Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials confirmed more than 500 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, the most ever reported in a single day. Tokyo has risen its alert to the highest of four levels, for the first time since September.
Tokyo confirmed 534 new cases across the capital on Thursday.
The Tokyo Metropolitan government confirmed more than 500 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday -- breaking a record set only a day earlier. The capital also raised the pandemic alert to its highest level, but it's unclear what effect that will have on daily life.
Experts told officials Thursday that infection is now spreading rapidly. And the surge in cases isn't confined to Tokyo.
Tokyo Metropolitan government sources say more than 500 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in the Japanese capital on Thursday.
This would be the first time the daily tally for Tokyo has exceeded 500. The previous record of 493 new infections was marked on Wednesday.
Japan-based Korean writer Yu Miri has won the National Book Award, the most prestigious literary prize in the US.
Yu's "Tokyo Ueno Station," written originally in Japanese, was announced as the winner for best translated work in an online event Thursday morning, Japan time.
Yu Miri, a Japan-based Korean author, has won the US National Book Award for translated literature for her novel "Tokyo Ueno Station."
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have made online inspections of Japanese Red Cross Society hospitals dealing with coronavirus patients.
At the Akasaka Palace on Wednesday, they listened to an explanation by the president of the Red Cross Society and others.
Wednesday marked another daily coronavirus record in Japan. Officials confirmed more than 2,200 new cases -- a continuation of a troubling upward trend.
Just last month, fewer than 1,000 cases were reported each day.
Japan's minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response has expressed an intention to review guidelines for restaurants and bars, as some group infections have recently been confirmed through eating out.
The government held a meeting on Wednesday. At the meeting, Nishimura Yasutoshi said he wants authorities to revise and strengthen the guidelines as soon as possible, as parties and gatherings take place at the end of the year.
The Japanese government has decided to extend by another year the Maritime Self-Defense Force's mission in Middle East waters to ensure safe navigation for vessels related to Japan.
Japan deployed a destroyer and patrol aircraft for its intelligence-gathering mission classified as a study and research activity under the ministry's establishment law.
Two people from Myanmar have left for Japan to work in the country under a new visa category.
Thet Ko Htoo, aged 25, and Htet Shein Win, aged 21, left an airport in the city of Yangon on Wednesday. They will work at a resort hotel in Nago City in the southern prefecture of Okinawa.
Over 2,000 coronavirus cases were confirmed across Japan on Wednesday, surpassing the daily record set on Saturday.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials confirmed 493 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Wednesday, the highest number for a single day.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to raise its coronavirus alert level to the highest of four levels on Thursday. The COVID-19 outbreak is flaring up in the Japanese capital.
Infectious disease experts and doctors are scheduled to meet on Thursday to assess the current situation.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it will raise the coronavirus alert to the highest level on Thursday amid a recent surge in infections.