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Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno began the pandemic-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday by firing a fastball off the plate to start a softball game against Australia amid a sea of empty blue and ... ( read original story ...)

A stadium with a listed capacity of 30,000 had about 50 spectators as fans have been banned from the Tokyo Olympics due to COVID restrictions. ( read original story ...)

Host Japan got off to a winning start when the Tokyo Olympics got underway after a one-year delay, beating Australia 8-1 Wednesday in softball behind 39-year-old pitcher Yukiko Ueno, who won the 2008 ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics began in style for the host nation as Japan’s softball team notched a preliminary round victory over Australia. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan can flexibly respond to climate change with its new lending facility, while also limiting the central bank's influence in the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is defending softball gold medalist after upsetting the US in the 2008 final. Softball and baseball were dropped for 2012 and 2016 and restored for these Olympics. The alrea ... ( read original story ...)

Typhoon In-fa is intensifying over the northwestern Pacific Ocean as it begins to impact parts of Japan. The storm is expected to potentially lash Taiwan and parts of China by this weekend. ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports jumped in June led by U.S. demand for cars and China-bound shipments of chip-making equipment, supporting hopes for an export-led recovery in the world's third-largest economy. ... ( read original story ...)

Hector Velazquez and Sammy Solis tested positive on Sunday in Mexico City and were asymptomatic and isolating in their hotel rooms, the Mexican baseball federation said. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s top automaker, Toyota, has announced the withdrawal of all Olympic-themed advertisements from airing locally in response to backlash surrounding the rising COVID-19 infection rates as it ... ( read original story ...)

Sensationalist headlines and the ever-present fear of a phone ping have added to Olympic jitters and clouded sporting anticipation ... ( read original story ...)

Athletes are already testing positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Olympics. Here's what happens when they get that test result ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee said it will continue to monitor cases. Many Japanese ‘in disbelief’ Olympic games still moving forward The chief of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee addressed ... ( read original story ...)

Against great odds, the world's top athletes are about to take the spotlight. Here are some key things to keep an eye out for during the first half of the Summer Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)

Local police are working with the Ugandan embassy on Julius Ssekitoleko's "safe and secure return" home, after the Olympic hopeful weightlifter went missing last week in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The tennis champion reminded the former Fox News host to "do better," according to screenshots of a since-deleted tweet. ( read original story ...)