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TOKYO: Pedestrians walk on a crossing in Tokyo yesterday. Japan dived into its first recession since 2015, according to official data yesterday with the world’s third-largest economy shrinking by 0.9 percent in the first quarter as it wrestles with the fallout from the coronavirus. – AFP

Japan economy slides into recession
A woman wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus wals past a man laying on the street in Tokyo on May 4, 2020. - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on May 4 extended a state of emergency over the coronavirus until the end of May, as the government warned it was too soon to lift restrictions. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Call centers expose fault line in Japan's pandemic fight
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Next year's Olympics may be cancelled: Mori
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Football secondary during crisis: Iniesta
Pedestrians walk past a quotation board displaying share prices of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on April 17, 2020. - Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index rallied more than 3.1 percent on April 17 as investors welcomed a pledge by President Donald Trump to press ahead with reopening the US economy. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Oil prices collapse on storage fears
epa08251597 Visitors wearing face masks walk past the Olympic Rings monument in front of the Japan Olympic Committee headquarters near the new National Stadium, venue of the Opening and Closing Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan, 27 February 2020. Preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, scheduled to start on 24 July 2020, continue as planned despite the spreading Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, organizers confirmed. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

Olympics organisers must be flexible if coronavirus vaccine not ready in time
People walk on a deserted street amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at shopping district Ameya-Yokocho, located next to Ueno Station in Tokyo on April 11, 2020. - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on April 10 that the metropolitan government will request many businesses, including night clubs, karaoke parlors and pachinko pinball parlors to suspend operations from April 11 in light of the state of emergency over the coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

Traditional Japanese seal system hampers telework for some
A night view of the closed Olympic museum with the Olympic Rings is seen in Tokyo on April 2, 2020. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Travelling fans fear being victims of greed after Olympic postponement
People wearing face masks amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus walk in Shinagawa station in Tokyo on April 6, 2020. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

Japan gears for 'state of emergency'
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