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2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
Britain takes home first-ever triathlon mixed-relay gold at Tokyo Games
Alex Yee delivered a superb final leg as Britain won the inaugural triathlon mixed relay gold medal on Saturday, their four-person team completing a wonderful week for the country, after also collecting two silvers in the individual events.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Jul 31, 2021
In pictures: Day 7 of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
It was a day of upsets (Ethiopia's Selemon Barega felled the reigning world 10,000-meter Olympic champion, Novak Djokovicu00a0was denied a gold) and a great day at the BMX races.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
Olympic success gives Hong Kong an emotional lift in hard times
As China clamps down on its civil and political rights, Hong Kong is finding solace and hope in its best-ever Olympic showing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
Day 7 recap: Novak Djokovic's golden dream ends on day of upsets marred by doping slur
Ethiopia's Selemon Barega fells the reigning world 10,000-meter Olympic champion on a day of upsets that saw doping allegations surface at the swimming pool.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
What to watch on Day 8 of the Tokyo Olympics
A Jamaican sprinting legend goes for gold and Japan's men's soccer team begins the knockout round looking to turn some more heads on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Nadeshiko Japan falls short against Sweden in quarterfinal loss
Sweden's physicality and attacking grit overwhelmed the host nation, which fought back from an early deficit but failed to build on promising attacks in the second half.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Record haul: Japan wins men's epee team event for 17th gold medal of the Tokyo Games
Japan took just under a week to earn a national record 17 golds at the Tokyo Olympics, topping the total won at the 1964 Tokyo Games and 2004 Athens Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Olympic athletes are testing rules and taking a knee for Black Lives Matter
The pickup in demonstrations follows the International Olympic Committee's recent decision to relax decades-old restrictions on athlete expression.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
South Korea's An San brushes off hairstyle critics to win third gold
Top-seeded An held her nerve as both her final and semifinal went to shootoffs, downing Elena Osipova of the Russian Olympic Committee to take gold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Japan gives U.S. women's basketball team early trouble but 'bad habits' sting in loss
A'Ja Wilson scored a game-high 20 points and had 10 rebounds as Team USA pulled away from Japan after a tight first quarter to pick up an 86-69 win.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Out from the shadows and into the spotlight: U.S. gymnast Sunisa Lee has her moment
Lee, who overcame injury in 2019 and the loss of two family members to COVID-19, put her own talent on display for all to see Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Judoka Akira Sone wins Japan's 16th gold of the Games, tying national record
Sone threw another gold medal on top of the impressive pile Japan has built on the judo mat at the Tokyo Olympics with a win in the women's over-78 kg final.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Japanese skateboarders hope Olympics will mark a turning point
Skateboarding is often perceived as an activity for rebellious teenagers, but devotees of the sport hope that gold medals by Japanese athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will change that image.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Thrilling — and dangerous — nature of BMX on full display at Tokyo Games
For fans of extreme sports, BMX racing is surely in the top tier as one of the most exciting competitions to watch at the Tokyo Games. It's also among the most dangerous.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. swimmer Ryan Murphy's suggestion of doping darkens mood at the pool
Murphy lost the second of his Rio backstroke titles to Russian Evgeny Rylov at the 2020 Olympics on Friday and the U.S. swimmer then suggested doping had played a part in his demise.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Female sprinters start Tokyo Olympics athletics with a bang
Despite empty stands, world records are bound to be broken.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Tennis chief says sport needs to do more for players' mental health
Tennis governing bodies take mental health issues extremely seriously but are aware that more needs to be done to support players in that area, David Haggerty said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Zhu Xueying leads China one-two in women's trampoline as Japan's Hikaru Mori stumbles
Zhu grabbed gold with a score of 56.635 with compatriot Lui Lingling, the 2014 world champion, just .285 behind to snatch silver.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2021
Olympic COVID-19 fears give way to unseen mental injuries in sport
The measures to keep athletes and officials safe from COVID-19 have also heightened mental and emotional pressures.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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