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Japan's Olympic teams have a plan to stop voyeuristic creeps
Japan's Olympic athletes will wear new uniforms that block infrared cameras, preventing voyeurs fro…
Grace Eliza Goodwin  Â
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As Japan suffers another wave of COVID lockdowns and struggles to vaccinate its people, new poll shows more than 80% of citizens don't want the Olympics to go on
Some even took to the streets of Tokyo to protest against the Games - which are set to go on even a…
Cheryl Teh  Â
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Afraid that its athletes may eat contaminated ingredients from Fukushima, South Korea created its own Olympic food program. Japan is not impressed.
South Korea launched its own food program for its athletes and delegates in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics…
Matthew Loh  Â
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An American softball player hit a walk-off home run in her first Olympics to help Team USA avenge its 2008 final loss to Japan
Kelsey Stewart hit a walk-off home run in the seventh inning to give Team USA a 2-1 win in its firs…
Jackson Thompson  Â
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Tokyo Olympics president is expected to resign after saying women 'talk too much' and some fear this will force the games to be canceled
The move could put the Tokyo Olympics at risk, as the dearth of leadership could further derail an …
Meredith Cash  Â
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Richard Koo's Explanation Of The Significance Of Tokyo Winning The Olympics Is Fascinating
There was a strong sense that the victorious bid was the result of efforts by "Team Japan." Instead…
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Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021, date yet to be decided
The Olympic flame will continue to stay in Japan.
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Here's when and where the next Olympics will take place
The Austrian cities of Graz and Schladming, Turkey's Erzurum, Switzerland's Sion, Sapporo in Japan,…
Alan Dawson  Â
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Overseas spectators will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers say
Olympic and Paralympic tickets purchased by overseas residents will be refunded, due to the decisio…
Zahra Tayeb  Â
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13-year-old Momiji Nishiya wins gold in Olympics women's street skateboarding, becoming one of the youngest gold medallists in Olympic history
Momiji Nishiya is Japan's youngest gold medallist ever.
Vanessa Gu  Â
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Japan is lifting COVID-19 restrictions for Tokyo one month before it hosts the Olympics
Japan will lift the state of emergency on June 20, Reuters reported. The Olympics are due to begin …
SinĂ©ad Baker  Â
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The Olympics chief insists the Tokyo Games will go on this summer, despite a COVID-19 surge in Japan and doctors calling for a cancelation
Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics would be safe for the country and participati…
SinĂ©ad Baker  Â
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North Korea says it's skipping the Tokyo Olympics just hours after Japan announced it would be extending sanctions against it
North Korea says it's skipping the Tokyo Games because of COVID-19 concerns.
Cheryl Teh  Â
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North Korea has become the first country to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics, citing COVID-19 fears
The country said it made the decision to protect its athletes from the "world public-health crisis …
Alexandra Ma  Â
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Senior Japanese official says canceling Olympics is an 'option'
The official made these comments in light of rising COVID cases in Japan. The country is now less t…
Cheryl Teh  Â
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Japan's COVID-19 cases are surging with less than 90 days until the Tokyo Olympics
Japan has declared a state of emergency due to surging COVID-19 cases as they attempt to limit the …
Jackson Thompson  Â
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The State Department is warning Americans not to travel to Tokyo ahead of the Olympics
There have been mounting calls inside Japan, where only 3.5% of the population has been vaccinated,…
Sarah Al-Arshani  Â
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Pfizer is donating COVID-19 vaccines to Tokyo Olympics athletes
Japan is fighting a surge in coronavirus infections, prompting questions over how it can safely hos…
SinĂ©ad Baker  Â
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The Japanese government will ban overseas spectators from attending the Tokyo Olympics
A poll in January revealed that only 16% of Japanese people think the Olympics should go ahead this…
Barnaby Lane  Â
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The lawyer leading a campaign to cancel the Olympics says he's 'fighting for these precious lives' that will be lost if the Tokyo games go on
"The reality is people are dying," Kenji Utsunomiya, whose Change.org petition has received nearly …