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The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is being pulled off the streets in Hiroshima prefecture as COVID-19 cases rise in Japan barely 10 weeks before the opening ceremony. Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki ... ( read original story ...)

A man wearing a protective face mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walks in a local shopping street decorated with Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flags, in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 2021. ( read original story ...)

Nissan reduced its losses in the January-March quarter as restructuring efforts kicked in, despite damage to sales from the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese automaker said Tuesday. Nissan Motor ... ( read original story ...)

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co on Tuesday said it may double imports of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine to help Japan speed up COVID-19 inoculation efforts that have trailed most wealthy countries. ... ( read original story ...)

The clothing and homewares brand has publicly sided with Beijing in a way that many Western and Japanese companies won’t. ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka wants to play in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics but she isnt sure whether the quadrennial event would go ahead as planned ... ( read original story ...)

Kate Campbell is one of many New Brunswick athletes who have to balance that need to compete with the isolation that comes with travel as they prepare for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games. ( read original story ...)

Opals star Liz Cambage declares that she will play at the Tokyo Games after earlier threatening to boycott the Olympics in a racially-based protest. ( read original story ...)

Japanese, US and French troops kicked off their first-ever joint military drill Tuesday in southwestern Japan, as concerns rise over China's growing assertiveness in the region. ( read original story ...)

Japanese world number two Osaka would be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo. “I’m an athlete, and of course my immediate thought is that I want to play in the Olympics,” she ... ( read original story ...)

A virus state of emergency in the Japanese capital and other parts of the country was extended last week as organisers weigh up whether to press ahead in the face of mounting pressure to cancel the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka admitted she was "not really sure" the coronavirus-hit Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as doubts grew about the Games just weeks before the opening ceremony. The ... ( read original story ...)

IOC president Thomas Bach has postponed a trip to Tokyo due to a surge in cases of COVID-19.Credit:AP The postponement of Bach’s trip comes as tennis star Naomi Osaka, one of the biggest names in ... ( read original story ...)

Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn told prosecutors during questioning on financial misconduct charges before he fled Japan that his compensation was never decided upon, according to records presented in ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. President Joe Biden has chosen former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan, the Financial Times said on Tuesday, citing eight people familiar with personnel discussions in the White ... ( read original story ...)

The Osaka Prefectural Government announced for the first time on May 10 that since January 2020 there have been 18 coronavirus patients who d･･･ ... ( read original story ...)