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The Australian Olympic track and field team is going into quarantine after they had contact with someone on the U.S. team whotested positive for COVID-19, the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed early Thursday. \\"Members of Au...
The Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony takes place at the Olympic Stadium on Friday (12:00 BST) The Tokyo Olympic Games are upon us. They look and feel different to any other Games of times gone by, but they are here. At last. With an unexpect...
Up to 10,000 Japanese fans will be permitted at Tokyo 2020 Olympic venues, despite warnings from health bosses. Overseas spectators are already banned but organisers said domestic fans could attend providing crowds did not exceed 50% of a ...
North Korea has announced it will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics this year, saying the decision is to protect its athletes from Covid-19. The decision puts an end to South Korea's hopes of using the Games to engage with the ...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The event, due to begin on 24 July, will now take place "no later than summer 2021". "I proposed t...
TOKYO (AP) — Dick Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, estimates there’s a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading virus from China. Pound, in an excl...
In Japan, which is hosting the Rugby World Cup this month, 150 clubs stage competitive matches for players above the age of 40 - and Tokyo's Fuwaku Rugby Club has three over-90s. Of Japan's 120,000 rugby players, about 10,000 are ove...
A piece of graffiti found at a monorail station in Tokyo, Japan, could be the work of British artist Banksy, say local officials. The drawing bears resemblance to a famous Banksy painting "Umbrella rat", which similarly pictures a ...
The mobile phone unit of Japanese tech giant Softbank had a disappointing debut on the Tokyo stock market. The firm raised as much as 2.6 trillion yen ($23bn; £18bn) by selling shares at 1,500 yen each in one of the world's largest eve...
Learn how to live like a local in Tokyo and get to grips with key Japanese customs. Discover how to handle your chopsticks and the best way to show your foodie appreciation. These handy hints from Japanese locals cover everyth...
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Don't forget to wipe before you swipe the next time you are at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Toilets at the airport have been equipped with "toilet paper" that you can use to disinfect your smartphone. Paid for by Japanese...
With athletes and viewers exhausted, the closing ceremony for Rio2016 was passing off as expected... Until Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe popped out of a giant green pipe dressed up as video game character Super Mario, one of Japan's best...
The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo. The colourful ceremony, lasting almost three hours, celebrated Brazil's arts and was held in a wet Maracana. Among ...
AFP –September 28, 2011 The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner took off Tuesday for its new home in Japan, an all-new composite passenger plane the US aerospace giant touts as a game changer in the aviation industry. All Nippon ...