Follow along for the latest news, results and features from The Times' team of 12 reporters covering the Tokyo Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Blue and pink robots are greeting Olympic athletes in Tokyo. Here’s why the mascots matter
Tokyo Olympics and the 2020 Paralympics will each feature a mascot designed by Fukuoka-based illustrator Ryo Taniguchi. ( read original story ...)
Opinion: Grudge match with Sweden the perfect opener for USWNT at Tokyo Olympics
USWNT's loss to Sweden in quarterfinals at Rio Olympics in 2016 was its earliest exit ever at a major international tournament ... ( read original story ...)
Before the Tokyo Olympics, watch these 5 revealing movies set at the 1964 games
Tokyo Olympiad,” a crime melodrama, a Cary Grant rom-com, a nostalgic anime and a new documentary offer timely POVs on the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Japan Household Appliance Market 2021: Report Forecasts The Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Business And Future Opportunity
According to the report published by Allied Market Research, The Japan household appliance market accounted for $21.19 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach $27.98 billion by 2025, registering a ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin at $22,000? Bearish calls intensify as the crypto sell-off intensifies
For the second time in a month, Bitcoin has fallen below $30,000. This time, the bearish calls for further drops are growing louder. Bitcoin and other digital coins tumbled alongside global stock ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Plummets Below $30,000 As Crypto Market Crashes Amid Delta Variant Spread
The crypto market lost around $100 billion in a day as the infectious Delta variant shakes global markets and confidence in a smooth pandemic recovery. ( read original story ...)
In Japan’s Fukushima, hopes of Olympics boost are dashed
TSUCHIYU ONSEN MACHI, Japan (Reuters) - When it was announced that Tokyo would host the 2020 Olympics, Kunitoshi Abe was thrilled. Coming from a small mountain town in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Cosm Creates ‘Tokyo Origami,’ an Eight-part VR Series Available on Oculus That Will Transport Audiences to Japan
Cosm, a global experiential media and immersive technology company, announced today it is producing an eight-part, 360-degree VR series highlighting the richness and diversity of life in Tokyo. Named ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka tells Megyn Kelly to ‘do better’ after tweets over magazine covers
The tennis star said she shot the magazine covers last year, before she decided to step away from the French Open to focus on her mental health. ( read original story ...)
How COVID-19 is transforming the Tokyo Olympics even before the Games start
The IOC's decision to hold the Tokyo Olympics amid an ongoing pandemic in Japan has presented a plethora challenges — and positive tests for athletes before the Games have even begun. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympic bubble system is ‘kind of broken,’ says public health expert
A Tokyo public health expert says the Olympic bubble system "is kind of broken" just three days before the sporting spectacle is set to begin. ( read original story ...)
Olympics Swimmers Sent Home from Tokyo After Being Told They Hadn’t Qualified
A number of swimmers have also signed an open letter calling for the entire Polish Swimming Federation board to resign over the mistake. ( read original story ...)
Cancelling Tokyo 2020 could have seen Olympic Games fall to pieces – Thomas Bach
Thomas Bach says the Olympic Games could have “fallen to pieces” if the International Olympic Committee had not taken the unprecedented decision to reschedule as a consequence of the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Missing Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko found in Japan
The Ugandan weightlifter who went missing from a pre-Olympic training camp on Friday in Japan has been found. The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) announced on Friday that Julius Sekitoleko had left ... ( read original story ...)
In Tokyo, nerves are frayed and critics are loud, but the Olympics plow forward
Infections in the Olympic Village have raised concerns, but experts say canceling the Games at this stage is almost impossible politically and legally. ( read original story ...)