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The potential easing of rules around athlete protests at the Olympics is a welcome sign but it would be wise to expect small steps, not miracles, from the IOC. ( read original story ...)

The high school student, saying families should decide for themselves how many hours to spend online, is hoping for a rare victory in a constitutional challenge to Japan’s laws. ( read original story ...)

As central banks dive into the uncharted waters of yield curve control, Japan, the pioneer of the unorthodox policy, is struggling to stay focused on its own yield targets as it looks instead to money ... ( read original story ...)

China said on Wednesday it expressed grave concerns to Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo wants to take the lead among the Group of Seven nations to issue a statement about the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese organizing officials said Wednesday that they want to "streamline" the games, which may include seeking to reduce the total number of participants. They haven't provided specific details. ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee has kept guidelines in place for disciplinary action for athletes who participate in protests, which includes taking a knee, for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

With their first placement between Nos. 1 and 40, Blackpink has now become just the third group from South Korea to score a top 40 hit on the Hot 100. ( read original story ...)

Bayern Munich are set to employ a new tactic in their bid to sign Leroy Sane from Manchester City. Sane has been linked with a move to the Bundesliga giants since last summer, and he appeared to be ... ( read original story ...)

CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday that the rearranged Olympics will "not be done with grand splendour", but will be simplified. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo organizers want to somehow simplify next year's postponed Olympics to keep costs down. Estimates in Japan say the delay alone could cost ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 chief executive Toshiro Muto added that the Olympics will "not be done with grand splendour". Organisers said that they are working on more than 200 ideas to simplify and reduce costs for ... ( read original story ...)

From quiet stories of domestic life to accounts of horrific crime, these books introduce the reader to a vast, almost unknowable city ... ( read original story ...)

According to the Olympic Charter 'no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.' ... ( read original story ...)

The local government of this northern Japan city announced on June 9 that 27, or about 14%, of 193 people who had tested positive for the n ... ( read original story ...)

Mizuho Financial Group Inc has seen coronavirus-related loan requests reach 17 trillion yen ($155 billion) since the outbreak, and is bracing for further demand from companies battling to ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing dismissed as “ridiculous” a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and ... ( read original story ...)