"Everyone wants the economy to recover, and to return to their daily lives. The Olympics are a chance to show that it is possible to get...
They are upset that Sohn Kee-chung (Son Kitei) is listed as a Japanese Olympic gold medalist. He wore Japan’s flag at the time — Korea didn’t...
The latest edition of the athletes’ playbook should “make both Japanese citizens and athletes feel safe,” says the Games’ delivery officer, Hidemasa Nakamura.
There are approximately 130 million karate enthusiasts across 194 countries and regions. Usami’s kata has been described as the “most beautiful in the world.”
Japan has much more to lose than money. The international trust in Japan and the Japanese people will be hard to regain once lost.
The Tokyo Organizing Committee will decide the specific number of spectators for various venues by late June. A ticket lottery is under consideration.
These men and women continue to train despite their anxieties, thinking of the legacy they will leave for Japanese society. If they leave it to others...
JUDOs chairman and Japan’s national men’s judo team coach Kosei Inoue says the visiting athletes’ growth will raise the level of judo in the world and...
In another issue polled, the government gets firm public support for stronger action on China’s human rights violations.
Towards the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the world tolerated China’s crackdown on Tibetans. Now it is Uyghurs, Hong Kong and more. Let’s not repeat the same mistake...
There are still many skeptical voices in Japan over the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics – which has been postponed due to...
The grandson of a Hiroshima atomic bomb victim who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics has spoken publicly about his grandfather’s life in order to...