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Team USA men's basketball advanced to the semifinals with a win over Spain. Rai Benjamin won silver in a 400-meter hurdle race for the ages. ( read original story ...)

The pressure on Chinese athletes to perform has never been higher. Anything less than a gold is being seen as athletes being unpatriotic by furious nationalists online. The BBC's Waiyee Yip reports. ( read original story ...)

Watch the best moments from day eleven at the Tokyo Olympics, including a thrilling sailing gold medal for GB, a history making kayak final and a "mind-blowing" new world record. ( read original story ...)

Yakei took top spot after roughing up Sanchu, the alpha male who had been leader of ‘troop B’ on the island of Kyushu for five years ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Airlines (JAL) on Tuesday posted a first-quarter operating loss of 82.65 billion yen ($756.87 million), an improvement from a year earlier, as pandemic-related cost cuts took effect and travel ... ( read original story ...)

White House greets vaccine target news as ‘Milestone Monday’ while Japan moves to ensure it has enough hospital beds amid a spike in Covid cases ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will hospitalise only COVID-19 patients who are seriously ill and those at risk of becoming so while others isolate at home, officials said, as worries grew about a strained medical system amid ... ( read original story ...)

A man died after being thrown into the Dotonbori River in central Osaka during a fight on the night of Aug. 2, and the suspect is at large. ( read original story ...)

Olympic veteran Brittney Reese adds another silver in women's long jump while Rai Benjamin takes second in men's 400-meter hurdles. ( read original story ...)

In one of track's great rivalries in Tokyo, Raj Benjamin was second to Karsten Warholm, who set a world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Japan will focus on hospitalizing patients who are seriously ill with Covid-19 and those at risk of becoming so while others isolate at home, officials said. ( read original story ...)

A sprinter from Belarus who refused her team's order to fly home early from the Olympics is safe, Japan's foreign minister has said.Krystina Timanovskaya, 24, has been granted a humanitarian visa by ... ( read original story ...)

Holding each other tighter than lovers, the wrestlers smear each other with sweat, spittle and — when they inadvertently cut each other — sometimes blood. Lungs heaving, mouths agape, they huff and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will shift policy to focus on hospitalising patients who are seriously ill with the COVID-19 and those at risk of becoming so, officials said, to avoid strain on the medical system as cases ... ( read original story ...)

You’d probably guess that Nagoya Castle, standing tall in downtown Nagoya, is a symbol of the city, and you’d be right…or at least half-right. While it’s definitely Nagoya’s biggest landmark in terms ... ( read original story ...)

Jamaicans Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and American Gabby Thomas are the favorites in the 200 meter final at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)