i have just landed at tokyo's narita airport.— i have just landed at tokyo's narita airport.arrive at _ narita airport. usually i would rather arrive at the _ narita airport. usually i would rather arrive at the one - narita airport. usually i would rather arrive at the one that i rather arrive at the one that is closer to my parents house, but they are so few flights these days. i am finally on my way to my parents house. because i am not allowed to catch public transport, i had to arrange for a private car which cost me about $350. i am now in quarantine for 14 days in my childhood bedroom, actually. can you see? that is me, three years old. my first big mission was to find a decent corner to broadcast from. i had to download a few apps. the government has been calling me every day to make sure i am sticking to quarantine. i think i am allowed to go for a short walk but i haven't. life here is pretty normal forjapanese is pretty normal for japanese people is pretty normal forjapanese people like my mum and dad, apart from, of course, the whole state of emergency and pandemi

_ have heard of at narita airport. — japanese people have been very friendly. all volunteers have been — friendly. all volunteers have been friendly. i think we are all very— been friendly. i think we are all very respectful of what needs— all very respectful of what needs to be done in order to be here, _ needs to be done in order to be here. but— needs to be done in order to be here, but out here at the fuji speedway, things have been great. — speedway, things have been great, we have been allowed to train _ great, we have been allowed to train our— great, we have been allowed to train our doors, sticking to the — train our doors, sticking to the road _ train our doors, sticking to the road circuits, our courses, but it— the road circuits, our courses, but it has— the road circuits, our courses, but it has been absolutely fine _ but it has been absolutely fine. we have been able to get out, _ fine. we have been able to get out. get — fine. we have been able to get out, get the training done, and actually— out, get th

he tested positive upon arrival at narita airport near tokyo on june 19th.ne other team member also later tested positive. health officials have asked the rest of the team not to leave their hotel until next tuesday. officials say they will conduct more tests before deciding when the team can start their training. >>> researchers in japan say they're making progress in finding a way to treat spinal cord injury just they're accepting patients for a clinical trial using stem cells or ips cells. professors have been leading a team of researchers. four patients abled 18 or older who lost mobility and sensory functions receive cells within four weeks of the accident. >> translator: we want to keep up our work so patients with damage can use this regenerative medicine as soon as possible. >> patients will be closely monitored for 2 months. the team says there's about 5,000 new injuries every year in japan. >>> members of a task force at the pentagon have gotten together to discuss something they can't explain. they've released a report detailing hundreds sightings

just landed at narita airport in tokyo. they just made an announcement that they will ask olympic travelers, people such as myself, to stay on board the airplane while other people deplane, and then we will be escorted to an area where we will be tested as other passengers proceeded, medical staff were ready for the rest of us now we're taking a very long walk to what i presume is the testing area this, by the way, will be my third covid test since monday after three hours of checkpoints and a negative result, it was off to the hotel where olympic travelers remain under the watchful eye of health authorities >>> many people here in japan were against holding the olympics, concerned it could lead to a covid outbreak, but japan's prime minister says he wanted to send a message of resilience. he spoke exclusively with our keir simmons. here it is >> reporter: staging the olympics in a pandemic poses difficult challenges japan's prime minister, yoshihide suga >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: telling nbc news in his first-ever

last night, at the tokyo narita airport, the flight from sfo, actually, was easy. about 11 hours. plane, it took us six hours to clear japan's very strict covid screenings. there were dozens of olympians on our flight. the usa fencing team had to wait for ten hours. but the payoff is nice. tokyo bay and the skyline. and even in the waves at the new surf stadium. remember, surfing is making its olympics debut. >> nice to get some waves straight off the plane. and it's superfun. get a bunch of reps. and everybody's ripping. >> reporter: quick practice on the manmade waves but the competition will be in the open water. about an hour away from here, in chiba. okay. so that's it. this is going to be like a marathon for us. this is just day one of 25 here, in japan. reporting from tokyo, i'm raj mathai. the raj has landed. nbc bay area is your home for all things olympics. raj is hosting several olympic specials from the bay area to tokyo. they air this coming thursday, at 4:00 and 7:00. and then, friday, the day of the opening ceremony, there is a special at 1:00 in the afternoon. i te