Foreign spectators will also be kept away from Paralympics according to reports in Japan

World round-up: Argentinian minister told to resign after organising vaccine for journalist

‘What frightened me the most was how we got used to the piles of dead bodies’ – survivor

Japanese and Tokyo government and organising committee all remain committed

Tokyo Olympics organisers look to streamline Games and reduce costs

Olympics authority gives costs arising from delaying Tokyo 2020 due to Covid-19

Ryo Miyake feels he can’t accept sponsorship money in good conscience during crisis

The IOC deserves a gold medal for dithering

Here amid the gloom are some positive developments. However, there are caveats

Coronavirus: Analysts caution that markets will remain volatile for the foreseeable future

Chinese man on death row for more than 16 years convicted over murder of family of four

Okinawa Letter: Growing resistance to a new military base is rooted in war-time trauma

Three of the most high-profile pro-democracy campaigners are among those held

Japan developed technologies that other countries have deployed to leap ahead of it

The shadow of the 2011 Fukushima meltdown hangs ominously over a series of setbacks

Blustering Johnson would appear to be hiding any plan he may have rather well

Country maintains most whale species are no longer endangered

Japan will also ban government purchases of equipment from both Chinese tech firms

Japan’s foreign minister Taro Kono makes his first official visit to Beijing

Brussels must look to China’s example to foster growth of global-scale computer firms

Visiting Asia, US president says ‘our trade with Japan is not free and it’s not reciprocal’

Police in Japan have virtually unlimited rights to search for and seize illegal weapons

Prof Park Yu-ha said not all ‘comfort women’ were forced into brothels

Bain join SK Hynix, Apple and others in bid but sale faces legal challenges from Western Digital

Challenge to policymakers in cutting stimulus; Eyes on annual Jackson Hole meeting

The timing of payments for the business and governance issues are causing problems

Trump: ‘N Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do?’

Law approved despite warning from UN it could be used to crack down on civil liberties

Electronic devices, energy, IT and infrastructure to be split into wholly-owned subsidiaries

Tech giant said to be keen to take stake of more than 20 per cent in troubled firm

Foreign minister cites concerns about future of Japanese firms in UK

PM seeks to both bolster growth and rein in the developed world’s heaviest debt burden

Politicians around the world react to the election of new US president

Halfway houses between EU membership and hard exit from EU are uninhabitable

Expectations over a Federal Reserve rate hike have faded

Japanese letter highlights difficulty facing United Kingdom in trade talks after EU vote

Bank of England falls short of target to buy more than £1 billion of long-dated debt

Japan’s Nikkei rebounds to end the day up 1.1 per cent as yen weakens

British pound steadies as US markets are closed for holiday

Uncertainty over prospects of Brexit and this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting weigh on markets