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Japanese poll on Wednesday finds just 16% think Games should go ahead this year but Tokyo committee chief says preparations will continue ... ( read original story ...)

Sailor Eilidh McIntyre says suggestions to delay the Olympics until 2024 could jeopardise the chance of medal contenders. ( read original story ...)

Miho Imada has won international acclaim as a tôji, or master brewer of the traditional Japanese tipple ... ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and surrounding areas. Amid the surging virus, he again promised the postponed Tokyo Olympics would ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government plans to expand a state of emergency it declared for the Tokyo area last week to seven additional prefectures on Wednesday in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, public ... ( read original story ...)

As part of its new strategy, NTT has tied up with the Iwate prefecture city of Miyako, whose energy networks were cut off in 2011 as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Learning from ... ( read original story ...)

Some places have 11 feet of snow on the ground. Here’s an explanation why Japan is seeing such exceptional snowfall. ( read original story ...)

It is Tokyo’s fate to stage the world’s largest sporting event a year later than planned, at a time of global economic uncertainty and amid a pandemic that will be far from over on July 23. Is it ... ( read original story ...)

The chief of Tokyo's Olympic organizing committee said Tuesday it would be "absolutely impossible" to postpone the Summer Games again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Toyota Motor reopened a production line at a Chinese assembly plant Tuesday evening after a two-day shutdown, as the site became the company's second facility affected by a chip shortage slamming ... ( read original story ...)

Can we interest you in a 60-foot-tall Gundam robot that walks and moves? Manga fans and anime tourists looking for a very big (post-COVID) reason to visit Japan in 2021 should really head down to the ... ( read original story ...)

Tensions are running high between South Korea and Japan as the two countries enter a new dispute over maritime activities in overlapping coastal waters. ( read original story ...)

We want to hear your NOC news Contact nocnews@insidethegames.biz The Ecuador Olympic Committee (COE) is set to hold a pre-Tokyo 2020 training camp for its race walkers in Kitami after signing an ... ( read original story ...)

Health officials in Japan have confirmed a third coronavirus variant that is separate from the strains that were first documented in the U.K. and South Africa. The variant was detected in four people ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese electricity prices have soared to all-time highs as a cold snap coincides with tight supplies of liquefied natural gas to raise fears of blackouts in parts of the country. Power companies ... ( read original story ...)

As a 3rd wave of COVID-19 infections drives a widening state of emergency, the government is forging ahead with the Summer Games against the will of its people. ( read original story ...)