Japan Marks Three Years To Tokyo 2020 As Issues Linger
Japan Monday marked three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with celebrations and fanfare -- even as organisers struggle to ...
Tag: The 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo 2020 Living With Spectre of Killer Quake
For modern Olympic host cities, the twin threats of terrorism and financial ruin constantly loom. But spare a thought for ...
Britain’s Johnson Meets High-Tech Robots In Japan
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday shook hands with one of Japan's high-tech robots, a humanoid candidate to carry ...
US Women’s Football To Host Japan, Aussies, Brazil In New Event
Reigning Women's World Cup champion United States will host top-10 rivals Australia, Japan and Brazil in a new tournament this ...
Athletes Warn Coates To Bring In AOC Change
Australia's athletes say they will hold John Coates to account after the country's most powerful sports figure was returned as ...
Coates Wins Bitter Fight To Remain Australian Olympic Chief
Long-time Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates on Saturday beat off challenger Danni Roche to remain the president of the ...
Bitter Rift Rocks AOC As Coates Fights For Olympic Job
Powerful Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates is facing a crisis as he seeks re-election, with the organisation rocked by ...
Japan Thanks Retiring Figure Skater Asada
Japan on Tuesday expressed national thanks to former world champion figure skater Mao Asada, a day after she shocked the ...
Flour Power As Japan’s Date Returns To Tennis At 46
As a grimacing Kimiko Date rips another forehand past a male hitting partner less than half her age, all that's ...
Tokyo 2020 Seen Having $284 Bn Economic Impact
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are expected to give an overall 32.3 trillion yen ($284 billion) boost to the Japanese economy, ...