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Tokyo Olympics head Yoshiro Mori to resign over sexist remarks — reports
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Tokyo Olympics head Yoshiro Mori to resign over sexist remarks — reports

Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, is set to resign after facing backlash for sexist comments, Japanese…
Japan vaccination uncertainty casts doubts over Olympics
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Japan vaccination uncertainty casts doubts over Olympics

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it…
The Latest: Thailand adds 745 virus cases, new restrictions
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The Latest: Thailand adds 745 virus cases, new restrictions

BANGKOK — Thailand registered 745 new coronavirus cases in two days on Monday with a new death reported in Bangkok,…
Ginza shoppers clean hands, phones with high-tech wash stations
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Ginza shoppers clean hands, phones with high-tech wash stations

TOKYO (Reuters) – Shoppers washed their hands and sterilised their smartphones in the streets of Tokyo’s posh Ginza district on…
Japan PM Suga trips up with messy reversal on tourism campaign
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Japan PM Suga trips up with messy reversal on tourism campaign

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s abrupt decision to partially pause a domestic travel campaign amid rising COVID-19…
Bach says Tokyo Olympic “participants” may need vaccinations
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Bach says Tokyo Olympic “participants” may need vaccinations

TOKYO (AP) — Olympic participants and fans arriving for next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics are likely to face requirements to…
Tokyo Olympic CEO: Vaccine not requirement to hold games
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Tokyo Olympic CEO: Vaccine not requirement to hold games

TOKYO (AP) — A vaccine is not a requirement for holding next year’s postponed Olympics and Paralympics, the CEO of…
The Latest: Recoveries in Pakistan hit 50 percent, cases still up
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The Latest: Recoveries in Pakistan hit 50 percent, cases still up

ISLAMABAD — The number of people who have recovered from the coronavirus in Pakistan has surpassed 100,000, about 50 percent…
Tokyo Olympics will be safe, governor says
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Tokyo Olympics will be safe, governor says

Next year’s Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said, pledging a “120-percent effort”…
It’s 2021 or never for Tokyo, confirms senior Olympic official
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It’s 2021 or never for Tokyo, confirms senior Olympic official

High-ranking Olympic official Pierre-Olivier Beckers on Saturday made plain that the delayed Tokyo Olympics “will be held in 2021 or…
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