Yuriko Koike News

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said that the coronavirus situation in Japan`s capital is improving and the Olympics remain on track for 2021. Koike had said last month that Tokyo could declare a state of emergency if the coronavirus situation deteriorated. Tokyo Olympics were earlier scheduled between July 24 and August 9 this year but were then postponed to 2021,owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tokyo Olympics will open on July 24 next year.

Shin Shin gave birth at Tokyo's Ueno zoo on June 12, when Xiang Xiang weighed a fragile 100 grams and was tiny enough to fit into a human palm.

Last week's loss, delivered by a novice political group, spotlights Abe's potential vulnerability after nearly five years in power, with many blaming voter perceptions of arrogance on his part and that of his powerful Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshihide Suga.

The polls, seen as a bellwether for national political sentiment, come as Abe is buffeted by a series of setbacks and scandals that have driven down his popularity.  

On the surface, the Tokyo Metropolitan assembly election was a referendum on Governor Yuriko Koike's year in office, but the dismal showing for Abe's party is also a stinging rebuke of his 4-1/2-year-old administration.

Tokyo`s preparations for the 2020 Games have been plagued by controversy since beating Madrid and Istanbul in the bidding race three years ago.

It will be the second time the Summer Olympics are held in the Japanese capital, which previously hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics.

The next three Olympics are in Asian countries that have already held games: Tokyo's Summer Games in 2020, sandwiched between Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018 and in Beijing in 2022.

Tokyo`s first woman governor will carry on her predecessor`s push to make the city`s 2020 Summer Games the ``most innovative`` in history.