Menu
Search
 
September 27, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

OLYMPICS

The Eiffel Tower in Paris
OLYMPICS
Five athletes failed doping tests at Paris Olympics: agency
Around a third of Olympic athletes were drug-tested during the Paris Games this year, with only five positive results, the International Testing Agency said.
Morinari Watanabe, International Gymnastic Federation president, attends a news conference in Aigle, Switzerland, in June 2022. Watanabe is set to stand in the election for the next International Olympic Committee president.
OLYMPICS
IOC member Morinari Watanabe enters presidential race
Watanabe, 65, is one of the seven candidates announced by the IOC to succeed Thomas Bach as president.
French swimmer Leon Marchand waves to the crowd during a parade featuring Olympians and Paralympians in Paris on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
France says final farewell to Olympics with parade on Champs-Elysees
Around 70,000 people gathered for the parade, which featured athletes, volunteers and public sector workers.
Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, in Philadelphia last year. World Anti-Doping Agency officials, furious at U.S. investigations into the handling of positive tests, have sought to exclude Gupta from its board meetings.
OLYMPICS
Sep 11, 2024
White House is drawn into dispute over Chinese doping
By Tariq Panja, Michael S. Schmidt and Jenny Vrentas
WADA has informed the White House that its officials were seeking to bar its representative from any deliberations about positive tests by Chinese athletes.
Uganda's Rebecca Cheptegei competes at the world championships in Budapest in August 2023.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Sep 6, 2024
Outrage and sorrow at death of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei
By Hillary ORINDE
Cheptegei's murder was the latest horrific act of gender-based violence in the East African country, where activists have warned of a rising femicide epidemic.
Children practice tennis at a club in Beijing on Wednesday. Zheng Qinwen's historic tennis gold at the Paris Olympics this month followed a decadeslong surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class.
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2024
China's Olympic tennis glory tracks booming middle classes
By Luna Lin
Zheng Qinwen's tennis gold at the Paris Olympics followed a decadeslong surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class.
Raygun competes in the women's breaking competition at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9.
OLYMPICS / Breaking
Aug 16, 2024
Australia's Raygun says Olympic backlash 'devastating'
Rachael Gunn, a 36-year-old Sydney university lecturer who competed as Raygun, has been ridiculed by some and cheered by others for her unique performance in Paris.
Akari Fujinami leapt into the arms of her father and coach after she became an Olympic champion in the women's 53-kg freestyle wrestling class on Aug. 8.
OLYMPICS
Aug 15, 2024
The emotional highs — and lows — of competing for Japan at the Olympics
By Mai Yoshikawa
From golden celebrations like that of wrestler Akari Fujinami to crushing defeats of stars like Uta Abe, Japanese athletes let it all out during the Paris Games.
Algeria's Imane Khelif after she won her semifinal bout in the women's 66-kg class at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 6.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Aug 15, 2024
Boxer Khelif names Musk and Rowling in cyber-harassment case: report
By Benoit Berthelot and Olivia Solon
Khelif, who won a gold medal for Algeria in women’s welterweight boxing in Paris, faced intense scrutiny during the Olympics over her biological sex.
Smoke clouds in the three colors of the French nationa flag appear at Pont d'Austerlitz during the opening ceremony on July 26.
OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2024
In pictures: One last look back at the Games in the City of Light
From above, below and all sides, the artistry of the world’s best athletes could be seen everywhere at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
Russia has a secret war drones project in China, intel sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a drone production facility of the the Special Technology Center in St. Petersburg on Sept. 19.
As Onosato dominates the spotlight, former sumo stars exit the stage
Takakeisho during a one-day tournament at Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020
Does Sanae Takaichi have a real shot at becoming Japan's first female leader?
Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, speaks during a debate in Tokyo on Sept. 14.
How Taro Kono lost his mojo
Digital minister Taro Kono, who is contesting the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, shows a board saying "accomplishment of reformation" during a debate in Tokyo on Sept. 14.
Does Sanae Takaichi have a real shot at becoming Japan's first female leader?
Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, speaks during a debate in Tokyo on Sept. 14.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
A first look inside the new Nintendo Museum
The Nintendo Museum opens to the public on Oct. 2, but unlike the company's all-ages games, the new attraction may be geared more toward older rather than younger gamers.
People of all ages and sizes scale new heights amid climbing boom in Japan
A climbing wall at a kindergarten in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. The sport has been on the rise in Japan, mainly due to the popularity it gained from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and new climbing walls are popping all over the place.
Why is Shigeru Ishiba so unpopular among his LDP peers?
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba reacts during a news conference ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 6.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
Dealing with rising land vacancies as Japan shrinks
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

mission sustainability vol.12 : Kose Corp.Kose takes pride in creating beauty in the world
mission sustainability vol.12 : Kose Corp.Kose takes pride in creating beauty in the world

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER

Latest News

Suntory to raise monthly wages by 7% in 2025
11 hours ago
In rare retrial, Shizuoka court rules ex-boxer not guilty of 1966 murders
Japan MSDF warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time
CDP's Noda wants to court Nippon Ishin and DPP, but will he succeed?
Jeep’s compact EV debuts in Japan as imported EVs take the lead