Tag: Nagoya

Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has blasted her country's Olympic officials over 'whitewashing' in their promotional materials. ( read original story ...)

NJPW announced today that the Wrestle Grand Slam shows in Yokohama and the Tokyo Dome are cancelled. The news comes as Japan battles COVID. ( read original story ...)

Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka picked up the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Thursday with football star Mohamed Salah and Formula One world champion Lewis ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka doesn't need a tennis racquet in hand to win trophies. On May 6, the reigning US Open and Australian Open champion received the prestigious award of Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year, ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will likely not visit Japan this month due to the country's high-alert COVID-19 outbreak, which prompted officials to extend its state of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, JAPAN; People walk past the Olympic rings sculpture near the Japan National Stadium in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games set to begin in July 2021. Mandatory Credit: Yukihito ... ( read original story ...)

Runners for a pre-Olympic test event race through a street in Sapporo’s nightlife district of Susukino on May 5. (Hikaru Uchida) SAPPORO—Residents here were told to stay home while others were urged ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Tokyo and other major Japanese cities will remain under a state of emergency until at least the end of May, less than two months before the Summer Olympics are set to begin, the government said ... ( read original story ...)

As the coronavirus spreads in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, one of the world’s least vaccinated nations is showing signs of strain. ( read original story ...)

Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka were named world sportsman and sportswoman of the year by the Laureus World Sports Academy on Thursday, with Bayern Munich granted the world team of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka picked up the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Thursday with football star Mo Salah and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka said she was inspired by her "role models winning" Laureus awards as she claimed the World Sportswoman of the Year prize in Seville, Spain on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Japan extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas through May 31. The Latest: Japan Extends Tokyo State of Emergency TOKYO — Japan extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of Japan as Covid-19 cases surge, less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics.Restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto had been due ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of Japan as Covid-19 cases surge, less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics. Restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto had been due ... ( read original story ...)

The expanded restrictions come 11 weeks before the scheduled start of Tokyo’s Summer Games, as a fourth wave of coronavirus infections continues. ( read original story ...)