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Tokyo is the most gender-equal Olympics in the games' history, organizers said. At the first modern Olympic Games, held in 1896 in Athens, there wasn't a single female competitor. When the 2020 Games ... ( read original story ...)

Anger grows among attendees ordered to self-isolate after contact with Covid-infected person in transit to Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization told sports officials Wednesday as ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympic athlete claimed she was forced to make "a really tough decision" due to the Japanese government's restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Olympics are just around the corner and more than a dozen athletes who are mothers are heading to Tokyo to compete in the Summer Games. Among the superstar mothers going for the gold at this year’s ... ( read original story ...)

A Chilean taekwondo athlete and a Dutch skateboarder are the first known athletes to be ruled out of the Games after testing positive in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Great Britain's women's soccer team performed the gesture against racism just before their game against Chile. ( read original story ...)

Megyn Kelly hit out at tennis star Naomi Osaka, 23, for posing for magazine shoots in light of her revelation that she struggles with interviews. ( read original story ...)

One of Japan's most prominent business leaders says the Olympics are losing their commercial value.Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami told CNN Business on Monday that his company decided against being a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s top automaker Toyota is adding two companies specializing in tiny “kei” cars, Daihatsu and Suzuki, to a partnership in commercial vehicles set up with Hino and Isuzu earlier this year ... ( read original story ...)

Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for two countries to deepen cooperation in East China Sea, where Tokyo has reported an influx of Chinese vessels ... ( read original story ...)

Team GB vs Chile - LIVE!The seventh edition of the women’s Olympic football tournament officially gets underway this morning as Great Britain kick off proceedings at the Sapporo Dome.It is nine years ... ( read original story ...)

Action at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games gets under way in Fukushima, with hosts Japan beating Australia in their opening softball fixture. ( read original story ...)

The United States, Japan and South Korea have reaffirmed their commitment to work together on North Korea’s denuclearization and other regional threats but made no progress in bringing closer together ... ( read original story ...)

On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony, the government’s attempts to curb a coronavirus surge by targeting drinkers is drowning in liquor, frustration and indifference. Japan has asked the ... ( read original story ...)

After a delay of more than a year due to the pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway.Competition began Wednesday morning with Japan's softball team facing off against Australia ... ( read original story ...)