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TOKYO

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JAPAN / Science & Health / EXPLAINER
Aug 11, 2021
How to protect yourself at home as Tokyo's household infection rate rises
Following a policy change on hospitalizations, it's becoming more likely that if someone you live with gets infected, you will need to share your home with them while they are sick.
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.
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PARALYMPICS
Aug 11, 2021
With Games approaching, Paralympians say they need more support
Past experiences have led some to urge the U.S. government to step up and to do more for the nation's paralympic athletes.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 10, 2021
A first time for everything: The many ways history was made at Tokyo 2020
Plenty of records were broken and a number of new sports were introduced. But beyond the more obvious first, there was a dizzying array of accomplishments and milestones.
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.
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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.
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JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 10, 2021
The konbini becomes a convenient topic for the foreign press to turn to in an off-limits Tokyo
Has the rest of the world finally discovered what tens of millions in Japan already know? The 'konbini' is no ordinary convenience store.
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BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2021
U.S. ratings for Tokyo Olympics plunge to half of 2012 Games
Comparisons with previous Olympic Games are imperfect given the different times zones, the pandemic and fewer streaming options in the past.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
How we saw it: The Athletes’ Olympics
Minus fans and fanfare, Olympians could focus not only on themselves but also their fellow athletes.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2021
How we saw it: The Mental Health Olympics
Mental health awareness in sports did not begin at these Olympics, but they provided the platform for it to explode into public consciousness like never before.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.