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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday he had agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call to strengthen their bilateral alliance, as China expands its economic and military ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will need to deliver about 870,000 injections a day to inoculate half its population by the time of the Tokyo games. ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee is fully concentrated and committed to the successful organisation of the Tokyo summer Olympics this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, IOC President Thomas Bach ... ( read original story ...)

Paris Olympics will go ahead as scheduled regardless of the fate of this year's Summer Games in Tokyo amid the COVID-19 crisis, the French organising committee said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

The IOC is adamant the Tokyo Olympics will be held this year despite the pandemic. So, too, are Japanese organizers. Now hear it from the man who represents the track and ... ( read original story ...)

Unlike the walls of the new Osaka Castle, built with processed rocks stacked up to around 30 meters high, the excavated wall mainly uses unprocessed rocks. ( read original story ...)

Whether the beleaguered Tokyo Olympics begin as planned this July could come down to support from the United States and its new president, the Wall Street Journal quoted Tokyo Organising Committee ... ( read original story ...)

The spread of the coronavirus has had a major impact on people's lives and activity everywhere. People living on the streets here in Japan' ... ( read original story ...)

The organizers of the Summer Olympics hope a positive message from the U.S. would be influential with a skeptical Japanese public and reassure other countries that aren’t sure about sending athletes ... ( read original story ...)

Police shot a 63-year-old man who attacked them with a knife outside an apartment in Yokohama on Tuesday. Police said they received a call at around 7 a.m. on Tuesday about a suspicious man lurking in ... ( read original story ...)

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis sent a letter to the IOC pushing for his state to get the Games if Tokyo bows out. ( read original story ...)

It looks like Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka are going to be missing one of the biggest WTA event on the Tour this year. ( read original story ...)

A male priest at a shrine in this western Japan city that has gained popularity on social media as a place with spiritual energy was arrested･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka and other tennis players honor the great LA Laker's shooting guard, 'Black Mamba' Kobe Bryant. ( read original story ...)

Playbook. This is the rule book that the IOC and Tokyo organizers are set to roll out next week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes ... ( read original story ...)

The birthplace of Japanese soy sauce, Wakayama prefecture -- south of the city of Osaka -- offers an unexpectedly diverse abundance of flavors. Here are 10 food-related reasons every Japan traveler ... ( read original story ...)