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Tropical storm nears Japan, disrupting Tokyo Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 12:44 PM

Olympic organizers have rescheduled rowing and archery over concerns about high winds from Tropical Storm Nepartak, which is packing gusts of up to 108 kilometers (67 miles) an hour.   Read more »

Man arrested over alleged rape at Tokyo Olympic Stadium

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 19 06:32 AM

TOKYO - A 30-year-old Uzbek man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of raping a woman in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium last week just days before the Games begin, according to police and media reports.  Read more »

Resignation, anger as Japan digests Tokyo Olympic fan ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 09 01:09 PM

With infections rising in the capital, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced Thursday that Tokyo would be under a virus state of emergency from July 12 until August 22.   Read more »

'Not for use': Tokyo Olympic organizers to give away 150,000 condoms

Sakura Murakami, Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 10:04 AM

TOKYO - Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to give away about 150,000 condoms at next month's Games, but are telling athletes to take them home rather than use them in the Olympic village where social distancing rules and coronavirus measures are the top priority. Read more »

Anti-Olympics petition receives over 200,000 signatures in 2 days

Kyodo News
Posted at May 07 03:50 PM

A Japanese online petition calling for the cancellation of this summer's Tokyo Olympics had received over 200,000 signatures as of Friday, just 2 days after its launch, as public fears over the coronavirus pandemic grow with the rapid spread of highly contagious variants. Read more »

Boxing: Top-flight Asian tilt to be scrapped as India battles COVID, says PH exec

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Apr 25 06:54 AM

“More or less yes, (the event in India is off),” Ed Picson, the Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines secretary-general, said Saturday. Read more »

2021 Tokyo Olympics: What are lifter Hidilyn Diaz’s medal chances?

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Apr 20 08:50 AM

After qualifying for the Tokyo Games, Diaz and her team want to fly to Japan the soonest to be able to settle down properly before competing. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics must be 'reconsidered' due to Japan's failure to contain pandemic - report

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Posted at Apr 16 02:16 PM

Kyoto University professor Hiroshi Nishiura, an advisor to the government's pandemic response, urged in a magazine commentary this week that authorities postpone the Olympics one year to allow for more time to vaccinate the public.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 12, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 04:03 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Critics call for Olympics cancellation

Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters
Posted at Feb 12 05:38 PM

A protester during a rally in Tokyo Friday demanding the Games' cancellation and criticizing sexist remarks made by Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori. Read more »

Japan privately concludes Tokyo Olympics should be canceled due to coronavirus: report

Reuters
Posted at Jan 22 10:36 AM

TOKYO - Japan's government has privately concluded the Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Times reported, citing an unnamed senior member of the ruling coalition.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 1, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:18 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Olympic rings return in Tokyo

Eugene Hoshiko, AP
Posted at Dec 01 08:26 PM

A man and a woman look at the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section on Tuesday in Tokyo. Read more »

Virus vaccine key for Olympics go-ahead in 2021: Tokyo chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 23 04:55 AM

The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year's time, organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday. Read more »

Tokyo Olympic organizers on track to secure all venues for 2021

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 08 11:23 PM

The local organizers plan to make a report to the International Olympic Committee on July 17. Read more »

It’s 2021 or never for Tokyo Games, says senior Olympic official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 09:20 PM

High-ranking Olympic official Pierre-Olivier Beckers on Saturday made plain that the delayed Tokyo Olympics "will be held in 2021 or not at all". Read more »