of breaking the rules: possible deportation. The first stop had been the 400-year-old Hama-rikyu

TOKYO( Reuters)-Foreign reporters covering the Tokyo Olympics were surprised to learn that what they thought was a chance to report outside their media" bubble" turned out instead to be a socially distanced sightseeing tour. Hoping to step out and report on the Tokyo beyond the Games, they were on Monday instead ferried by harried organisers from one empty tourist spot to another for two hours. Foreign reporters, largely confined by COVID-19 rules to their hotels and Olympic sites, have already

Commuters are reflected in a bus window as they cross the street on July 15, 2021, in Tokyo.... Its passengers climbed out with reflective yellow bands dangling from their media credentials so they could be easily identified as journalists in quarantine for the Tokyo Olympic Games.... The guide tried to put a positive spin on things....