2. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOKYO 2020 PRESIDENT, YOSHIRO MORI, SAYING: "In the handover ceremony which will be held in Athens on the 19th (March), the performance by 140 children was planned. But for ...

TOKYO (Reuters) — A Japanese official choked up with tears on Friday as he apologized for the cancellation of Olympic tickets, a moment that crystallized the country’s pain at seeing the Tokyo 2020 ...

TOKYO (AP) — The athletes of the Tokyo Olympics were greeted by a few familiar notes Friday night. Those video game songs that get stuck in your head. An orchestral medley of songs from iconic ...

TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year's Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyberattacks after Britain and the United States accused Russia ...

Dec 7 (Reuters) - Athletes competing at next year's Tokyo Olympics will have a shorter than usual stay at the world's biggest multi-sports event due to tight COVID-19 health protocols, the ...

Gold, silver and bronze will be extracted from donated phones which will help make medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Andrew Lanxon Editor at Large; Lead Photographer, Europe When he's not testing ...

The Games have been postponed to 2021 due to the threat caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Economists Hiroko Ogiwara and Takuro Morinaga told Nikkei Sports they did not like chances of the Games ...

The report comes amid growing calls to cancel the games. Around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have quit, according to public ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...

A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday. Haruyuki ...