Athletes from around the world compete in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, starting Aug. 25, 2021, until Sept. 5, 2021. (L-R) Alicja Jeromin of Team Poland, Brittni Mason of Team United States and ...

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general ...

TOKYO, June 22 (Reuters) - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021 after being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, cost 1.42 trillion yen ($10.4 billion), nearly double the figure ...

Actively engage with international, translated fiction. Recognize and explain the significance of some aspects of Japanese culture and geography. Evaluate legacies of the 1964 and the 2020 Tokyo ...

Despite the courageous and determined efforts of the host nation, the Summer Games came to a downbeat conclusion in Tokyo Sunday night. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief One year late and staged ...

TOKYO (AP) — The official price tag for the Tokyo Olympics in $15.4 billion, which a University of Oxford study says is the most expensive on record. What else could those billions buy? The ballpark ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...

In this July 25, 2021, file photo, Gold medalist Uta Abe, of Japan, second from left, stands beneath her country’s flag following the medal ceremony for women’s -52kg judo, at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

The 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, are almost here, bringing international sport back into the spotlight just a few short weeks after the Tokyo Olympics ended. Over 4,000 athletes will descend ...

Olympic organizers said Sunday that 27 new Covid-19 cases linked to the Games have been identified. None of them were athletes. To date, Olympic officials have reported 436 Covid-19 cases tied to the ...

Asiya Mohamed after finishing her Rowing training at The Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. [Robin Toskin, Standard] It would take a cold-blooded and cruel-to-the-bone ...

During the men's marathon event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, French runner Morhad Amdouni appeared to deliberately knock over an entire row of water bottles at a rehydration station. Now, after facing ...