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The England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has withdrawn from the Team GB women’s football squad with an injury. At 36, the Tokyo Olympics were likely to be her final major international tournament. ( read original story ...)

Japan has a sophisticated system to alert its residents, and Mexico City has ubiquitous sirens. Is California's early warning system ready? ( read original story ...)

In Tokyo and Osaka, the Japanese government is considering reducing the Covid-19 limits. Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the government wants to avoid a return of the Covid-19 outbreak. ( read original story ...)

Goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has been forced to withdraw from the Great Britain squad for the Tokyo Olympics with an injury. The Manchester City and England player, 36, is on loan at US side OL Reign. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is considering easing the Covid-19 restrictions in Tokyo and Osaka from June 21, an official said ... ( read original story ...)

Su Bingtian has confirmed his strong form by clocking 9.98 seconds to win the 100 metres at China's national athletics trials for the Tokyo Olympics in Shaoxing, local media reported. ( read original story ...)

After a scandal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, Ryan Lochte was ready to move on from the sport. A new perspective on life has Lochte focused on Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

So when people take to the streets in large numbers, it gets noticed. The Tokyo Olympics, up until the pandemic, may have been an unlikely target. But with less than 50 days till the start of the ... ( read original story ...)

The games must go on!” insisted Avery Brundage, then-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at a hastily arranged memorial service for 11 Israeli Olympians and coaches murdered by ... ( read original story ...)

CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday gave the Tokyo Olympics a show of public support at a meeting with Japan's Yoshihide Suga and welcomed efforts to ensure ... ( read original story ...)

The aggressiveness that Yokohama Tire Corp. showed during the pandemic is paying dividends today, according to Jeff Barna, president and CEO of the U.S.-based subsidiary of Japanese tire maker ... ( read original story ...)

With a nervous population just weeks before the opening ceremony, Japan is finally getting its coronavirus inoculation program into gear. ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is reviewing plans to build a plant in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, according to a Japanese press report. ( read original story ...)

Spotlighting creators within the fields of music, art and bartending, Sapporo has kicked off the Convergence of Cultures campaign with a mini-documentary that follows two DJs with a mix of Eastern and ... ( read original story ...)

A consortium led by casino operator Genting Singapore has submitted its proposal to build a gambling resort in Yokohama, the Japanese port city announced Friday. The Genting consortium is expected to ... ( read original story ...)

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, a women’s mental health psychiatrist, shares what we can learn from the tennis star’s French Open decision. ( read original story ...)