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More than 429,000 people have signed a Change.org petition asking the Japanese government to cancel the Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)

SHIZUOKA, Japan/NAGOYA, Japan/TOKYO -- A Japanese governor whose environmental concerns have held up construction on a segment of a $63 billion ultrahigh-speed-rail project won reelection Sunday ... ( read original story ...)

That meant Japan had no choice but to rely on paper and manual labour, a system that has been largely unchanged for decades and has proved to be extremely inefficient during the pandemic. Only 15 per ... ( read original story ...)

Jon Wertheim reported on Japan’s most fearsome starting pitcher and most prolific hitter, Shohei Ohtani, as he prepared to make the jump to the Majors. ( read original story ...)

Uganda’s team was reportedly all vaccinated with AstraZeneca and tested negative for the virus before departure. ( read original story ...)

In a country where workplaces play an outsized role in people’s lives, Japan is betting that enlisting its largest corporations to roll out Covid-19 vaccines will add fuel to a much-scrutinized ... ( read original story ...)

The once-delayed Games are due to start on July 23 amid concern that the influx of thousands of people from around the world could contribute to the spread of the coronavirus.Athletes will be shuttled ... ( read original story ...)

A member of Uganda's Olympic squad has become the first to test positive for Covid-19 on arrival in Japan for the competition due to start on 23 July. The event was postponed last year, but is now ... ( read original story ...)

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics will be like no other when they open on July 23. And they'll have an idiosyncratic Olympic Village to match. Start with the aptly named “Fever Clinic,” a ... ( read original story ...)

It has been six years since Olympian Aram Mahmoud has seen his family.Mahmoud left Syria to pursue his dream of competing in badminton on the biggest stage in the world -- a dream that is set to come ... ( read original story ...)

Sarah Robertson was once a team-mate of Manchester City's Caroline Weir but finds herself realising her childhood Olympic "dream" in hockey. ( read original story ...)

Sha'Carri Richardson punched her ticket to Tokyo on Saturday, cruising to a win in the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. ( read original story ...)

A coach in Uganda's Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo on Saturday night, according to Japanese officials. ( read original story ...)

A criminal complaint has been filed with prosecutors over the death in March of a Sri Lankan woman who was being held at an immigration facility in Nagoya, central Japan. Masaki Hirata, a Nagoya City ... ( read original story ...)

News; Cabinet Member Okonogi Seen Joining Yokohama Mayoral Race; Cabinet Member Okonogi Seen Joining Yokohama Mayoral Race. News from Japan. Politics Jun 20, 2021 ... ( read original story ...)

A coach in Uganda's Olympic team tested positive for Covid-19 upon arrival in Tokyo on Saturday night, according to Japanese officials. ( read original story ...)