Japanese government

As Tokyo is getting ready to host the 2020 Olympics this week, Japan's ambassador to Ankara has said that the decision to postpone the games was not easy but demonstrated a "strong determination" to provide safety to the athletes and officials.

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee hinted Friday that even local fans may be barred from venues when the games open in just under two months.

Fans from abroad were ruled out months ago as being too risky during a pandemic.

The first virtual Women's Entrepreneurship Expo by U.N. Women attracted more than 500 participants, including 200 women entrepreneurs from Europe and Central Asia between April 27 and April 29.

So far, a total of 139,710,707 cases of coronavirus have been registered. According to the Worldometers website, the number of active cases is close to 18,000,000.

Rome, Italy: cemeteries packed, protests of undertakers

Japan has decided it will start releasing radioactive water accumulated at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea after treatment, infuriating local residents and worrying neighbouring countries.

The decision comes a decade after the nation's worst-ever atomic disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

Deputy Prime Minister Dan Barna informs that he had a meeting with the Japanese Ambassador to Romania, Hiroshi Ueda, in the context of Japan's National Holiday, marked on February 23, the birthday of Emperor Naruhito. "Today, on Japan's Day, I had a meeting with Mr. Hiroshi Ueda, the Japanese Ambassador to Romania.

Gold medallist pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi, a vocal proponent for postponing the Tokyo Games last year, is backing the Games to be held this July, with or without spectators.

The Japanese government has reached a consensus that there is no way for them to put on the Games as planned

The likelihood of the Japanese government lifting a state of emergency in Tokyo and nearby prefectures, as well as Hokkaido, altogether next Monday is growing, as the number of new coronavirus cases continues to decline, officials have said.

It will be impossible for Tokyo to host the Olympics next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is controlled. This was stated today by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.