No Comment Anti-Olympics protesters gather near Tokyo stadium Anti-Olympics protesters gather near Tokyo stadium 23/07/2021
No Comment Japan Olympic superfan celebrates Tokyo 2020 Games Japanese Olympic super fan Kyoko Ishikawa celebrates an aerobatic performance by the Japanese air force on the day of the opening ceremony. 23/07/2021
Japan Let the Games begin! Tokyo 2020 kicks off with manga-inspired ceremony The 11,000 athletes have been waiting for a year but stepped out on Friday into a near-empty stadium. 23/07/2021
Experiences Olympic FOMO? Take a virtual tour of Tokyo and feel like you’re there Sit back and enjoy Japan from the comfort of your own home with these virtual walking tours. 23/07/2021
Mobility Virtual reality bringing spectators closer to the action at Tokyo 2020 The in-person experience of being at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is being enhanced thanks to virtual reality and augmented reality. 23/07/2021
Green News ‘No sport can escape’: Tackling climate change at the Tokyo Olympics Extreme weather events such as storms and heatwaves, all affect competitors and spectators alike. 23/07/2021
Eco-Innovation Could the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games help usher in a circular economy? The Olympic and Paralympic Games are a platform for emerging technologies that could bring a more sustainable future. 22/07/2021
Japan Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke Director Kentaro Kobayashi was accused of using a joke about the Holocaust in his comedy act, including the phrase “Let’s play Holocaust." 22/07/2021
No Comment Olympic characters face stiff competition in mascot-mad Japan Tokyo 2020's cutesy Olympic mascots are plastered across the host city, but they have competition in mascot-mad Japan, where cuddly characters promote everything from prisons to health screenings. 21/07/2021
Living Tokyo 2020 Olympic beds: Suitable for both sex and saving the planet No, the beds in the Olympic village are not designed to be anti-sex - they’re just eco-friendly. 20/07/2021
Japan Carlos Ghosn: US father, son sent to Japan prison for aiding escape They were charged with helping a criminal in the December 2019 escape of Ghosn, who hid in a big box that was flown on a private jet via Turkey to Lebanon. 19/07/2021
No Comment Art and nature come together in mesmerising exhibition Japanese art collective teamLab launches a visually spectacular exhibition, propelling a forest in the southwest island of Kyushu to come alive with lights and colourful projections. 16/07/2021
Japan Olympics chief makes gaffe in first appearance since arrival in Tokyo Thomas Bach quickly corrected himself after referring to the “Chinese people” rather than “Japanese people.” 13/07/2021
Japan Tokyo enters fourth state of emergency ahead of Olympic Games The coronavirus measures will remain in place throughout the Tokyo Olympics, with businesses selling alcohol being asked to shut to stop people from drinking and partying. 12/07/2021
No Comment Giant 3D cat becomes Tokyo’s latest photo hotspot At Tokyo’s busy shopping and business area of Shinjuku, a giant 3D cat is displayed on a 4K billboard to greet people. 12/07/2021
No Comment 3D giant cat billboard turning heads in Tokyo Tokyo has a new icon - a 3D cat billboard. 09/07/2021
Japan Olympic flame lighting ceremony marks countdown to 2020 Tokyo Games Paralympian Aki Taguchi and former tennis player Shuzo Matsuoka handed the Olympic flame over to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. 09/07/2021
Japan Fans banned from Olympics as Tokyo placed under state of emergency Japan is to place its capital Tokyo under a state of emergency, which will last through the upcoming Olympic games. 08/07/2021
Money NFTs are throwing Japanese artists a lifeline during COVID Local Japanese artists are taking stock of how NFTs have changed the stakes in their industry as the first crypto art exhibition opened in Japan last week. 06/07/2021
No Comment Search for dozens missing in deadly Japan mudslide Search for dozens missing in deadly Japan mudslide 06/07/2021
Japan Japan searches for dozens missing in mudslide Rescue workers dug through sludge and debris Monday looking for dozens of people who may be trapped. 05/07/2021
No Comment Devastation in Japanese town after landslide sweeps away homes Two bodies were found after a huge landslide at a resort town in central Japan swept away homes on Saturday following days of heavy rain, with around 20 people still missing, officials said 04/07/2021
Japan Dozens feared missing after mudslide tears through town in Japan A powerful mudslide has torn through dozens of home in Atami, 100 kilometres from Tokyo, after heavy rains deluged the town on Saturday. 03/07/2021
No Comment Search continues for some 20 people missing after landslides in Japan Officials in Shizuoka Prefecture say they're still trying to confirm the safety of about 20 people after mudslides swept away homes in a coastal city. 03/07/2021
No Comment Cafe staffed with robots opens in Tokyo Customers at a new cafe in Tokyo give their orders, not to a person, but to a robot. 22/06/2021
Japan Tokyo Olympics: Limited local fans allowed but no cheering Up to 10,000 local fans will be allowed in each venue for the Olympic Games. But fan attendance may be stopped completely if COVID cases rise again 21/06/2021