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Tokyo COVID-19 lockdown
![Tokyo Sets Another COVID Record Days After Olympics Begin Tokyo Sets Another COVID Record Days After Olympics Begin](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-28-5.jpg)
Tokyo Sets Another COVID Record Days After Olympics Begin
By Mari Yamaguchi
Even as the Games continue, health experts urged Japanese to adopt a “sense of crisis” toward the current outbreak.
![Will Japan’s Rapid COVID-19 Rebound Set Back the Tokyo Olympics? Will Japan’s Rapid COVID-19 Rebound Set Back the Tokyo Olympics?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-29-6.jpg)
Will Japan’s Rapid COVID-19 Rebound Set Back the Tokyo Olympics?
By Thisanka Siripala
The COVID-19 outlook for Tokyo ahead of the Olympics looks bleak, with the infection rate expected to rise.
![Japan Faces Its Worst COVID-19 Outbreak Yet Japan Faces Its Worst COVID-19 Outbreak Yet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-01-01.jpg)
Japan Faces Its Worst COVID-19 Outbreak Yet
By Thisanka Siripala
Record breaking infections in Tokyo have sparked a sense of impending crisis in the capital’s battle against the coronavirus.
![Japan Braces for Looming ‘Second Wave’ Amid Dramatic Spike in COVID-19 Cases Japan Braces for Looming ‘Second Wave’ Amid Dramatic Spike in COVID-19 Cases](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-08-05-6.jpg)
Japan Braces for Looming ‘Second Wave’ Amid Dramatic Spike in COVID-19 Cases
By Thisanka Siripala
With Japan’s initial coronavirus response providing limited clarity, the need for long-term measures to prevent an outbreak is becoming more apparent.
![Tokyo’s Coronavirus Spike Points Finger at Controversial Alert System Tokyo’s Coronavirus Spike Points Finger at Controversial Alert System](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-29-2.jpg)
Tokyo’s Coronavirus Spike Points Finger at Controversial Alert System
By Thisanka Siripala
As infections surge, Tokyo’s alert system and the challenges of living with COVID-19 come under the spotlight.
![What Tokyo’s Lockdown Debate Is Missing What Tokyo’s Lockdown Debate Is Missing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-06-3.jpg)
What Tokyo’s Lockdown Debate Is Missing
By Kentaro Iwata, tr. Paul Kreitman
Whether to lockdown is not a binary question. We need to ask, under what conditions should we do it?
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