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Olympics chief urges Japan to support Games as Covid hits Village

IOC chief Thomas Bach urged the Japanese people to get behind the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday as the first coronavirus case hit the Games Village, prompting fresh jitters about the health risks posed by the giant event

Virus casts shadow as Tokyo enters Olympic week-to-go countdown

Little fanfare as Tokyo enters Olympic countdown

Olympic flame arrives in Tokyo for no-spectator relay

Heavy rain forecasted across much of Japan, warning of landslides, flooding issued

Tokyo scraps Olympic torch relay legs in capital

Olympic Organizers to Take Tokyo Torch Relay Off Public Roads - Reports

IOC President Likely to Visit Hiroshima on July 16 - Reports

Head of International Olympic Committee to Visit Japan July 9 - Reports

The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach is due to visit Japan on July 9, the Japanese TV station TBS reported

Japanese businesses, universities begin on-site vaccination campaigns for under-65

Putin, Biden Should Start Talks With Interim Steps to Free World of Nukes - ICAN

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Joe Biden of the United States should start their much-expected talks in Geneva by considering provisional steps to get the globe nuclear-free, including de-alerting and no-first-use of nuclear weapons, Akira Kawasaki, an International Steering Group member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), told Sputnik

Japan's Gov't Panel OKs COVID Emergency Extension in 9 Prefectures Until June 20 - Reports

Tokyo May Ask Japanese Government to Extend COVID-19 Emergency - Governor

The Tokyo authorities may ask the central government to extend the current state of emergency due to persistently high COVID-19 incidence, Governor Yuriko Koike said on Wednesday

IOC chief's delayed pre-Olympics Japan trip to happen by mid-July

Pandemic to be 'far more deadly' this year, WHO warns