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Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, speaks during a press conference Friday, May 7, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Hashimoto said Friday that a planned visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31.(Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo Olympic head says Bach visit to Japan could be ‘tough’

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A security guard stands with a note calling for refraining from watching a half-marathon to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in Sapporo, northern Japan, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. The half-marathon was held as a Tokyo 2020 test event three months before the Olympics open. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)

Coe gives stamp of approval to Tokyo Olympic test event

By KOJI UEDA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen of China dive during the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard preliminary at the FINA Diving World Cup Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Olympic torch relay detour; diving test event opens in Tokyo

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

More tests and still more questions loom over Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declares a state of emergency for Tokyo and three other prefectures during the government task force meeting for the COVID-19 measures at the prime minister's office Friday, April 23, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo under ‘emergency orders’ with Olympics 3 months away

By Stephen Wade and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of Tokyo 2020, left, and Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, attend a media huddle following the IOC Executive Board Meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (Philip Fong/ Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Games delay decision until June on fans — or no fans

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Former South Korean comfort woman Lee Yong-soo in a wheelchair leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. A South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a claim by South Korean sexual slavery victims and their relatives who sought compensation from the Japanese government over their wartime sufferings. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul court rejects sexual slavery claim against Tokyo

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2021, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa poses with a display of Olympic Symbol after an unveiling ceremony of the symbol on Mt. Takao in Hachioji, west of Tokyo to mark 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games. Japan is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo’s three neighboring prefectures and a forth area in central Japan to allow tougher measures as a more contagious coronavirus variant spreads and doubts are growing whether the Olympics can go ahead. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A bird rests with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Two top officials of Japan's ruling LDP party on Thursday, April 15, 2021, said radical changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One went as far to suggest they still could be canceled, and the other that even if they proceed, it might be without any fans. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option

By Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center, waves, on his departure for the U.S., at Haneda airport, in Tokyo Thursday, April 15, 2021. Suga headed to Washington on Thursday to become the first foreign leader to have a face-to-face meeting with President Joe Biden for talks that would reaffirm the strength of their alliance and how to deal with China's growing assertiveness and challenge to democratic values. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Athletes display the Olympic uniforms for Russian athletes in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Russia presents its Olympic kit for the Tokyo Games, which shouldn't depict any symbols of the country. Russian athletes will compete at the Tokyo Olympics as neutral after the Court of Arbitration for Sport last December banned Russia from using its name, flag and anthem at any world championships for the next two years because of state-backed doping. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia’s flag banned but national colors on Olympic uniforms

Associated Press

The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo takes on steep price to hold Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. Organizers and the International Olympic Committee are pushing on despite COVID-19 risks, myriad scandals, and overwhelming public opposition in Japan to holding the games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tirico to host NBC coverage of Tokyo Games from outdoor set

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

An elderly man receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at Hachioji City Hall in Tokyo Monday, April 12, 2021. Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers and expanded Monday to older residents, with the first shots being given in about 120 selected places around the country. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo adopts tougher virus rules, starts vaccinating elders

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk at downtown Umeda in Osaka, western Japan, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Osaka prefecture issued a special warning Wednesday, April 7, 2021 over the rapid upsurge of the coronavirus cases that has put the area's medical systems on the brink of collapse, requesting the cancellation of the Olympic torch relay on public roads. (Chiaki Ueda/Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo asks government to allow it to take virus measures

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) worker Sergio Ricardo, left, and two neighbors, carry an elderly COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2021, file photo, the celebration cauldron is seen lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. The governor of Osaka prefecture said on Thursday that he wants to cancel the Olympic torch relay legs going through Osaka later this month. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

China is targeting regional U.S. allies in Asia with an escalating number of military flights around Taiwan and massing more than 200 fishing ships near a disputed reef. (Associated Press)

China tests Biden resolve with pressure on Japan, Taiwan, Philippines

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

People wear face masks as they make their way in Osaka, western Japan Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Japan is set to designate Osaka and two other prefectures for new virus control steps Thursday as infections in those areas rise less than four months before the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan puts Osaka, 2 other areas under virus semi-emergency

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press