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The European Union and Japan on Thursday backed Tokyo's hosting of the Olympic Games this year, with EU-produced vaccines helping Japan in its battle against a fourth wave of infections. ( read original story ...)

Olympic Torch looks set be carried off road in Sapporo next month if, as expected, COVID-19 state of emergency measures remain in ... ( read original story ...)

SOMETHING new and really special arrived with a bang at the White Party at Mombasa Fuengirola on Friday, May 21, Nagoya vegan sushi! ( read original story ...)

One of the world’s biggest tennis stars, Japan’s Naomi Osaka, said Wednesday she will not speak with the media during this year’s French Open because of the toll press conferences take on players' ... ( read original story ...)

The European Union’s two top officials have expressed support for holding the Tokyo Olympics despite growing opposition to the event in Japan because of the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)

Although Japan has repeatedly pledged to hold a "safe and secure" 2020 Olympics in Tokyo after a year-long postponement, it is struggling to contain a fourth wave of the pandemic and preparing to ... ( read original story ...)

A physician representing a Japanese medical body has warned that holding the Tokyo Olympics could lead to the spread of variants of the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government will decide Friday whether to extend a state of emergency across much of the country, nearly two months before the planned start of the delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Two counselors at a child consultation center here were arrested May 26 on suspicion of indecent acts on girls the facility had temporaril ... ( read original story ...)

Officials said the Hokkaido government plans to cancel the two-day relay on public roads in 18 municipalities. ( read original story ...)

Kanagawa police have arrested a 61-year-old man after the corpses of his mother and father were found in their residence in Yokohama City ... ( read original story ...)

Japan pledged on Thursday to keep in close contact with Olympics stakeholders at home and abroad to ensure a safe and secure Games even as it prepared to extend a state of emergency across much of the ... ( read original story ...)

The captain of Russian trawler Amur is cooperating with the investigators of the ship's collision with a Japanese fishing vessel Hokko-Maru 8 on a voluntary basis, there is no information regarding ... ( read original story ...)

The tennis star said people often have no regard for athletes' mental health, and she hoped the money from her fine would go toward a charity. ( read original story ...)

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka announced Wednesday that she will not take part in any press conferences during the upcoming French Open. The No. 2-ranked women's tennis player announced her ... ( read original story ...)

With less than two months until the Tokyo Olympics begin, a group of US public health experts are among the latest to warn that pushing forward with the rescheduled 2020 Games puts athletes -- and the ... ( read original story ...)