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2022 BEIJING OLYMPICS

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 28, 2021
Australia's Winter Olympic team reassured by nation's experience at Tokyo Games
Australia's Chef de Mission for the Winter Olympics says the team's experience at the Tokyo Summer Games has reassured him that the health protocols in place in Beijing will keep his athletes safe.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 27, 2021
Team GB expects fully vaccinated team for Beijing Games
While Team GB is yet to select most of its winter athletes, most of those on the long list of candidates are vaccinated according to chef de mission Georgie Harland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2021
Beijing marks 100 days to Winter Olympics amid COVID-19 and rights concerns
Beijing is promising a 'simple and safe' 2022 Games — although preparations are anything but simple as China battles COVID-19 flare-ups and calls from human rights groups for a boycott.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 26, 2021
Beijing Games competitors to face daily COVID-19 tests in closed loop
Games participants will need to be tested for COVID-19 before arrival, and athletes and team officials must be vaccinated to avoid 21 days in quarantine.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 20, 2021
Shaun White wears age as 'badge of honor' in pursuit of fifth Games
Now 35 years old and hoping to compete in the 2022 Beijing Games, the three-time Olympic champion says he's adapting to his status as the elder statesman of his sport.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Oct 19, 2021
Nathan Chen says he has grown since disappointing Pyeongchang Games
The reigning world champion said he now realizes that every competition is an opportunity to show the work he has been putting into his craft.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 19, 2021
Team USA to have plenty of mental health support in Beijing
Licensed mental health officers will be made available to U.S. athletes competing in Beijing along with therapists and psychiatrists at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 18, 2021
IOC's Juan Antonio Samaranch says Beijing Games about unity
Rights groups have called on the IOC to relocate the Games unless China ends what the United States deems ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 15, 2021
Organizers and protesters gearing up for Beijing Winter Olympics
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will come into sharp focus with the ceremonial torch-lighting ceremony on Monday, but opposition to the Games continues to grow more vocal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2021
Beijing Olympic sponsors face a $110 billion dilemma
Outside of China, politicians and human rights groups have been pushing the companies to use their platform to condemn Beijing's treatment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 13, 2021
IOC's John Coates rules out pressuring China over human rights
Rights groups have called on the IOC to postpone next year's Games and relocate the event unless China ends what the United States deems ongoing genocide against Uyghurs.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 5, 2021
Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid named to Canada's initial Beijing squad
There were no surprises in Canada's early selections given that NHL players are set to return to the Olympics after the league skipped the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 30, 2021
Beijing Olympics to allow spectators from mainland China
Tickets for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be sold to spectators from mainland China only, while unvaccinated athletes must spend 21 days in quarantine ahead of the Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 23, 2021
U.S. will require athletes to be fully vaccinated in order to compete at Beijing Games
A letter written by USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland says the requirement 'will also apply to our full Team USA delegation at future Olympic and Paralympic Games.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 15, 2021
Uniqlo and Sweden keen on podium return after extending partnership
The Nordic nation's Olympic and Paralympic teams became the first outside Japan to be supplied by the fast fashion retailer during the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 8, 2021
China tests Olympic COVID-19 restrictions at National Games
China's biggest domestic sporting event since the pandemic began could showcase some of the coronavirus countermeasures participants can expect at Beijing 2022.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
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.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
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.

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