Ceremony began as the most downbeat in Olympic history but finished in spectacular fashion ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Live updates as competition resumes and seven sports will give out medals
With the opening ceremony over, 23 sports will be in action and medals will be given out in Tokyo on Saturday. Follow along for live updates. ( read original story ...)
US set to win most medals with Japan fourth: Nikkei-FT forecast
A forecast by Nikkei and the Financial Times projects Japan will win a record 56 medals. Historical data suggests that hosting the Games tends to give countries a significant lift in the medal ... ( read original story ...)
Plug and Play Osaka Kicks Off 2nd Accelerator Program
In the Batch 2 program, Plug and Play will work with nine corporate partners for approximately four months from July to November 2021. ( read original story ...)
Superstar Naomi Osaka lights flame as Japan’s COVID-hit Games open
Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, ... ( read original story ...)
The Tokyo Olympics’ Somber Opening Ceremony Was Saved—Barely—by the Athletes
Amid COVID and controversy, only the athletes could make an opening ceremony marked by somber minimalism worth watching ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Live Updates: Athletes Arrive And Naomi Osaka Lights The Olympic Flame
Olympics opening ceremony is underway. Here's how to watch, plus live updates of the performances, a who's-who and insight from NPR's reporting team in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics schedule: U.S. women’s water polo begins defense of gold; USWNT returns; swimming begins
After suffering a 3-0 loss to Sweden in the opening match, the USWNT will look to get back on track against New Zealand. ( read original story ...)
LIVE UPDATES: Tokyo 2021 Olympics underway after opening ceremony
Football legend Herschel Walker has a lot to say about Olympians protesting the American flag and kneeling before games, as spectators have observed in recent days during the 2021 Summer Olympics in ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan’s ‘Rising Sun’ Flag Provokes Olympic Ire
Japan’s “rising sun” flag is a focus of anger at the Olympics, with some in the Koreas, China and other Asian nations calling for it to be banned. ( read original story ...)
Japan manages a forced smile at its lonely Opening Ceremonies, but Olympic joy is in short supply
The Tokyo Olympics' opening event, anticipated so eagerly 18 months ago, went off in an empty stadium and with a mix of protesters and interested residents gathered outside. ( read original story ...)
Hundreds gather for Third Japan-Africa Business Forum, prelude to TICAD 8
Around 1,600 people from all over Africa and Japan gathered over six days to explore closer business ties at the Third Japan-Africa Business Forum, which this year attracted the highest number of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s 2020 Games squaring up to be Olympic-sized economic flop for Japan
The costs have only gotten higher for Japan as it settles in for a spectator-free Olympics like none other in the event’s history. ( read original story ...)
Toyota Pulls Olympic Ads From Japan
With few fans in the stands, the 2020 Olympics opening ceremony officially kicked off this morning. But the long-awaited games did not come without some complications-- several big business leaders in ... ( read original story ...)
As a Japanese citizen and a consultant, I know why the Tokyo Olympics has become such a disaster
My 12-year-old daughter’s public school in Tokyo had planned to see the Paralympians compete in person. But since organizers announced just days ago that the events would have no audience due to the ... ( read original story ...)
13% of Americans traded crypto in the past year, survey finds
More than 1 in 10 Americans invested in cryptocurrency over the past year, according to a survey, a sign of the popularity of digital currencies. ( read original story ...)