The corruption tarnishes the outstanding performance of the Tokyo Olympics athletes. Authorities must ensure such will not reappear.
Japanese sports officials owe it to the athletes and the sports world to investigate the cases of corruption themselves, and not just leave it to prosecutors.
Prosecutors are getting to the bottom of the scandal involving a few individuals. So don’t let the “power of sports” generated by the Games be diminished.
The one-year anniversary is the time to consider the tangible and intangible assets the Tokyo Games left behind and how they can help society in the...
Since 1946, Mataro Ningyo has been making dolls that reflect the highlights and newsworthy people of the year, in a fun way to remember the year...
The Summer Games also exposed various inadequacies in Japanese emergency abilities and distortions in postwar Japanese society.
The Olympic flame is no longer flickering in the nation’s capital, but so many memories remain vivid and meaningful.
It is appalling that Lukanshenko’s dictatorial behavior has reached the point where an athlete representing her country is so terrified that she refuses to return home.
After festival music, pomp and circumstance, the last moment saw the monitors on the screen read a huge “ARIGATO” (thank you), with multicolored fireworks in the...
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra became the second-ever gold medalist for the country in an individual event.
Everyone shouted as if they were cheering for their own country's athlete. Some of them watched him in awe with their eyes shining with tears.
There’s an Olympic flame powered by zero-carbon hydrogen, fuel cell and electric vehicles, recycled metals and materials with recycled threads ー Tokyo 2020 is also an...
