TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general manager ...

While the eyes of the world will soon be upon Paris and the sporting competition, we take a look back at the last summer Olympics, which took place in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, and marked the ...

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have seemingly avoided becoming a COVID-19 superspreader event, experts told Newsweek. With the Olympics held amid a state of emergency in Japan and the spread of the ...

The Tokyo Olympics, christened with “2020” but held in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year by the coronavirus, glided to their conclusion in a COVID-emptied stadium Sunday night. A rollicking ...

Two teams will try to end their gold medal droughts in baseball when Team USA Baseball and Japan collide in the gold medal game of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday at Yokohama Baseball Stadium. The ...

Tokyo — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. A rollicking closing ceremony with the theme "Worlds ...

Thirteen years since they met in the bronze medal game at the Beijing Olympics, a baseball Olympic medal is again at stake when the U.S. and Japan cross paths in Yokohama on Saturday. This time, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) — A Japanese official choked up with tears on Friday as he apologized for the cancellation of Olympic tickets, a moment that crystallized the country’s pain at seeing the Tokyo 2020 ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At a U.N. General Assembly meeting packed with global gloom, Japan's outgoing leader highlighted what he cast as a moment of inspiration: the Tokyo Olympics, controversially held ...

Actively engage with international, translated fiction. Recognize and explain the significance of some aspects of Japanese culture and geography. Evaluate legacies of the 1964 and the 2020 Tokyo ...

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 ...

The final women's basketball contest at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo arrives late on Saturday evening. The United States faces Japan in the gold medal game in a rematch from group play. Team USA ...