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The speed at which Osaka's health-care system was overwhelmed underscores the challenges of hosting a major global sports event in two months' time. ( read original story ...)

The U.S. State Department on Monday urged against travel to Japan due to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, issuing a "Do Not Travel" advisory just two months before the Tokyo Olympics are set to take ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has launched vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka, two months ahead of the start of the Olympic Games. Military doctors and nurses are present in Japan's two largest cities to vaccinate ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee is drawing rebuke in Japan after senior officials said the Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as planned despite the ongoing surge in COVID-19. ( read original story ...)

Max Whitlock will lead the Great Britain men’s gymnastics team in Tokyo as he aims to become the fourth man in history to successfully defend an Olympic pommel horse title ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's central government plans to extend the state of emergency until June 20 in nine prefectures including Tokyo and Osaka. ( read original story ...)

Olympic organisers are fully focused on delivering the Tokyo Games and there is no internal debate on whether they will happen, Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said on Monday. England sits on ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka has bore the brunt of Japan's most recent coronavirus surge and officials worry the dire situation will only turn worse as the Olympic games approach. ( read original story ...)

The Olympics may be going ahead, but almost 50 cities have lost their role as a host or training camp base due to delegations being fearful of COVID-19 risks and restrictions amid Japan's poor ... ( read original story ...)

Oita Trinita and Yokohama F. Marinos will trade tackles at the Showa Denko Dome Oita in a matchday 16 fixture in the J1 League. The hosts come into this game on the back of a 2-1 defeat away to ... ( read original story ...)

The Olympics may be going ahead, but much of the celebration and connection that normally makes hosting the Games so memorable is being stripped away as almost 50 cities have lost their role as a host ... ( read original story ...)

Prime minister Yoshihide Suga risks playing host to a coronavirus spike, says Koichi Nakano of Sophia University, Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Hospitals in Japan's second largest city of Osaka are buckling under a huge wave of new Covid-19 infections, running out of beds and ventilators as exhausted doctors warn of a "system collapse", and ... ( read original story ...)

Covid cases in Osaka, Japan's second-biggest city, have increased five-fold in three months with doctors warning the health system is facing collapse and calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has kicked off a massive vaccination drive as hospitals buckle under a surge in COVID-19 cases. The military has set up centres in Tokyo and Osaka, offering thousands of shots each day, ... ( read original story ...)

"We want to cheer up people with the Yubari melons at a time when hardships from the pandemic are continuing," said the president of the company that bought them. ( read original story ...)