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Tokyo, Jan 15 (EFE/EPA).- Japan is marking a year since its first confirmed Covid-19 cases with a second state of emergency in several region, including the capital, amid a surge in cases and deaths.According to official data, around 40% of all confirmed Covid-19 cases and related deaths occurred in the last month alone.The first known case of Covid-19 in Japan was declared on 15 January 2020, although reports of a suspected case came the previous day. The case was linked to a Chinese resident of Kanagawa prefecture who had recently visited Wuhan, in China, from where the virus is believed to have originated. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA/FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WEARING PROTECTIVE MASKS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to Tokyo. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to Tokyo. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Worshippers at a Tokyo shrine welcome the new year with an ice-cold bath in an annual tradition that dates back about 70 years Participants warm up through stretches and chants before plunging into a pool filled with huge ice blocks. IMAGES
In his first speech of the year, UK opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer says an election is "one thing that we can be sure is coming", adding that he is "ready for it" as the Labour leader outlines his party's election year pitch. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call a general election at some point in 2024, but exactly when is becoming a source of increasingly fevered speculation among political observers. SOUNDBITE
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