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The countdown is on for the Tokyo Olympics.The Games are scheduled for July 23 to August 8, and the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5.The one-year delay has already brought with it plenty of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly fell the most in about a year in February, government data showed, dashing hopes for a pick-up in capital expenditure needed for a private sector-led ... ( read original story ...)

With storage space running out, the prime minister says the move is safe, but fishery groups fear reputational damage. ( read original story ...)

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are reportedly planning to reserve hotel rooms for athletes diagnosed who may contract COVID-19 while at the games this summer. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)

To global private equity funds, particularly those interested in property deals, it represents potential opportunity. For obvious reasons no one is keen to state it out loud, but t. Last month, ... ( read original story ...)

CBC/Radio-Canada is proud to be Canada’s Olympic Network through 2024 and looks forward to providing Canadians with the highest level of coverage leading up to and during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

The world governing body of volleyball, FIVB, created a hub of three straight World Tour events in Cancun to afford teams the chance to qualify for the Tokyo Summer Games opening July 23. Pavan and ... ( read original story ...)

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen from Namie town, Fukushima prefecture, north of Tokyo. Japan's government said Tuesday it has decided to start releasing massive amounts of radioactive ... ( read original story ...)

The diplomats raised no objections, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. On Tuesday, when Japan officially announced that it would put the plan into action, the knives came out. South Korea denounced ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo — Japan said Tuesday that it would start discharging treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean within two years. Officials in Tokyo said ... ( read original story ...)

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it will work with Japan “before, during and after” the country’s plan to release one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed ... ( read original story ...)

Robyn Love has backed Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball stars to deal with the ‘target on their backs’ in Tokyo this summer as they look to make Paralympic history. ( read original story ...)

Researchers at the Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan have developed a device that can diagnose and help to correct postural instability leading to back pain. The technique involves using ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Apr 13 (IANS): Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee returns to play in Japan after nearly five months as he is set to tee it up at this week's Token Homemate Cup in Nagoya, which begins on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

But some things will not change: as planned from the outset, Tokyo 2020 aims to use its reach and visibility to highlight solutions to help create a more sustainable world. A broad-based coalition of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and Germany agreed in security talks Tuesday to expand their military cooperation as the two nations shared concern about China’s increasing assertiveness in the ... ( read original story ...)