Seiko Hashimoto, the current Olympic minister and a former Olympian, has accepted an offer to become the new president of Tokyo 2020 organizing committee after Yoshiro Mori resigned, NHK reported.
Seiko Hashimoto, the current Olympic minister and a former Olympian, has accepted an offer to become the new president of Tokyo 2020 organizing committee after Yoshiro Mori resigned, NHK reported.
Japan's Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto has shown readiness to be the new president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Kyodo News reported on Thursday.
The Candidate Review Committee of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has narrowed down to Seiko Hashimoto, the current Olympic minister and a former Olympian, as a ca
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture at 11:08 p.m. local time (1408 GMT) on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).The epicenter of the earthquake
Tokyo 2020 organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said on Friday he is stepping down from the post after controversial remarks he made about women sparked an uproar.
Athletes participating in the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be tested every four days and be barred from competing if they return a confirmed positive result, according to a rulebook released Tuesday
The president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee said he may need to resign over comments he made about women if called to do so, the Mainichi newspaper quoted him as saying on Thursday.Yoshir
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday announced a monthlong extension of its COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other prefectures, which was set to expire on February 7.Among t
Protests against a military power grab in Myanmar have spread as far as Tokyo, Japan. Many demonstrations are taking place around the world as the military and former vice president who is now the ac
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Greater Bay Airlines Company Ltd. has formally applied to the Air Transport Licensing Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to operate new ro
The Japanese government has started considering the possibility of holding the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics without spectators this year over concern that the pandemic might not be successfully brough
28:50 The Tokyo Olympic Games, postponed for a year due to COVID-19, are scheduled to begin this July. Organizers insist no matter what happens with the virus between now and then, the
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori dismissed speculations of a possible postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday, adding that a final decision could be expected before th
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, adding that there is "no plan B" for Tokyo Olympics, according to Kyodo News.