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International Gymnastic Federation Morinari Watanabe is one of seven candidates running to succeed current International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
OLYMPICS
IOC presidential hopeful Morinari Watanabe calls for changes in marketing strategy
Watanabe is one of seven candidates running to lead the IOC.
The Eiffel Tower and the Olympics Rings are illuminated during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26.
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Paris Olympics were the most followed ever, IOC says
In the home market of France, 95% of the potential audience watched an average of 24 hours of coverage of the Olympics.
World Anti-Doping Agency Director-General Olivier Niggli speaks during the agency's symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March.
OLYMPICS
Anti-doping agency froze out investigators who warned about China
By Tariq Panja and Michael S. Schmidt
The decision by WADA’s leaders to keep its own investigators in the dark raises new questions about WADA's response to possible doping by Chinese athletes.
Peter Westbrook became the first African American and Asian American to win an Olympic medal in fencing at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Dec 2, 2024
Trailblazing Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook dies at 72
By Jere Longman
Westbrook was the first first African American and Asian American to win a medal in fencing at the Summer Games
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe speaks during an interview on Friday.
OLYMPICS
Nov 27, 2024
World Athletics chief 'very pleased' with India's Olympic interest but warns of hurdles
By Sudipto Ganguly
Coe, 68, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, is one of seven people bidding to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee.
U.S. gymnastics team coach Bela Karolyi watches over a training session in Sydney in September 2000.
OLYMPICS
Nov 17, 2024
Famed gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi dies at 82
Known as a strict disciplinarian, Karolyi was a controversial figure at times.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is one of seven people running to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.
OLYMPICS
Nov 14, 2024
Presidential hopeful Sebastian Coe says IOC needs clear stance on gender
Coe believes the IOC is a movement that needs modernizing.
South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji demonstrates her shooting form at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 7.
OLYMPICS / Shooting
Nov 11, 2024
Paris Olympics star Kim Ye-ji takes break from shooting to spend time with family
The 32-year-old shooter rose to stardom during the Paris Olympics — where she won a silver in the women's 10-meter air pistol.
Australia's Raygun performs during the B-girls round-robin competition at the Paris Olympics
OLYMPICS / Breaking
Nov 7, 2024
Australian breaker Raygun retires from competition after Olympic backlash
Gunn previously spoke out against the "pretty devastating" hatred unleashed towards her after the Olympics.
Koki Ikeda competes in the men’s 20 kilometer race walk at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1.
OLYMPICS
Nov 3, 2024
Olympic medallist Koki Ikeda vows to clear name after doping suspension
The Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday that the 26-year-old, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had been provisionally banned for suspected blood doping.

Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

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