TOKYO -- Japan's Digital Transformation Minister Takuya ... 2006 stock purchase on financial statements as required under property disclosure rules for Diet members. He first disclosed the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 organizers report first positive COVID-19 case at Olympic Village
Tokyo 2020 organizers report that an unnamed Olympic Village resident has tested positive for COVID-19, the first positive case in the village. ( read original story ...)
Confident to clinch medal at Tokyo, says Noida DM after securing berth
Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas L. Yathiraj, who would be representing India in the upcoming Paralympics, is confident of winning a medal at Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied
Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Olympic visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking. Japan's massive security apparatus has raised ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Covid case found at athletes’ village, raising infection fears
Organisers in Japan confirm that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the Games has tested positive ... ( read original story ...)
2021 Tokyo Olympics: First COVID-19 case found in the Olympic Village one week ahead of the Games
For the past year and a half, the cloud of COVID-19 has loomed over the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Games have already been postponed a year, a majority of Japanese citizens do not want the Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Olympic security balancing act: Few are satisfied
Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Olympic visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking. Minders staking out hotels to keep participants ... ( read original story ...)
Fact Check: Armed citizens are not what stopped Japan from invading after Pearl Harbor
A post on Facebook falsely claims the Japanese fear of armed citizens dissuaded them from invading the U.S. after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE Olympics-Athletics-Bolt sees only tough times in Tokyo for Jamaica’s men
Usain Bolt is disappointed with how Jamaican men's sprinting has developed since he retired and predicts his compatriots will find it tough in Tokyo after his glorious domination of the last three ... ( read original story ...)
Team USA and the Tokyo Olympics: By the numbers
From the youngest and oldest Olympians to the cost of COVID-19 testing, a look at the numbers behind the Tokyo Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Eyes on the goal: women’s football goes pro in Japan
As global interest in women's football approaches fever pitch, former champions Japan are eyeing a return to glory with the country's first professional league for female players. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles – Robert Dickson & Seán Waddilove (Sailing)
The sailing events in Tokyo are set for Enoshima Yacht Harbour with Ireland’s trio of sailors continuing the Irish representation at every Games since 1948 with the exception of Mexico 1968. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Says She Was ‘Terrified’ to Release Netflix Doc, Calls It ‘a Reflection of Who I Am’
This isn't like a tennis match where I win or lose and from there people can say whether I did well or not,” Naomi Osaka said in a Twitter statement ... ( read original story ...)
Nadeshiko Japan arrive in Sapporo ahead of the Olympics group stage
On Thursday 15 July, one day following their match against the Australia Women’s National Team in the MS&AD CUP 2021, the Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women’s National Team) arrived in Sapporo, where they ... ( read original story ...)
Hakuho and Terunofuji still perfect after 13 days in Nagoya
Yokozuna Hakuho and ozeki Terunofuji stretched their perfect runs at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament to 13 straight wins on Friday, leaving them on a collision course for the final-day title decider ... ( read original story ...)
Japan in Five Lives
Christopher Harding portrays Japan through the lives of five figures from history. ( read original story ...)