Tokyo metropolitan government sources say 131 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday. That's the highest since the state of emergency was lifted on May 25.
Tokyo's daily tally of new cases surpassed 100 for the third consecutive day, bringing the total of those who have tested positive in the Japanese capital to 6,654.
Japan's newly-established subcommittee for discussing coronavirus measures is expected to hold its first meeting as early as Monday.
Nishimura Yasutoshi, the minister in charge of the national coronavirus response, spoke to reporters on Friday.
NHK has learned that more than 100 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Tokyo on Thursday.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say the number of new cases has reached 107. This is the first time since May 2 that the daily total has topped 100.
Officials in Tokyo are reporting 124 new cases on Friday. It's the highest daily tally since a national state of emergency was lifted in late May.
The number is sparking concerns that the capital may be on the verge of a second wave of infections.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus topped 100 on Friday. The capital's daily total has hit triple digits for the second day in a row.
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NHK has learned that more than 100 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the capital on Thursday.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say this is the first time since May 2 that the daily total of new cases has reached 100.
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The number of coronavirus cases in Japan continues to rise, particularly in Tokyo.
Officials confirmed 67 new infections in the capital on Wednesday. That's the highest figure since a nationwide state of emergency was lifted in late May.
A new expert panel of Japan's government has met for the first time to assess the effectiveness of anti-coronavirus measures.
The four-member panel held its first meeting on Wednesday. Among the members are Kyoto University Professor Yamanaka Shinya and Professor Emeritus at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Kurokawa Kiyoshi.
Researchers in Japan are working on a new way to estimate the death toll from the coronavirus in the country, using a method called "excess mortality."
The method estimates the death tally from an epidemic by comparing the expected number of fatalities if there had been no outbreak with the death toll that was actually recorded.
Tokyo officials say 58 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Monday. The number of infections has been on the rise in recent days, but the government says there's no need to declare another state of emergency.
The latest figure is slightly smaller than Sunday when the daily tally was the highest since the nationwide state of emergency was fully lifted last month.
Tokyo officials say 58 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Monday. The number of infections has been on the rise in recent days, but the government says there's no need to declare another state of emergency.
The latest figure is slightly smaller than Sunday when the daily tally was the highest since the nationwide state of emergency was fully lifted last month.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide says the government has no plans to immediately declare a state of emergency again despite a rise in new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo.
Suga told reporters on Monday that recent confirmations of new cases at certain levels, mainly in Tokyo, are a result of enhanced testing of those who have come into close contact with infected people.