By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 16, 2020 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO — Japan’s capital city broke another pandemic record Wednesday, recording its highest daily count of new coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, the U.S. military in Japan announced 13 new cases as of 6 p.m. Wednesday. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 678 newly infected individuals, exceeding the previous high of 621 reached Saturday, according to public broadcaster NHK. Nearly 48,000 people have acquired the virus in Tokyo during the pandemic, most of whom recovered. About 550 people have died as a result of the coronavirus, according to metro data.