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[Breaking news] Entrance ceremony for new employees

TOKYO, Japan, April 1 Kyodo - New employees of Japan Airlines Co. attend an entrance ceremony in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2024, the first day of the new business year. (Kyodo)

Entrance ceremony for new employees

TOKYO, Japan, April 1 Kyodo -New employees of Japan Airlines Co. attend an entrance ceremony in a hangar at Haneda airport in Tokyo on April 1, 2024, the first day of the new business year.(Kyodo)

Itochu's new employees

A new employee of Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp. walks into the company's office building in Tokyo on April 1, 2021, the first day of the new business year. The company canceled a welcome ceremony for new employees amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Tokyo Governor's extraordinary press conference on raising the alert level of the new corona to the "highest level

On April 15, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike requested the cooperation of Tokyo residents and businesses in accordance with the Act on Special Measures against the New Coronavirus, after an expert panel raised the status of the new coronavirus infection in Tokyo to the most serious of four evaluation levels. Governor Koike said, "The metropolitan government is in a state of 'infection spread alert,'" and called on people to refrain from going out of the city and avoid using stores in downtown areas at night without adequate infection control measures. As for the government's "GoTo Travel" tourism promotion plan, which is scheduled to be launched on March 22, he said, "In light of the current infection situation, I hope (the government) will carefully reconsider the timing and method of implementation. (Photo: Governor Koike at a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 15, 2020; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Reopening of Tokyo Disneyland

Photo shows people in front of JR Maihama Station in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, on July 1, 2020. The theme parks reopened the same day after closing for about four months over the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Prime Minister Abe declares that the state of emergency, which was implemented on April 7, 2008, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, will be lifted for the entire area on May 25, 2008. The photo shows the large screen of Studio Alta at the east exit of Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, May 25, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Prime Minister Abe declares that the state of emergency, which was implemented on April 7, 2008, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, will be lifted for the entire area on May 25, 2008. The photo shows the large screen of Studio Alta at the east exit of Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, May 25, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Prime Minister Abe declares that the state of emergency, which was implemented on April 7, 2008, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, will be lifted for the entire area on May 25, 2008. The photo shows the large screen of Studio Alta at the east exit of Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, May 25, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Prime Minister Abe declares that the state of emergency, which was implemented on April 7, 2008, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, will be lifted for the entire area on May 25, 2008. The photo shows the large screen of Studio Alta at the east exit of Shinjuku Station. Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, May 25, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Coronavirus-forced end of business

People form a line to buy "bento" boxed meals at 152-year-old bento shop Kobikicho Bemmatsu in Tokyo on its last day of business on April 20, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus. The shop located in front of Kabukiza Theater has been much loved by Kabuki actors and fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopening of Tokyo Disneyland

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.

Shinjuku Alta Vision broadcasting the lifting of the state of emergency.