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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 2, 2022

Team Canada CEO admits being worried about Beijing Games

With just over a month until the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said he is increasingly concerned if the Games can go ahead as planned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2021

Should Tokyo boycott the Beijing Olympic Games?

The Japanese government reportedly will refrain from sending a Cabinet minister to the Winter Olympics in Beijing. But that decision has yet to be reached.
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2021

'Kin' (gold) chosen as the kanji character of 2021

With references to Olympic medals, baseball legends and cash handouts, the 2021 selection highlighted 24-karat moments from a turbulent year.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 12, 2021

Tibetan students chain themselves to Olympic rings to protest Beijing games

Members of the Tibetan Youth Association in Europe (TYAE) and Students for a Free Tibet held a sit-in at the IOC building in Lausanne as officials gathered for a meeting.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 9, 2021

IOC welcomes support for Olympic teams despite growing diplomatic boycott

'We welcome that they (athletes) will be there, we welcome that they are supported by their national governments. The rest is politics,' IOC President Thomas Bach said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 8, 2021

Australian athletes prepare for Beijing despite diplomatic boycott

The country's Olympic committee said in a statement it respected that 'diplomatic options' were a matter for governments and that politics and sport should be separated.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 10, 2021

Luge federation boosts safety measures after crash at Beijing venue

The FIL said additional safety measures had been put in place with immediate effect on Tuesday, including the 'set-up of blockades at a start height once training moves to the other start.'
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 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
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2021

Amid setbacks, Prime Minister Suga had successes too

While Suga will be remembered most for his handling of COVID-19, his time in office also included actions that saw important policy outcomes during a period of severe challenges.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2021

Tokyo weighs use of Summer Games venues as temporary medical facilities

Medical experts have pushed for the temporary use of facilities owned by the Tokyo government, such as the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, site of swimming competitions.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 21, 2021

Allyson Felix prepares to take victory lap

For the 11-time Olympic medalist and 13-time World Champion, a bit of fun is long overdue.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 11, 2021

Kei Nishikori riding high after deep run at Tokyo Olympics

Nishikori, who was Japan's last hope for a singles tennis medal in Tokyo, is now into the second round of the Masters 1000 event in Toronto.
OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021

Atsunori Inaba finishes job as Japan claims long-awaited baseball gold

Japan manager Atsunori Inaba doesn't officially get a medal from the Tokyo Games, but one hung around his neck anyway as Japan celebrated its first Olympic baseball gold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

In Qatar, the Olympic team (like much else) is mostly imported

Armed with cash, coaches and state-of-the-art training facilities, Qatar has been trying to assemble an athletic force worthy of the host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

Chinese Olympic athletes warned over Mao badges

The IOC said it had issued a warning to the two Chinese cycling medalists who wore badges featuring the head of their country's former leader Mao Zedong at the Tokyo Olympics podium, breaching a rule on political gestures, and that the case was now closed.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

Olympic organizers slap COVID-19 rule-breakers with warnings and punishments

The chief of Tokyo 2020's main operation center told reporters the accreditation of eight individuals had been revoked and those of another eight paused over COVID-19 guideline violations.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

Fair way: Women slowly become more welcome at Tokyo Olympic golf venue

At the moment, there are just a dozen women among the 1,200 full members at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Italy sprints to gold in men's 4x100-meter final; Japan does not finish

The athletes were already gone but it didn’t matter. The party in the stands went on without them as the members of the Italian delegation joyfully sang along with the song being played at National Stadium on another golden night for their nation at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY
Aug 6, 2021

Duterte in a bind over Philippines’ golden Olympic moment

Amid a brewing nationalist brouhaha, President Duterte never stops praising China while gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz calls for the assertion of Philippine claims in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2021

Polish ambassador hopes case of Belarusian sprinter raises human rights awareness

Tokyo-based Ambassador Pawel Milewski stressed that both Poland and Japan went to great lengths to protect the athlete, fearing that sending her home could put her in danger.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Day 13 recap: Giants of the track fall, skateboarders soar and a bite backfires

U.S. men continued to splutter on the track, kayaker Lisa Carrington became New Zealand's most decorated Olympian and American Ryan Crouser broke his own shot put world record three times.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai follows up sister's gold with one of her own

Risako Kawai took gold Thursday by beating Belarus's Iryna Kurachkina 5-0 in the women's 57 kg freestyle wrestling final.

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