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TOKYO (Reuters) -With two members of the Ugandan delegation testing positive after arriving in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that start on July 23, organisers are seeking to soothe public ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)Simone Biles has secured a spot on the United States Gymnastics team for next month's Tokyo Olympics. The four-time Olympic gold medalist competed at the US Gymnastics Olympic trials in St. Louis ... ( read original story ...)

A UFO research lab has opened in Fukushima to study UFO encounters. The International UFO Laboratory is based in Iino, a rural town known for strange occurrences. The opening of the Fukushima facility ... ( read original story ...)

There is no way there will be zero coronavirus cases among athletes arriving for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, so border controls need to be stict to stop the spread, said Japanese Olympic Committee ... ( read original story ...)

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee earned automatic bids to the Olympics. They'll compete with Jordan Chiles and Grace McCallum on the U.S. women's team. ( read original story ...)

Buoyed by their first win in the group, JDT will be looking for a second straight win against Korean side, Pohang Steelers. Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) have a chance to put some daylight between them and ... ( read original story ...)

And if the games do go on, Americans want the U.S. to participate. Three in 4 Americans think U.S. athletes should take part in the Tokyo games if they go on as scheduled. Even 41% of those who think ... ( read original story ...)

South Korea will look to extend its reign as the dominant force in archery at the Tokyo Olympics and will target a ninth successive gold in the women's team event. Having won 23 golds, nine silvers ... ( read original story ...)

Two Ohio State swimmers have qualified for the Olympic games in Tokyo, albeit for other countries. We'll still root them on. ( read original story ...)

"There's a lot of reasons that I made my Olympic decision," Williams said the day before the start of main-draw action at Wimbledon. ( read original story ...)

The tennis star, who has won four gold medals at past Summer Olympics, did not want to disclose why she's chosen not to play at this year's games. ( read original story ...)

Serena Williams has become the latest high-profile tennis player to reject the opportunity to play at the Tokyo Olympics. The four-times gold medallist had qualified to play in the singles as the ... ( read original story ...)

Restaurants offering foreign cuisines are a part of the daily landscape of life in Japan. Yet what was it that first led these restaurateurs to open shop in an island country in the Far East? A look ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s semiconductor industry has attracted newfound attention as the race to build ever more powerful chips pushes development in a new direction: up. Japan’s concentration of the technology needed ... ( read original story ...)

Boris Becker has criticised Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from Wimbledon over mental health struggles caused by taking part in press conferences. The decision of Osaka, the w ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis press conferences were causing problems long before Naomi Osaka. Simon O’Hagan looks back 40 years to the day that the questions got too much for John McEnroe – and reporters started trading bl ... ( read original story ...)