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Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:

Photo taken on July 10, 2021, shows Tokyo’s Asakusa sightseeing area and Tokyo Skytree (background) just days after the Japanese government decided to place the capital under a fresh COVID-19 state of emergency for the duration of the Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

 

As of 10 p.m., Sunday, July 11

As of 11 p.m., Saturday, July 10

Japan and beyond: Week in Photos – July 3~9

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People look at a flame-lighting ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on July 10, 2021, as the torch relay on public roads was canceled across most of Tokyo due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Useful resources for foreign residents and visitors in Japan

• Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s “Tokyo Coronavirus Support Center for Foreign Residents (TOCOS)” multilingual hotline
  – Available in Simple Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepali, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Khmer, and Burmese, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays except national holidays. 
  0120-296-004 (toll free)
  https://www.seikatubunka.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/chiiki_tabunka/tabunka/tabunkasuishin/0000001452.html
  
  
• AMDA Medical Information Center’s “Multilingual Consultation Service”
  – Available in Simple Japanese and English, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Also available in Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese on designated weekdays. Check schedule here.
  03-6233-9266 
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s COVID-19 info
  https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government hotline
  https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/contacts
  – Available in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (including weekends and holidays)
  0570-550571
  – Available via fax for those with hearing impairments
  03-5388-1396
• Japan National Tourism Organization’s “Guide for when you are feeling ill”
  – Multilingual clinic/hospital search available in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
  https://www.jnto.go.jp/emergency/eng/mi_guide.html
• JNTO’s “Japan Visitor Hotline“
  https://www.japan.travel/en/plan/hotline/
  – Available in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese 24 hours a day
  050-3816-2787 
  +81-50-3816-2787 (from overseas)
• Japan’s health ministry hotline
  – Available in Japanese only, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  0120-565653
• World Health Organization’s “Q&A on coronaviruses“
  https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses