How are people in Japan planning to watch the Olympic Games? JAPAN Forward hit the streets to find out.
There was synergy in their collective efforts and a competitive seriousness on the faces of Japan’s players from start to finish at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium.
China’s human rights violations and nuclear threat bring back memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that sparked the 1980 Moscow...
“Sports have the power to bring people together,” says Inoue. “The Olympics will go ahead as planned, and all we can do is our utmost to...
Leading Japan’s TV coverage of the Tokyo Games, NHK plans to air more than 1,200 hours of broadcasting across five channels.
In the ancient Greeks’ Olympic Games around 2,800 years ago, an Olympic truce was observed to help secure safe travel to and from the Games. The...
"For women, it’s our time to get involved in every aspect of life. And sports is a big one." ーMarie-Claude Deslières, former Canadian Olympian (water polo)...
The world’s fastest supercomputer, Fugaku, calculates that, if 10,000 spectators observed appropriate measures in the National Stadium, there would effectively be zero new infection. At least...
In normal times, spirited anticipation marks the final days before the Olympics. This summer, cautious optimism for the power of sports to deliver something special clashes...
Many journalists are asking why is the press restricted, even after the 14-day quarantine period?
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...
Team Japan had 338 athletes at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964 there were a total...