OLYMPICS/ Tokyo talks of simplifying, but no specifics so far

One thing is certain: Tokyo organizers want to somehow simplify next year’s postponed Olympics to keep costs down. Estimates in Japan say the delay ... be absorbed by Japanese taxpayers. Read More

Japan’s top currency diplomat says weak yen has merits and demerits for economy

Japan’s top ... economy) from a weak yen. It’s hard to say which is bigger, because the pros and cons of a weak yen differ for each entity.” Kanda’s comments highlight a shift in Tokyo ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics softball in review: Japan tops USA for gold ... just like last time

the action on the field in Tokyo remained as competitive as ever. It was the second straight Olympics the U.S and Japan squared off for Olympic gold and the host nation was not going to allow their ... Read More

Tokyo Olympics name Mikako Kotani as new sports director

The organizing committee of the Tokyo ... at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. She replaces Koji Murofushi, who is becoming Japan’s Sports Agency commissioner, a position in the Japanese government. Read More

Japan to track visiting foreign media with GPS during Olympics

Japanese authorities plan to strictly monitor the movements of foreign media coming to cover the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics ... beginning when they arrive in Japan. The Tokyo organizing ... Read More

Japan downgrades economic assessment

TOKYO: Japan has revised down its assessment of the economy for February following a drop in the composite index of coincident economic indicators, according to a government report. According to the ... Read More

Hydrogen vehicle filling station opens at former Tokyo Olympics site

Story by Kyodo News • 13h O ne of Japan's largest hydrogen filling stations for fuel cell vehicles opened Wednesday at the former site of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics main athletes village ... Read More

'Olympics on steroids' CEO says they'll have stewards on call in case of overdosing athletes

The CEO of the Enhanced Games — dubbed the "Olympics on steroids" — said there ... The controversial sporting event, which organizers say could be held for the first time next year, is pushing ... Read More

JAPAN: 1940 Olympics

While Germany prepares to hold the 1936 Olympic Games, the world’s two other great troublemaking nations, Italy and Japan, have been quarreling bitterly for the honor of the 1940 Olympics. Read More

Summer Olympics

we turned to pro surfer and Japanese national Masatoshi “Mar” Ohno. Tristan Rennie is hoping to qualify as a skateboarder for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. We spoke with him about ... Read More

Indian CEO delivers Japanese rice crackers to the world

Lekh Raj Juneja is not your average rice cracker company CEO. Born in India, he came to Japan ... Japanese rice crackers from Niigata Prefecture to eight billion people around the world," he says. Read More

Novak Djokovic Advances to Quarterfinals at Tokyo Olympics

Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men's singles tennis player in the world, is into the quarterfinals at the Tokyo Olympics. Djokovic defeated Spain's Alejandro Davidovich 6-3, 6-1 in the third ... Read More