The world put faith in Japan’s COVID-19 countermeasures and its ability to prepare. To host an Olympics with no spectators is an embarrassing catastrophe for the...
Sapporo is hosting the Olympic marathons and walking races. The city is no stranger to the Olympics. In 1972 it staged the first Winter Games in...
The Olympic torch made its rounds around Saitama from July 6-8, its last leg before Tokyo, as runners on foot, horseback, bicycle, train, and boat represented...
“If the Games can be a time where people can see how much effort the athletes have put in and collectively have the courage to move...
Protesters ignore Major League Baseball, Wimbledon, and the Euro 2020 soccer tournament, which are all happening in the U.S. and the U.K, despite their higher number...
Runners on July 5 in Ibaraki include Shotaro Yo, a visually-impaired shamisen player, and Keiji Suzuki, a judoka who won a gold medal during the 2004...
According to the JASDF, they will be using smoke in five colors ー blue, yellow, black, green, and red ー to depict the interlaced rings symbolizing...
A unique challenge for a unique set of the Games. Find out how Japan is expanding in a range of technologies to improve the experience of...
“Magic uses assumptions to show strange things happening. Similarly, Olympic athletes can sometimes narrow their field of view when they make assumptions.” – Shogo Shimura.
“There is no event which is as unifying as the Olympics,” said the foil specialist in an interview.
The Sanriku Railway was particularly heavily damaged in 2011 and only restored full operation in 2019. Now it is seen as a symbol of hope.
Official merchandise brought $31 million USD in revenue from the 2016 Rio Olympics and $119 million USD from London to the Organising Committee of the Olympic...