Coronavirus
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Kishida holds back on activity restrictions — for now
The government will not call for restrictions on social activities despite the recent surge in coron...
July 15, 2022
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Tokyo logs 19,059 new cases
Tokyo logged 19,059 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Friday, 2.2 times more than the same...
July 15, 2022
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Govt to focus on social, economic activity amid pandemic resurgence
The government will focus on maintaining social and economic activity under its latest pandemic resp...
July 15, 2022
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Japan logs more than 10 million cases of COVID-19 — 80% since January
About 10.02 million people in Japan have been infected with the novel coronavirus since the country’...
July 15, 2022
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Tokyo logs 16,662 COVID-19 cases
Tokyo logged 16,662 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Thursday, almost double the figure f...
July 14, 2022
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Govt to increase free test sites, delay raising cap on overseas visitors
The government, looking to take action against the novel coronavirus heading into the summer holid...
July 14, 2022
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Japan’s daily coronavirus infection cases top 90,000 for 1st time in 5 months
Daily cases of coronavirus infection exceeded 90,000 nationwide for the first time in about five mo...
July 14, 2022
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Tokyo raised COVID alert level to ‘most severe’
The Tokyo metropolitan government has raised its coronavirus alert level on Thursday to the most sev...
July 14, 2022
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Tokyo logs 16,878 cases
Tokyo logged 16,878 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Wednesday, double the figure from the s...
July 13, 2022
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Tokyo logs 11,511 new cases
Tokyo logged 11,511 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday, a number 2.2 times greater ...
July 12, 2022
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Tokyo logs 6,231 new cases
Tokyo logged 6,231 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Monday, 2.2 times more compared to the s...
July 11, 2022
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Tokyo logs 9,482 new COVID-19 cases
Tokyo confirmed 9,482 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Sunday, a 150% increase f...
July 10, 2022
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Infections rising nationwide
Coronavirus infections have been surging nationwide, with all 47 prefectures seeing a week-on-week ...
July 8, 2022
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Omicron subvariant BA.5 believed to be factor in infection surge
The recent surge in new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus can partly be attributed to th...
July 7, 2022
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Tokyo logs 3,546 new coronavirus cases, up 1,365 from the previous week
The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 3,546 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, up 1...
July 1, 2022
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