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The Los Angeles Times has a new Olympics Telegram channel. The channel, which readers can access via the Telegram app on iPhone and Android smartphones, is a space where you can chat directly with ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s End of the World is determined to break out of the bounds of J-pop to deliver its music to a global audience. ( read original story ...)

Officials discovered that Ugandan athlete Julius Ssekitoleko, who arrived in Japan mid-June but did not end up qualifying for the Olympics, was missing on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

The four-time All Star said she has been having panic attacks this month. "I need to take care of myself mentally and physically," she said. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo residents were treated to an unusual sight on July 16 when a giant floating head appeared over the city’s Yoyogi Park.This footage, posted to Instagram, shows onlookers beneath the hot-air ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports likely soared in June thanks to robust global demand for machinery and technology-related goods and as shipments rebounded sharply from last year's pandemic-induced slump, a Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is hosting the Olympics for the fourth time. The Summer Games were held in Tokyo in 1964. The Winter Games were held in Sapporo in 1972 and in Nagano in 1998. The International Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

A Ugandan weightlifter in Japan who'd been hoping to compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics went missing from his hotel Friday despite COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on athletes, local officials said. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo entered the final Olympic countdown on Friday, but there was little fanfare with just one week until the opening ceremony, as virus infections surge in the Japanese capital. ( read original story ...)

World No 17 Alex De Minaur has pulled out of this month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo after the Australian tested positive to Covid-19. The Australian Olympic Committee confirmed the development following ... ( read original story ...)

The Team USA men's basketball roster is now down a second player ahead of the Tokyo Olympics as Kevin Love has withdrawn from the team. ( read original story ...)

The process I went through to enter Japan do give me some confidence, that the protocols will limit the spread of COVID-19 related to the Olympics. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics will be one of the most unique in history. Here's where the games stand with no fans, strict COVID-19 protocols and new sports. ( read original story ...)

Dr. Shigeru Omi said the next two months will be the "most crucial stage" in Japan's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

As a historically closed off nation, Japan has met the prospect of hosting the Olympics during a global pandemic with a great deal of trepidation over the influx of foreigners and the potential for ... ( read original story ...)

And now I feel like I didn’t really see a lane or a path that I like, and I was at a standstill,” Naomi Osaka says in the third episode of a new Netflix documentary series that gives audiences a ... ( read original story ...)