Japan has reported over 1,000 coronavirus cases with 12 recorded deaths but the organizers and the IOC are confident the Olympics will go ahead as scheduled. The Olympics governing body said it ...

TOKYO, Japan — With just over two weeks of events, the closing ceremony has wrapped up the Olympic Games for Tokyo 2020. The long-awaited games had to be delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wipes his nose as he holds a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, March 28, ...

The protocols include regular testing and temperature checks. TOKYO and LONDON -- Olympics organizers unveiled on Wednesday the first of a series of "playbooks," step-by-step guides for key ...

TOKYO — All fans will be barred from the Paralympics in Japan because of the coronavirus pandemic, just as they were from the recently completed Tokyo Olympics, organizers said Monday. There were a ...

A year later than scheduled, Tokyo 2020 officially began with an understated and respectful opening ceremony on Friday. The event at the main stadium took place with no general spectators and a ...

The Team Japan House has opened in central Paris for the 2024 Summer Games, featuring an exhibition that explores the influence of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on the current Paris Games. The house will ...

A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday. Haruyuki ...

In 1913 Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, created one of the most recognisable logos in the world. The symbolism of the five coloured interlocking rings,... The Tokyo ...