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TOKYO: People wearing face masks cross a street in Tokyo. Tokyo is on its highest coronavirus alert level after a spike in new cases as experts said the rising infections were a clear ‘red flag’. — AFP

No kissing, disinfect microphone: Japan nightlife sets rules
People sit apart to observe social distancing while watching wrestlers perform a ceremony ahead of their bouts during a new two-week sumo tournament at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, the main sumo arena in Tokyo, on July 19, 2020. - Sumo began a new tournament in front of a live audience on July 19 despite a steady rise of COVID-19 coronavirus infections, with fans voicing both joy and caution about watching the live spectacle during the pandemic. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Sumo resumes in front of fans despite rise in Japan infections
OKINAWA PREFECTURE: Photo shows multi-mission tiltrotor Osprey aircraft at the US Marine’s Camp Futenma in a crowded urban area of Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. — AFP

Two US bases on Okinawa locked down over virus
Workers survey the devastation following days of heavy rain and flooding in the village of Kuma, Kumamoto prefecture on July 8, 2020. - Torrential rain pounded central Japan on July 8 as authorities said 58 people were feared dead in days of heavy downpours that have triggered devastating landslides and terrifying floods around the country. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Japan rescuers battle to reach thousands trapped by floods
A car is submerged in floodwaters following a torrential rain in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture on July 7, 2020. - Around 50 people were feared dead after heavy rain lashed areas of western Japan from early July 4, causing rivers to burst their banks and flood low-lying regions. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Rain pounds central Japan, 55 feared dead in the south
TOPSHOT - A road is destroyed following torrential rain near the Kuma river in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 6, 2020. - At least 37 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan, causing rivers to break banks and flooding low-lying regions. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Deadly Japan floods kill 50
TOKYO: A woman wearing a face mask rides her bike in front of an electric quotation board showing numbers of the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo yesterday. —AFP

Japan business confidence worst since 2009 crisis
TOKYO: People wearing face masks walk across a street at Kabukicho district of Tokyo. Japan’s unemployment rate rose to 2.9 percent in May, official data showed yesterday. —AFP

Japan jobless data mask woe for millions
Commuters walk past closed shops in an underground shopping mall in Tokyo railway station on April 15, 2020. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Japan boosts stimulus to $1.1tn as virus threatens deeper recession
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