Tokyo confirmed 3,929 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, a decrease of 426 from a week earlier and the 12th consecutive day of week-on-week decline.
There were a total of eight new COVID-19 fatalities in the Japanese capital.
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People watch a portable shrine being pulled during the Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Sunday. | AFP-JIJI
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