Salt Lake, Sapporo head race to 2030 Olympics

Under its revised but opaque bid process, the IOC appears to have four possible candidates. Three have held Winter Olympics before: Sapporo (1972), Salt Lake City (2002), and Vancouver (2010). There ... ( read original story ...)

Russia bans entry to Japan’s PM, officials

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, together with his Cabinet ministers, has been banned indefinitely from Russia. (AP pic) MOSCOW: Russia said today it has banned entry to several dozen Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

2,999 new COVID cases reported in Tokyo on May 4

TOKYO -- The Japanese capital recorded 2,999 coronavirus cases on May 4 after seeing 3,357 cases the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced. Japan is currently in the middle of ... ( read original story ...)