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Obama’s former chief of staff also served as Chicago mayor and joins long list of ambassadors awaiting confirmation ... ( read original story ...)

With a resurgence in tire sales in Japan and overseas, Yokohama Rubber Co. announced a 29-fold increase in business profits through June of this year compared with the same period in 2020 in reaching ... ( read original story ...)

Both Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka have been in the news a lot lately as they have brought up the often ignored topic of mental health in sports. The Olympic gymnast and the Grand Slam-winning tennis ... ( read original story ...)

Sarah Storey has the chance to become Britain's most successful Paralympian of all time at the Tokyo 2020 Games. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will be sending 10 para-athletes to compete in six sports at the Tokyo Paralympics, and here are their profiles. ( read original story ...)

Iran’s 2.46m Morteza Mehrzadselakjani leads sitting volleyball ‘Dream Team’ while Brazil have ‘Paralympic Pele’ Jefinho in football among galaxy of stars in Japan. ( read original story ...)

It’s impossible to know how Sha’Carri Richardson would have fared at the Tokyo Olympics had she debuted as the top American sprinter in the women’s 100 meters race. Or is it? This weekend, the ... ( read original story ...)

Pass Christian’s Cory McGee put her hometown on the map on the national stage at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Now she’s back home and News 25 caught up with the former Pirate turned Hometown Hero. “I’ve ... ( read original story ...)

Ko Pyae Lyan Aung had defied the military junta’s rule at home after its coup, and had gambled he could win the right to stay in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Biden will nominate former ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns to be ambassador to China and former mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel to be his ambassador to Japan. ( read original story ...)

Members of South Korean boy band BTS pose on the red carpet during the annual MAMA Awards at Nagoya Dome in Nagoya on Dec 4, 2019. (Reuters photo) HONG KONG: Nearly a year after it was supposed to ... ( read original story ...)

The International Gymnastics Federation has said its "appalled" by the threats and "hateful messages" sent to the judges from the rhythmic ... ( read original story ...)

The Paralympic flame arrived in Tokyo on Friday as virus cases hit fresh records nationwide just four days before the Games begin. ( read original story ...)

The president has rolled out dozens of ambassador nominees, but so far only one has been confirmed by the Senate. ( read original story ...)

Historians aren’t actually sure that Nero caused or neglected a fire that consumed much of ancient Rome. Historians, however much they’d like to, won’t be able to deny that President Biden bears ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden is nominating former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador to China and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to serve as his envoy to Japan. ( read original story ...)