Here are the latest updates from Japan and beyond on the coronavirus outbreak:
 
An event to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic flame for the Tokyo Olympics is held without spectators at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on April 13, 2021, amid a sharp rise in daily coronavirus cases in the western Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

As of 11 p.m., Wednesday, April 14