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A high number of infections and slow vaccination progress have prompted regional leaders to ask that the extension move closer to when the Olympics are set to begin. ( read original story ...)

The spread of the Covid virus in Osaka Japan second largest city with a population of 9 million people is causing what doctors call a system collapse of the city healthcare network ... ( read original story ...)

With two months until the Summer Olympics, doctors such as Saito, as well as nurses and public health experts, have become one of the most outspoken groups voicing their concerns about the Games, ... ( read original story ...)

With less than two months until Tokyo's opening ceremony, scientists are ringing alarms saying that "canceling the games may be the safest option," per a paper published Tuesday in the New England ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Winning a Grand Slam is the ultimate goal for most tennis players but Ash Barty says there is no greater honour than representing your country and the world number one sees the Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese government vessels have patrolled the waters around the disputed Senkaku Islands for 101 days in a row this year—10 days off the previous record of 111 set in 2020. ( read original story ...)

One of Japan’s most influential newspapers and an official sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics called for the Games to be canceled, the latest blow for an event already postponed by a year because of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s government cut its assessment of the economy for the first time in three months, after the country was forced to extend its third state of emergency following a jump in coronavirus cases. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 president said on Wednesday that one positive case for coronavirus was found during Olympic test events late April, but there was no further outbreak. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto ... ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA: A sports car developed by Toyota Motor flew across the finish line to become the first vehicle running on a hydrogen engine, and not merely fuel cells, to complete a 24-hour endurance test. ( read original story ...)

Ahead of the August mayoral election, anti-casino forces are preparing to support a mayoral candidate who will oppose the Yokohama, Japan, IR development and to ... ( read original story ...)

The surge in COVID-19 cases in Osaka Prefecture is threatening to break the local health care system, and the prefecture has decided to formally reque ... ( read original story ...)

Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has backed American lawyer Greg Kelly's insistence he is innocent of any wrongdoing ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is likely to be taken off public roads in Hokkaido, whose biggest city of Sapporo is the venue for th ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese and Olympics officials made clear the Tokyo Summer Olympic games will proceed despite a state of emergency in major cities of Japan. ( read original story ...)