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TOKYO OLYMPICS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 14, 2021
Were the Olympics sustainable? Reports of waste suggest it's not easy being green
Stories of uneaten bento boxes and the plight of air conditioners used in the athlete residences suggest that the Olympics are having trouble meeting their sustainability goals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 14, 2021
Olympian tattoos fail to leave their mark on the Japanese press
After Tokyo was awarded the Olympics in 2013, many thought tattoos would be a major issue during the Games. In the end, they barely scratched the surface of public attention.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2021
First Japan case involving lambda COVID-19 variant linked to Olympics
The woman in her 30s had traveled to Peru where the variant, feared to be more contagious and more resistant to vaccines, was first detected.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2021
An extraordinary Olympics — by every measure
There were amazing performances and Olympic records aplenty. Just as important, there were no crises and no COVID-19 outbreaks at the Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2021
LGBTQ stars grabbed spotlight at Olympics, but Japanese athletes remained hidden
If LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were their own country, they would have ranked seventh in the world, but no Japanese athletes would have been among them.
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JAPAN
Aug 12, 2021
Olympic gold medal bitten by Nagoya mayor to be replaced
Takashi Kawamura later apologized for ignoring COVID-19 protocols and 'making the symbol of years and years of hard work dirty.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 12, 2021
Fukushima craftsman hopes Games can give daruma dolls a global boost
Fukushima's daruma dolls were selected as a traditional craftwork for the Games, but sales have been slow so far.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Aug 12, 2021
Olympics were a missed opportunity for sumo
Hakuho would have been an ideal candidate to represent Japan's national sport at the Games, but neither he nor anyone else was given that chance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 12, 2021
Gender norms still hurt LGBTQ athletes despite Olympic profile
A record number of out LGBTQ athletes took part in the Games, but none were Japanese, and the host nation harbors opposition to issues such as same-sex marriage.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 12, 2021
Real Madrid midfielder Takefusa Kubo joins Mallorca on loan deal
After spending last season on loan with Getafe and Villarreal, Kubo is returning to Mallorca for a second spell.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 11, 2021
Surfer Kanoa Igarashi braces himself for a bright future post-Olympics
Igarashi will have time to admire his Olympic silver medal later. For now, the World Surf League rankings are calling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2021
Olympic rings in Tokyo removed, to be replaced with Paralympic logo
The Olympic monument, around 33 meters wide and 15 meters tall and weighing some 69 tons, was first unveiled in January last year.
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JAPAN
Aug 10, 2021
Social media abuzz over IOC chief's post-Olympic stroll
His supposed outing on Monday, a day after the 17-day Tokyo Olympics ended, came despite requests for residents in the capital to refrain from nonessential and nonurgent outings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2021
U.S. to send vice president's husband for Paralympics opening event
The announcement to send the country's first 'second gentleman' to Tokyo came a day after President Joe Biden commended Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the staging of the Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 10, 2021
Japan's July economy sentiment up as COVID-19 emergency mostly lifted
An official said the Tokyo Olympics, which opened on July 23, helped increase spending on items consumed at home.
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JAPAN
Aug 10, 2021
Closing ceremony draws second-highest TV audience of Olympic Games
Meanwhile, of the competitions held in the last three days of the Games, the second half of the baseball final received the highest average audience of 37% in Kanto.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2021
Biden commends Suga on 'successful' Olympics and backs Paralympics
U.S. President Joe Biden commended Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on the 'successful' hosting of the Tokyo Olympics during phone talks on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2021
Japan's Olympic bill may turn taxpayers against Games
The quadrennial sporting event may lose favor with the country's fans, experts say.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 10, 2021
Flying the Olympic flag, Paris looks beyond COVID-19 for 2024 Games
Officials are hoping to make the sporting spectacle open to the masses after the pandemic-hit Tokyo Games was held behind closed doors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2021
A money-loser, yet a medal-winner: The dichotomy of hosting the Games
Hosting an Olympic Games is an economic disaster, even in nonpandemic times. After more than a century and over 50 installments, there are enough case studies to conclude that the home nation is invariably the biggest loser from the world’s largest sporting event.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
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.

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