Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday interacted with sports ministers and senior officials of 17 states and Union Territories over video conference. “Youth Affairs and Sports Ministers and senior officials of 17 states…
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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, often floated as a future Japanese premier, said on Monday the Olympics must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming the novel coronavirus, even as her city grapples with…
Although Tokyo on Thursday confirmed 224 new infections, a record high for a single day, Japan has largely avoided the disastrous effects seen in other countries. ith just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical…
The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee will issue ticket refunds to people unable to attend the games due to their one-year postponement, sources close to the matter said Thursday. Organizers have sold about 4.48 million tickets for…
Tokyo Olympics: Japan will consider easing travel restrictions for athletes from abroad for next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in a bid to hold the Summer Games even if the global coronavirus pandemic is not completely under control…
The Tokyo Olympics are on track to be held using all of the venues originally planned for this summer before the new coronavirus pandemic caused a one-year postponement of the games, sources with knowledge of the matter said…
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said that the Olympic Games organizing committee is looking to work closely with newly elected governor Yuriko Koike in hosting the delayed games. Mori said in a statement, “I hope for even closer…
Tokyo Olympics: Next year’s Olympics will be safe despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said, pledging a “120% effort” to ensure the first-ever postponed Games can go ahead. Koike – who announced on Friday she…
Tokyo Olympic: Just over half of Tokyo’s residents don’t think the postponed 2020 Olympics should be held next year, backing either a further delay or outright cancellation because of fears over the coronavirus, according to a poll published…
Tokyo Olympic: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games said Wednesday they had given up on holding celebrations this summer to mark one year before the delayed Olympics are set to open, on July 23,…