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Yokozuna Hakuho took another step toward a record 45th Emperor's Cup by dispatching No. 5 maegashira Okinoumi in the final bout of Day 10. ( read original story ...)

Mattel this week released a Naomi Osaka Barbie doll as part of the brand's Role Models doll line and it sold out "due to high demand." ... ( read original story ...)

A new Barbie doll modeled on tennis star Naomi Osaka has sold out just hours after it was released on Monday. The new doll is part of the Barbie Role Model series and holds a Yonex tennis racket, ... ( read original story ...)

The first lady will travel to Japan for the opening ceremony of the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics on July 23. ( read original story ...)

For the second time, Jill Biden will head to the Olympic Games to lead the U.S. delegation. But for the Tokyo Games, she'll do so without her husband, President Joe Biden. The couple led the ... ( read original story ...)

Although spectators cannot attend the Olympic Games this year, fans back home can keep up with everything going on in Tokyo via athletes' TikToks. ( read original story ...)

IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week. ( read original story ...)

One of the first sports to play at the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo is volleyball, and the women's team features two stars from Colorado making their Olympic debuts.Haleigh Washington: The 25-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

Speaking ahead of the Games, which are due to start in 10 days, Yuriko Koike said the city was ready to "press ahead," thanks to a low death rate and a decline in seriously ill COVID patients. The ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo warned that China’s rapid military expansion was threatening to upset the balance of power between Beijing and Washington. ( read original story ...)

Japan has for the first time signaled the importance of Taiwan to its national security in an annual defense report, which also highlights an increasingly assertive China as its main threat. The ... ( read original story ...)

First lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo later this month for the 2021 Olympic Summer Games, her office announced Tuesday after questions as to whether the trip could happen due to Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Summer Games on July 23, the White House said on Tuesday, leading a delegation that will not include her husband, U.S ... ( read original story ...)

"It is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever," Japan said in its annual defense white paper. ( read original story ...)

Joint leaders Hakuho and Terunofuji continued their unbeaten march at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, brushing aside ra ... ( read original story ...)

While the discovery of Alice Hodgkinson’s body had made headlines in the British media, Kanagawa police had remained silent on the issue, as the investigation was ongoing. ( read original story ...)