China’s Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the 2020 Olympics There were early gold medals for China, Iran and South Korea on a sweltering...
The first medal ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics featured smiles behind the masks The morning after the delayed Games had opened with a scaled-back and sombre...
World No. 2 tennis player, Naomi Osaka, who represents Japan, was given the honour to serve as the final Olympic torchbearer for the Tokyo Olympic Games,...
The Olympics Opening Ceremony officially kicked off the Tokyo 2020 Games, which were initially delayed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At...
The Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games started today, Friday 23rd July in Tokyo, Japan. The Games which is not open to fans – the very...
Jill Biden has landed in Tokyo, Japan ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2021 summer Olympic games. This marks her first solo trip abroad as...
United States forward Megan Rapinoe said they “got bopped” and did “dumb stuff” as they lost their opening match to Sweden at the Olympic Games. The...
A Ugandan athlete has gone missing after he arrived in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics. Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old weightlifter went missing from his pre-Olympic training...
Athletes have been dressing their balconies with team banners in Tokyo The chief of the Tokyo Olympics accepts athletes are “probably very worried”, after a Games-related...
The state of emergency will last until 22 August The Olympic Games in Japan are to be held without spectators due to rising cases of coronavirus....
Alice Dearing, pictured wearing a Soul Cap, will be the first black woman to represent Great Britain in an Olympic swimming event at Tokyo 2020 A...
Rescue teams battling heavy rain pulled survivors from their ruined homes on Sunday after a landslide struck the Japanese coastal city of Atami. Authorities said an...
A huge mudslide left homes buried in Atami Twenty people are missing in central Japan after a huge landslide hit Atami city following heavy rainfall. Video...
A giant panda has given birth to twin cubs at a Japanese zoo. Shin Shin gave birth to the cubs on Wednesday, Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo announced....
Nato has warned of China’s military strength, but said it did not want a new Cold War with China China has accused Nato of slandering its...
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: The Games will be going ahead 100% Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto is “100%” certain the Olympics will go ahead, but warned...
The state of emergency will now remain in place until the end of the month A state of emergency has been extended in several regions of...
Japan has approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. The water...
Japan’s biggest airline is offering first-class dining on a parked plane at $540 (£392) a meal. All Nippon Airways (ANA) started offering the service on Wednesday...
The cherry blossom season, Japan’s traditional sign of spring, has peaked at the earliest date since records began 1,200 years ago, research shows. The 2021 season...