The original meaning has become lost, and there is too much emphasis on commercialism and winning at all costs, and excessive nationalism. It has become a...
The host nation finished one medal shy of its Paralympic record, which was established at the 2004 Athens Games.
Suga took over as prime minister in the midst of the challenging COVID-19 pandemic. He navigated Japan through a foreign policy minefield, vaccine rollout and delayed...
The Summer Games also exposed various inadequacies in Japanese emergency abilities and distortions in postwar Japanese society.
Despite their different viewpoints, they all acknowledge the uniqueness of holding the Games during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr. Shigeru Omi, a high profile academic, should take care not to make baseless assertions that Tokyo 2020 increased the flow of people and therefore the...
“It brought home to me how exciting it is to represent your country in sports,” said a sixth-grade elementary school girl after watching the Olympic soccer...
But will the global athletics supremo’s comments give the Japanese capital a big boost in the next few years?
The Olympic flame is no longer flickering in the nation’s capital, but so many memories remain vivid and meaningful.
The ceremony helped the athletes feel the vibrancy of walking down the streets of Harajuku or dancing in a typical Japanese summer festival.
With 58 medals, including 27 gold, at the Tokyo Games, Japan’s Olympians collected 17 more medals than the nation’s previous record. The host nation received medals...
Many athletes tweeted about their favorite food, while at the Tokyo Aquatics Center, the U.S. men’s medley-relay team held up a flag saying, “THANK YOU, TOKYO”...