Tokyo: Japan Government announced State of Emergency from July 12^th to August 22^nd, due to ongoing Covid – 19 surges in Tokyo. Japan Government took a decision at meeting with experts on Thursday morning to propose a plan to issue State of Emergency in Tokyo.

Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is to formally announce the emergency plans, hours later after IOC President Thomas Bach was to land in Tokyo.

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Tokyo Olympic games will take place without foreign spectators, but the planned six week state of emergency likely ends chances of a local audience. Tokyo is currently under less stringent measures that focus on shortened hours for bars and restaurants but have proven less effective at slowing the spread of the Covid – 19.

Bach must self-isolate for three days in the IOC’s five star hotel in the Japanese capital before heading to Hiroshima, where heavy rain is threatening flooding. The period from July to September is the most critical time for Japan’s Covid – 19 measures, said top medical officer.