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Japan considers barring all fans at Olympic events: Mainichi Newspaper

A view of the government office building decorated with Tokyo Olympics flags in Tokyo, Japan, July 5, 2021. /CFP Japan's government is floating proposals that would ban fans from all events at

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Olympic delegates' positive tests spur Japan panel's call for tougher border controls

With two members of the Ugandan delegation testing positive after arriving in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that start on July 23, organisers are seeking to so

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Tokyo 2020 organizers announce criteria for choosing new president

Tokyo 2020 organizers announced five criteria for choosing their new president after the first meeting of a candidate selection committee on Tuesday.The selection panel, headed by Tokyo 2020 Honorary

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Tokyo Olympics facing 'major issue' after chief Mori's sexist remarks

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 15, 2021. /CFP Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday the Olympic Games were facing a "major issue" after t

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Death knell sounds for some of Japan's oldest department stores

Visitors are seen at an entrance of Ebisu Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2020. /Reuters After more than three centuries in business, the Onuma department store in no

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Tokyo Olympics thrown into sharper focus as JOC chief lists challenges

A monument featuring the five Olympic rings in Tokyo Bay, Japan, March 24, 2020. /VCG "We are slowly stepping out to restart our social lives, balancing preventative measures for COVID-19 with

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16 people from All Japan Judo Federation test positive for COVID-19

A judo match is competed between Japanese Nabekura Nami (R) and Agbegnenou Clarisse of France during the women's -63kg final match at the 2019 IJF World Judo Tour Qingd

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Japan faces myriad problems in hosting delayed Olympics

The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games for around a year amid the global spread of the coronavirus has come as little shock to the organizers,

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IOC president takes YOG as laboratory for new sports

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Friday that Wushu's introduction as an official sport demonstrates the Youth Olympic Games's role as a laboratory for new spor