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People wearing face makes to protect against the COVIS-19 walk at Trocadero plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. French health authorities have confirmed the country's first case of the virus variant that prompted strict new lockdown measures in Britain and global travel restrictions.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Japan’s PM seeks to enforce virus measures

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People wait in socially distanced circles for the chance to get a glimpse of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York on Christmas day, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The coronavirus upended Christmas traditions, but determination and imagination kept the day special for many. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Japan sharply tightens ban on foreign visitors

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Japanese writer Yu Miri speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Miri's novel &quot;Tokyo Ueno Station&quot; has won the National Book Award 2020 for Translated Literature in the United States. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Novelist Yu Miri: Olympics not helping Fukushima rebuilding

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2018, file photo, a deliveryman stands near a mural displaying Chinese yuan and other world currency symbols on the outside of a bank in Beijing. The official cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympics has increased by 22%, the local organizing committee said Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in unveiling its new budget.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Official costs of Tokyo Olympics up by 22% to $15.4 billion

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, a man and a woman look at the Olympic rings float in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers are expected to unveil their fifth annual budget before Christmas. It is expected to show the rising costs of the postponed Games. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Tokyo Olympics Q&A: Costs, IOC, COVID-19, and vaccinations

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. The growing availability of coronavirus vaccines is a “ray of hope” for hosting the Olympics next summer, Koike said Monday as Japan struggles with a new surge in infections. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

AP Interview: Tokyo leader: Vaccines give hope for Olympics

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori delivers a speech after an opening plenary session of the three-party meeting on Tokyo 2020 Games additional costs due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Friday, Dec 4, 2020. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billion

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 220, file photo, a man wearing a mask walks on a pedestrian bridge over the train tracks in Tokyo as a large display of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics games are seen in the background. Organizers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics are declining to confirm widely circulated reports in Japan that the costs of the one-year postponement will be about $3 billion. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Tokyo Games won’t confirm added costs reported at $3 billion

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, a man is seen through the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 announced a series of 18 test events set to begin in March and run into May. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Reports: Cost of Tokyo Olympic delay put at about $2 billion

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks on a pedestrian overpass in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

The Latest: Tennessee won’t mandate vaccines in its schools

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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, left, greets International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach before their meeting in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. IOC President Bach is beginning a visit to Tokyo to convince politicians and the Japanese public that the postponed Olympics will open in just over eight months.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Tokyo governor: Japan can host Olympics despite virus spike

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A health worker takes a swab sample to test for COVID-19 inside a garment market in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. India’s total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began crossed 9 million on Friday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

The Latest: Japan’s virus cases hit record for fourth day

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IOC President Thomas Bach speaks to media during a visit to the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Bach said during this week's trip to Tokyo that he is “encouraging” all Olympic “participants” and fans to be vaccinated - if one becomes available - if they are going to attend next year's Tokyo Olympics. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics: Q&A on vaccines, fans, qualifying and costs

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Commuters wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Japan has set a record for its daily new cases exceeding 2,100 cases of the coronavirus, the health ministry said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 as Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for maximum caution but without asking for restrictions on traveling or business activities. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan records high of daily virus cases, amid worrying spike

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, speaks during the joint press conference between IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 16, 2020. Olympic participants and fans arriving for next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics are likely to face requirements to be vaccinated to protect the Japanese public, Bach said Monday after meeting with new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

IOC President Thomas Bach issues gentle plea for Olympians to get vaccinated

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, greets International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during their meeting in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Bach: Tokyo Olympic ‘participants’ encouraged to get vaccine

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach gestures on his arrival at a hotel in Tokyo Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. IOC President Bach is beginning a visit to Tokyo to convince politicians and the Japanese public that the postponed Olympics will open in just over eight months.(Kyodo News via AP)

Bach comes to Tokyo as cheerleader for next year’s Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Toshiro Muto, CEO of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, speaks during a news conference Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Tokyo. Next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics — if they happen — will be like no other, particularly for non-Japanese fans if they are allowed to enter in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo organizing committee CEO Muto, after a meeting Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, about infection countermeasures, confirmed for the first time that a limited number of non-Japanese fans may be allowed to attend. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo Olympics may allow foreign fans; there will be rules

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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In this Aug. 31, 2020, file photo, a staff gestures at Japan Olympic Museum where a lantern containing the Olympic Flame shown prior to public display, in Tokyo. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are to open in just under nine months, and there are still far more questions than answers. Organizers and the International Olympic Committee say they are working on a vast number of contingency plans to hold the Games in the midst of a pandemic. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) **FILE**

Olympic Q&A: Pandemic planning for tickets, fans, doctors

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press