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Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials confirmed 171 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Wednesday.

The daily tally has topped 100 for the ninth straight day.

A center for coronavirus prevention will be in operation during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next summer.

Officials from the Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitan government and the Tokyo Organising Committee met on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office to discuss the matter.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials confirmed 124 new cases of coronavirus infection in the capital on Sunday.

The figure topped 100 for the sixth straight day.

NHK has learned that the organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics plans to offer refunds for tickets sold in Japan. A formal decision is expected to be announced soon.

The Games are set to take place next year, having been postponed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials confirmed 150 new cases of coronavirus infection in the capital on Wednesday.

The figure topped 100 for the second straight day.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials say 185 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capital on Thursday.

This is the third straight day that the daily figure has hit triple digits.

The biggest railway operator in Tokyo has announced it's going shorten its daily services, starting next spring.

East Japan Railway Company says it's bringing forward last train departures by up to 37 minutes on 17 lines, including the Yamanote loop line that links the capital's major transit hubs.

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, rescheduled for next year, have tested ways to carry out safety checks on spectators entering the venues of events.

About 1,000 participants in the three-day test conducted in Tokyo through Wednesday included private security firm personnel who will cover safety checks at the Games. This is the first such test since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials reported 139 new infections of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.

There have now been 29,185 confirmed cases in the capital.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 235 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday. The last time the daily tally topped 200 was on Thursday .

Officials say the newly infected are aged from below 10 to over 90.

Tokyo Metropolitan government officials confirmed 132 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday.

There have now been 28,971 confirmed infections in the capital.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to launch a program that will help elderly people to receive necessary care if their close family members test positive for the coronavirus.

After their family members get infected with the virus, elderly people are regarded as a close contact to the infected and become isolated with no one around to support them at home. There are also cases in which a family member infected with the virus often has to stay home to continue to provide care for the elderly.

Tokyo will host an international gymnastics event next month. It will be the first competition of an Olympic sport to be held in Japan since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

The president of the International Gymnastics Federation, Watanabe Morinari, made the announcement on Monday.

NHK has learned that according to a study, a major river that runs through Tokyo and neighboring Saitama Prefecture could have breached its banks if Typhoon Hagibis had brought more rain last year.

Tokyo University of Science Professor Nihei Yasuo conducted a flood simulation on the Arakawa River using 21 forecasts the Meteorological Agency issued 10 hours before the typhoon made landfall in October last year.