The Tokyo Olympics have officially kicked off with the opening ceremony on Friday evening. The games were delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which will continue to play a part in this year's ...

TOKYO/ATHENS (Reuters) - The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games' 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world's last sporting ...

TOKYO - Jill Biden embarked on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the coronavirus is surging and COVID-19 infections have ...

KYOTO--Fittingly and not surprisingly, "kin," or gold, was selected as the kanji most capturing the mood of 2021, the year Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics for the second time.

TOKYO — The head of Japan’s medical association thinks it will be difficult to hold the Olympics without an effective coronavirus vaccine. “I hope vaccines and drugs will be developed as soon as ...

TOKYO — Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan's ...