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TOKYO: 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. Gangjee, who won ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA -- With the announcement that new coronavirus infections in this western Japan prefecture exceeded 1,000 people on April 13, a sense of crisis has spread inside the Osaka Prefectural Government ... ( read original story ...)

With 100 days to go until the Games, already postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, questions remain over how Tokyo can hold a massive sporting event and keep volunteers, athletes, ... ( read original story ...)

When 2020 Tokyo Olympics volunteers have in recent weeks asked officials how they'll be protected from Covid-19, given the foreign athletes pouring into Japan for the event and the country's low ... ( read original story ...)

Suga will visit the White House on Friday in a summit that underscores the importance of the US-Japan alliance as part of Biden’s strategy to work with allies to counter Beijing. The US wants to refer ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA: Torchbearers for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics ran through an empty park in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday, after the flame relay was rerouted from public roads due to a sharp rebound in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Osaka Reports Record 1,099 COVID-19 Cases, Mutation Fuels New Wave Osaka reported 1,099 daily infections, a record high for the prefecture, which is home to 8.8 million people and is Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting it with rivals struggling with finances and political ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo pitched itself as "a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2 years ago. “The certainty was a crucial factor," Craig Reedie, an IOC vice president at the time, ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)