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Historically, the bad girls are punished. The rule-breakers have to be bound, put in the stocks, carted off to the asylum, silenced. The world has not been able to deal with the non-meek, the un-quiet ... ( read original story ...)

With the Tokyo Olympics a little over a month away, its host city is still under a state of emergency. Japan is looking to ramp up its COVID-19 vaccination effort ahead of the upcoming Summer Games. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Yokohama city concluded on Friday its request-for-proposal (RFP) submission period regarding commercial partners for its tilt at getting a casino complex or integrated resort (IR), as they are ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is considering easing the COVID-19 restrictions in Tokyo and Osaka from June 21, a government official said Friday. Tokyo and Osaka are likely to be kept under a quasi-state of ... ( read original story ...)

The Nagoya Municipal Board of Education on June 10 decided to temporarily halt schoolchildren's tablet use and notified each school of the d ... ( read original story ...)

Last Monday, the coldest tennis player in the game, Naomi Osaka, withdrew from the French Open. Yes, you heard it right — the French Open. But, citing concerns of her own mental health, Osaka later ... ( read original story ...)

Just days after Ms. Osaka left the French Open for mental health reasons, with an ensuing flurry of media coverage, speculation and commentary, the No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty withdrew due to a hip ... ( read original story ...)

The question of allowing any fans at all into Tokyo Olympic venues is still being debated with a decision unlikely to be announced before the end of the month ... ( read original story ...)

Around 18,000 Tokyo Olympics workers including referees and volunteers will be vaccinated from next week, organisers said Friday, as they try to build confidence that the Games will be safe. ( read original story ...)

For the truth is I am trapped in a suffocating pandemic bubble — effectively cut off from interacting with the locals, barred from immersing in the vibrant Japanese culture and even to breathe this ... ( read original story ...)

Ange Postecoglou moves to Celtic Park after managing the Australia national team, Melbourne Victory, Brisbane Roar and most recently Yokohama F Marinos; the 55-year-old spent three-and-a-half years wi ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 would be "grateful" if Group of Seven countries could support the Summer Games going ahead as planned, Tokyo 2020 organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto told a news conference on ... ( read original story ...)

Australia's top swimmers are gearing up for an Olympics like no other in Tokyo next month but first they have to secure their spots on the team at this week's highly competitive trials. ( read original story ...)

UK Sport, which provides funding for GB's Olympians, is also unlikely to set targets. "We only have snatches of times and qualification times. The past 12 months has given an opportunity for young ... ( read original story ...)

Masa Takaya, spokesman of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, discusses steps that the committee is taking to ensure the upcoming summer games will be "safe and secure." ... ( read original story ...)

Senior Olympic official John Coates says a decision on whether spectators will be allowed at the Tokyo Games will be made at the end of June as part of a more general ruling for all sports events in ... ( read original story ...)