TOKYO – Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz arrives at Narita Airport near Tokyo on July 18. She will bid to win the Philippines' first ever Olympic gold medal as she competes in the weightlifting events of Tokyo 2020.
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TOKYO – Japan’s capital has entered a state of emergency for the fourth time on Monday lasting until Aug. 22 due to the continuing increase in the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the city.
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TOKYO – The Olympic flame has arrived in Japan’s capital on Friday, a day after organizers decided to stage the Games without spectators at all venues in the city due to ongoing COVID-19 surge.
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MANILA/TOKYO – Japan has shipped more than one million shots of domestically produced AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines on Thursday to help the country achieve herd immunity against the dreaded virus.
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TOKYO – Japan on Monday topped 50 million novel coronavirus vaccine shots administered to people in the country, according to data from the Prime Minister’s Office.
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