Paralympic World’s ‘Two-way Player’ Momoka Muraoka Says She ‘Will Not Give Up’
From Winter to Summer Games: just two months after she started practicing the sport in 2019, Muraoka broke the then-Japanese record in the women’s 100m…
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[Tokyo Olympics] KARATE: Heavyweights Display Mettle, Muscle on Final Day of Tournament
Ryutaro Araga earns a bronze medal in the men’s kumite over-75 kg division, with other matches also providing excitement for fans worldwide. Paul Martin, for…
Olympics: Gratitude Pours In for Softball Coaches Praising Fukushima Peaches
“It was a shame that the media could not see what a safe and wonderful place Fukushima is.” ー U.S. softball team coach Ken Eriksen….
Canadian Olympics reporter falls in love with 7-Eleven in Tokyo, charms Twitter with convenience store odyssey
Whatever reservations one may have about the quality of convenience stores in their home country, it doesn’t take a very long trip throughout Japan to…
OLYMPIC DIGEST: Surfing Makes Dynamic Debut at Summer Games
Surfing is among four new sports added to the Olympic program for the Tokyo Games. The others are sport climbing, skateboarding and karate. By JAPAN…
These impressive photos of the Olympic Torch look like CG imagery or a scene from an anime
After the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the Olympic Flame was transferred to a new location in the Daiba 台場 neighborhood of Tokyo. The…
Japan’s Blue Impulse aerobatic team skywrites colorful Olympic rings over the skies of Tokyo
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will be held in just a few hours (at the time of writing) at 8:00 p.m. on July…
Will Japan’s Extended State of Emergency Work For or Against the Tokyo Olympics?
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said the Tokyo Olympics will be “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Will that light ever…
Head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Yoshiro Mori, Makes Misogynist Remark
The 83-year old president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and former Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori, made an unfortunate…
Akira predicts the 2020 Olympics and its cancellation
Akira is a 1988 full-feature anime based in a post-apocalyptic “Neo Tokyo.” In the cult-classic, director Katsuhiro Otomo was incredibly successful at bringing a gritty,…
Tokyo 2020 holds Olympic Torch Relay Rehearsal
Tokyo 2020 held an Olympic Torch Relay rehearsal in three cities earlier this month in order to work out and fix any potential problems that…
Refugee Athlete to take part in Tokyo Marathon 2020
Yonas Kinde, a refugee athlete has been chosen as an elite runner for the Tokyo Marathon. According to the UNHCR This will be the first…
Olympic 2020 games to go ahead despite COVID-19 concerns
Despite ongoing fears of the spread of the coronavirus, organisers of the 2020 Olympic games say the event will be going ahead as originally planned….
Countdown to Tokyo 2020: Japan’s Arts and Culture Also Prepare for the Olympics Stage
Yukako Ueki for JAPAN Forward The six-month countdown to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games started on January 24, and the athletes are working hard in…
Feeling The Heat: Japan Uses The 2020 Olympics to Further Climate Awareness
As the 2020 Olympics draw near, excitement is becoming palpable. Results from ticket lotteries are being announced, hotels are being booked, and qualifying rounds are…