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 ...

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOKYO 2020 PRESIDENT, YOSHIRO MORI, SAYING: "In the handover ceremony which will be held in Athens on the 19th (March), the performance by 140 children was planned. But for ...

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 ...

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 report comes amid growing calls to cancel the games. Around 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers who signed up to help at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have quit, according to public ...

The world No. 3 women's tennis star is becoming a Japanese citizen. Tennis phemon Naomi Osaka will give up her U.S. citizenship to compete for Japan at her Olympic debut in Tokyo. Osaka, who was born ...

Baseball and softball may reportedly be back in the Olympics soon. According to Matt Snyder of CBS Sports on Thursday, “the International Olympics Committee announced that it will recommend both ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Half of the Japanese public think the 2020 Olympics will take place this summer, a survey by the Yomiuri daily newspaper showed on Monday, despite most people opposing holding the ...

Gold, silver and bronze will be extracted from donated phones which will help make medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Andrew Lanxon Editor at Large; Lead Photographer, Europe When he's not testing ...