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’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 ...

The race was started by Naoki Inose, the Governor of Tokyo, and was won by Kenya's Dennis Kimetto and Ethiopia's Aberu Kebede. The event was held just a week before the International Olympic Committee ...

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 ...

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Mikako Kotani, who won two bronze medals for Japan in the 1988 Olympics, has been named the sports director of the 2020 Tokyo Games and will take over from Oct. 1, the organising ...

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 ...

The head of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) Tsunekazu Takeda was placed under formal investigation in Paris last month for corruption, a spokeswoman for the Paris Financial Prosecutor told CNN ...

TOKYO, July 27. /TASS/. Russia won the gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on Tuesday. The squad of Russian athletes was awarded an aggregate ...

The Team Japan House has opened in central Paris for the 2024 Summer Games, featuring an exhibition that explores the influence of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on the current Paris Games. The house will ...