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Tokyo, JAPAN; People walk past the Olympic rings sculpture near the Japan National Stadium in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games set to begin in July 2021. Mandatory Credit: Yukihito ... ( read original story ...)

Runners for a pre-Olympic test event race through a street in Sapporo’s nightlife district of Susukino on May 5. (Hikaru Uchida) SAPPORO—Residents here were told to stay home while others were urged ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Tokyo and other major Japanese cities will remain under a state of emergency until at least the end of May, less than two months before the Summer Olympics are set to begin, the government said ... ( read original story ...)

As the coronavirus spreads in Japan ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, one of the world’s least vaccinated nations is showing signs of strain. ( read original story ...)

Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka were named world sportsman and sportswoman of the year by the Laureus World Sports Academy on Thursday, with Bayern Munich granted the world team of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka picked up the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Thursday with football star Mo Salah and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka said she was inspired by her "role models winning" Laureus awards as she claimed the World Sportswoman of the Year prize in Seville, Spain on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Japan extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas through May 31. The Latest: Japan Extends Tokyo State of Emergency TOKYO — Japan extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of Japan as Covid-19 cases surge, less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics.Restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto had been due ... ( read original story ...)

A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of Japan as Covid-19 cases surge, less than three months before the Tokyo Olympics. Restrictions in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto had been due ... ( read original story ...)

The expanded restrictions come 11 weeks before the scheduled start of Tokyo’s Summer Games, as a fourth wave of coronavirus infections continues. ( read original story ...)

Researchers have found that collisions of gas clouds hovering in space bring about the birth of star clusters. ( read original story ...)

A python measuring about 3.5 meters long was found to have escaped from a man's home in this city south of Tokyo on the night of May 6, po ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach's visit to Japan might be "difficult" given the expected extension of a state of emergency due to high numbers of coronavirus cases, Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

Government admits restrictions that had been due to end on 11 May have failed to stop rising infections ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to expand and extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas through May 31 as the coronavirus continues spreading and uncertainty grows about safely holding the Olympics just 11 ... ( read original story ...)