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Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2020
Tsunami-hit Miyagi city waits patiently for Olympics to showcase revival
Every Sunday morning, a decades-old market in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with local residents and tourists making their way down narrow aisles and checking out a variety of fresh seafood.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 25, 2020
Tokyo Olympic torch relay canceled following postponement of games
The Japan leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, scheduled to begin Thursday, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympic flame set to be carried by car due to COVID-19 pandemic
The Tokyo Games Organising Committee plans to transport the Olympic flame in a lantern by car instead of having it carried by torchbearers when the Japan leg of the torch relay starts later in the week, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2020
Like 'a canary in a coal mine': Olympic torch relay could foreshadow postponement of Tokyo Games
The relay will begin its long journey through Japan this week even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2020
Starting the Olympic torch relay in Fukushima should remind us of the dangers of nuclear power
Regardless of who we cheer for at the Olympics Games, nuclear power does not deserve our applause.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2020
Olympic torch relay faces cool welcome from nuclear evacuees in Fukushima No. 1 town
Dressed in protective plastic coveralls and white boots, Yuji Onuma stood in front of the row of derelict buildings that included his house, and sighed as he surveyed his old neighborhood.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 5, 2020
Plan to send Japanese students to Greece for torch relay canceled over virus concerns
The city of Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, said Thursday it has canceled its plan to send junior high school students to take part in the Greek leg of the 2020 Olympics torch relay on March 12 due to concerns over the new coronavirus.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 4, 2020
Tokyo Olympics CEO and organizers outline COVID-19 torch relay measures
The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee informed the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday of its plans to cope with conditions related to the current coronavirus outbreak during the torch relay starting from March 26.
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2020
Olympic organizers allow uploading torch relay videos on social media
The organizing committee of this summer's Tokyo Games said individuals are allowed to post video they shoot at the Olympic torch relay to their social media sites.
OLYMPICS
Feb 29, 2020
Olympic organizers will keep fans' torch relay videos off social media
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics indicated Friday they will not permit individuals to upload video they shoot of the Olympic torch relay to social media sites.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2020
Olympic organizers consider downsizing 2020 torch relay due to virus
The CEO of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Wednesday the Olympic torch relay could be downsized in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 24, 2020
Tokyo 2020 flame to pass historic landmarks in Greece
The flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics will pass by historic landmarks in Greece over a period of eight days before it is handed over to Japan, Greece's Olympic Committee said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2020
Fukushima safe to host Tokyo Olympic torch relay, says governor
Fukushima Prefecture, devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, is safe to host its leg of the Olympic torch relay, the prefecture's governor has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2020
Rehearsal for Olympic torch relay held in western Tokyo
With just over a month until the Olympic flame arrives, organizers of the Tokyo Games held a dress rehearsal Saturday for the Japan leg of the torch relay.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 26, 2019
Daisuke Takahashi, Yuko Arimori among former Olympians named as runners for 2020 Games torch relay
Figure skater Daisuke Takahashi and marathoner Yuko Arimori were among several past Olympians added to the list of runners in the 2020 Tokyo Games torch relay on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 17, 2019
2011 World Cup winners will open torch relay
The members of the Nadeshiko Japan soccer team that won the Women's World Cup in 2011 will open the domestic leg of the Olympic torch relay, the 2020 Tokyo Games organizing committee announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 8, 2019
Michael Leitch, Hakuho nominated for torch relay
Brave Blossoms captain Michael Leitch, yokozuna Hakuho and Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara are set to run in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games torch relay after being nominated by municipalities in the nation's capital, a source on the organizing committee said Saturday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 11, 2019
Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi named first Japanese runner in Tokyo 2020 torch relay
Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi will be the first runner from Japan to carry the flame on its journey to next year's Summer Games, the Tokyo organizing committee said Monday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 9, 2019
2011 Women's World Cup champion squad being eyed to open Japan torch relay: sources
The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is considering members of Nadeshiko Japan, soccer's 2011 Women's World Cup champion, as candidates to open the domestic leg of the Olympic torch relay in March, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 8, 2019
Athens marathon winner Mizuki Noguchi poised to be Japan's first torchbearer
Athens Olympics women's marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi will likely be named to carry next year's Tokyo Olympic flame in March as it begins its journey in Greece, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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