At some Olympic competitions, the rarest of sightings: spectators
While fans have been barred from the majority of venues to contain COVID-19 infections, three host prefectures are still allowing a limited number of spectators at Olympic venues.
Collision between fishing boat and cargo ship in east Japan leaves one person dead
A man died and 11 others were injured after a leisure fishing boat capsized following a collision with a cargo vessel at a port in eastern Japan early Saturday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said. All 12 people from the fishing vessel were rescued from ...
A flag's the prize, the mud's the obstacle in Kashima
Get down and dirty during the assault-course race at the Kashima Gatalympics, just be careful not to get stuck in the mud.
A man from Ehime Prefecture opened a cafe last May on a tiny uninhabited island near the city of Matsuyama, in what he described as an attempt to bring one of his favorite childhood haunts back to life. Visiting the island, locally known as Kashima, ...
