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One of the first sports to play at the 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo is volleyball, and the women's team features two stars from Colorado making their Olympic debuts.Haleigh Washington: The 25-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

Speaking ahead of the Games, which are due to start in 10 days, Yuriko Koike said the city was ready to "press ahead," thanks to a low death rate and a decline in seriously ill COVID patients. The ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo warned that China’s rapid military expansion was threatening to upset the balance of power between Beijing and Washington. ( read original story ...)

Japan has for the first time signaled the importance of Taiwan to its national security in an annual defense report, which also highlights an increasingly assertive China as its main threat. The ... ( read original story ...)

First lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo later this month for the 2021 Olympic Summer Games, her office announced Tuesday after questions as to whether the trip could happen due to Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Tokyo for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Summer Games on July 23, the White House said on Tuesday, leading a delegation that will not include her husband, U.S ... ( read original story ...)

"It is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever," Japan said in its annual defense white paper. ( read original story ...)

Joint leaders Hakuho and Terunofuji continued their unbeaten march at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, brushing aside ra ... ( read original story ...)

While the discovery of Alice Hodgkinson’s body had made headlines in the British media, Kanagawa police had remained silent on the issue, as the investigation was ongoing. ( read original story ...)

The 2021 World Triathlon Championship Series and Para Series Yokohama were the first events of their kind to be delivered under the ‘bubble’ restrictions this year, taking place with less than 10 ... ( read original story ...)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has called Tokyo the "best ever prepared city" to host the Olympics with 10 days to go until the opening ceremony. ( read original story ...)

"It can only inspire the next generation," says out athlete Poppy Starr Olsen, who is competing for Australia. ( read original story ...)

Three-time world champion Peter Sagan will miss the Tokyo Olympics after he had surgery to treat an infection in his right knee that occurred following a crash at the Tour de France. ( read original story ...)

Japan will send a third batch of donated COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan this week, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday, in a further show of support for the Chinese-claimed island ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Tuesday that a sufficient number of hospitals combined with a speed-up in the vaccination rollout among the elderly meant the city will be able to hold "safe and ... ( read original story ...)

This was Bach's first face-to-face meeting with the committee since finishing his three-day quarantine after arriving in Tokyo.Organizers last week announced that spectators would be banned from ... ( read original story ...)