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Japanese companies have joined the effort to speed up the country's lagging coronavirus vaccine rollout before the Tokyo Olympics begin next month ... ( read original story ...)

A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan February ... ( read original story ...)

The first batch of Irish athletes have been officially selected for next month’s Tokyo Olympics. F ive marathon runners and two 50k race walkers will compete in Sapporo in the first week of August. In ... ( read original story ...)

Seniors visit a mass vaccination center in Tokyo's Otemachi district on May 24. (Hikaru Uchida) The eligibility criteria for getting a coronavirus vaccine at mass vaccination centers operated by the ... ( read original story ...)

Paul Pollock, Kevin Seaward and Stephen Scullion will compete in the marathon for Ireland at the Tokyo Games in August. ( read original story ...)

Japan's vaccine programme chief, Taro Kono, said on Tuesday he hoped the daily COVID-19 vaccination rate would hit one million by the end of June. ( read original story ...)

Japan's lower house of parliament voted down on Tuesday a no-confidence motion brought against the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga by opposition parties angered over its refusal to extend the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's trade minister said on Tuesday he was not planning to order up a probe into allegations made by an independent investigation that his ministry helped Toshiba Corp (6502.T) pressure foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Meeting of leaders at G7 reportedly cancelled over Seoul’s decision to stage exercises around Dokdo islands, which are also claimed by Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will send 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday. The shipment of AstraZeneca PLC vaccines produced in Japan are due to arrive ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy likely grew and avoided slipping into recession this quarter but an extension of emergency measures to stem a rise in coronavirus infections has dented the growth outlook, a Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo organizers plan on distributing about 150,000 condoms at the Summer Games next month, according to a Reuters report. The condoms are, well, just another part of the Tokyo souvenir swag bags. ( read original story ...)

Titmus is closing in on multiple world records ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, and she even said some words to fuel the rivalry with Ledecky. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy likely grew and avoided slipping into recession this quarter but an extension of emergency measures to stem a rise in coronavirus infections has dented the growth outlook, a Reuters ... ( read original story ...)

Japan on Tuesday denied a media report that South Korean President Moon Jae-In is arranging a visit to Japan timed with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as well as talks with Japanese Prime Minister Suga. ( read original story ...)

On Saturday afternoon, on the eve of the meet that would define her swim career to that point, Torri Huske began an answer to a simple question from her coach — “How are you feeling?” — with a pair of ... ( read original story ...)