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The International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government are denying that the already postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be permanently canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Still, a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and the IOC insist the Games are going ahead, but some members of the ruling coalition are reported to have developed cold feet. ( read original story ...)

The head of Japan's national Olympic committee on Friday dismissed media reports that the Japanese government has privately concluded it will have to cancel the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and said ... ( read original story ...)

Three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka signs her third endorsement deal with Work Day ahead of the Australian Open 2021. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has vehemently denied a story that it has privately concluded that this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are doomed, calling them “categorically untrue”. Sources ... ( read original story ...)

The event originally planned for 2020 were delayed 10 months ago following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Officials firmly deny a report that, privately, they know the Summer Games are doomed, but they look increasingly cornered by COVID-19, and public opinion. ( read original story ...)

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has added another sponsor to her burgeoning commercial portfolio after agreeing a new endorsement deal with human resources technology company Workday. Osaka, a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 organisers are hopeful a successful Covid vaccine rollout will allow them to host the Games, as a report casts further doubt on their staging. ( read original story ...)

Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines can help lead to the safe and successful staging ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer. But to pull it off, many believe the vaccination of its 127 million citizens for the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Some members of the ruling coalition are reported to have developed cold feet, but Tokyo and the IOC insist the show will go on. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government has Olympics will go ahead this summer despite reports that the already postponed games will be cancelled amid growing concern about the ... ( read original story ...)

At around 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a customer at a convenience store in Osaka’s Kita Ward found two startling things inside the shop’s toilet: a pair of handcuffs and a loaded gun. The customer ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is determined that the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, organizers said Friday, following an unconfirmed report that cancellation of the Games might be imminent. ( read original story ...)

A total of 20 people became infected in two coronavirus cluster cases that occurred at venues in the western Japan city of Higashiosaka where ... ( read original story ...)