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Japan’s Kaori Yamaguchi, an executive member ...

Japan “cornered” into holding Olympics, says former medalist Kaori Yamaguchi

June 4, 2021 at 9:53 a.m.

Tokyo has been "cornered" into holding the games during the coronavirus pandemic, one of Japan’s best-known Olympians and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee said in an outspoken...

A security guard wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks in front of the Olympic Rings on May 9, 2021, in Tokyo. The Japanese government was quick to respond on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 to U.S. travel warning for Americans against traveling to Japan and denied impact on Olympic participants, as the country determinedly prepare to host the postponed games in two months. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation

May 26, 2021 at 11:31 a.m.

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months.

Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics

May 17, 2021 at 8:19 a.m.

Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the...

Japan National Stadium, where the opening ...

Tokyo Olympics: More tests, no quarantine in updated rules

April 25, 2021 at 9:38 p.m.

Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC are to unveil new plans this week to explain how 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes can compete in Japan when the games open in...

Mori is gone but gender issues remain for Tokyo Olympics

February 12, 2021 at 8:59 a.m.

Yoshiro Mori resigned as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee on Friday after sexist comments made last week in which he said women “talk too much.”

People wearing face masks to protect ...

IOC, Tokyo Olympics to unveil rule book for beating pandemic

January 26, 2021 at 10:53 p.m.

Remember the word: Playbook.

Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee ...

Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics “focused on hosting”

January 21, 2021 at 9:11 p.m.

IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled.

To cancel or not? IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Olympic Games.

January 13, 2021 at 9:15 a.m.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and surrounding areas. Amid the surging virus, he again promised the postponed Tokyo Olympics would be 鈥渟afe...

80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won鈥檛 happen

January 11, 2021 at 7:54 a.m.

More than 80% of people in Japan who were surveyed in two polls in the last few days say the Tokyo Olympics should be canceled or postponed, or say they...

The Tokyo Olympics hit the 200-days-to-go mark

January 4, 2021 at 7:31 a.m.

The countdown clock for the postponed Tokyo Olympics hit 200 days to go on Monday.

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