to take place in July
Tokyo 2020 still under threat as Covid-19 cases rise in Japan
City reported 1,300 new cases on Thursday with vaccine not expected until February
Coronavirus: UK variant discovered in US in man with no travel history
World wrap: China gives approval to vaccine developed by state-owned company
Coronavirus: US passes 250,000 deaths as Europe struggles to contain spread
Infections fall in France but continue to rise in Italy, Germany and Turkey
Prospects for Tokyo Games remain very much in the balance
Uncertainty amidst soaring coronavirus rates and lockdowns across the world
Coronavirus: Tokyo’s nightclubs and hostess bars to be paid to close
Move after Japan’s capital records highest daily cases – 224 – since pandemic began
Coronavirus: Melbourne begins six-week lockdown after virus spike
Catalonia orders mandatory use of face masks in public as global cases hit 12m
Coronavirus: India’s 700,000 cases now third-highest in world
Global wrap: Subcontinent overtakes Russia, as border between Australian states to close
Japan declares state of emergency in major population centres
New coronavirus restrictions have been imposed in Tokyo and six other prefectures
Japan to declare state of emergency but avoid coronavirus lockdown
Tokyo at centre of outbreak that has seen cases nearly double over past week
Japan inches closer to coronavirus state of emergency
As cases rise, experts warn that hands-off approach to containing outbreak is failing
Covid-19: Spain now third country with more infections than China
Over 800 deaths in Spain and same number in Italy, but with record number cured there
Covid-19: Global infections now exceed 490,000
Fatalities now at 22,000 worldwide but figures also show 118,000 people recovered
Coronavirus: Japan anxious at ease with which it beat outbreak
As people’s lives return to normal, some fear that a surge in cases is around the corner
Confirmed: Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021
Focus for Team Ireland now will be on protecting and safeguarding the Irish athletes
Japan: Shinzo Abe in the ascendant
PM may look unassailable, but looming confrontations could reveal vulnerabilities
Japanese electorate set to stick with devil it knows
Tokyo Letter: LDP’s Shinzo Abe may become Japan’s longest-serving leader since WWII
Japan’s Abe announces snap poll amid North Korea worries
Move is aimed at taking advantage of improved ratings and opposition disarray
Tokyo golf venue bows to pressure and lifts restrictions on women
Board of Kasumigaseki Country Club voted unanimously to extend full membership
Japanese employees working themselves to death
Tokyo Letter: Ministry of health attributes 2,000 suicides a year to exhaustion
Tokyo Letter: Soaring cost of Japan’s 2020 Olympics
Alarms bells ringing as costs spiral, plans crumble and venues are relocated
Japan’s leading women look set to finally break the ‘steel ceiling’
Three women now hold powerful political posts in a country that has never had female PM
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