As a child, Hiroko Fujita watched the 1964 Tokyo Games on television. Now remembered as an event that brought live Olympics sports to the world, Fujita told CNN how thrilling it had been to witness ...

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general ...

Along the edge of a polished court, wheelchairs sit side by side while office workers wait to take turns throwing balls.

Actively engage with international, translated fiction. Recognize and explain the significance of some aspects of Japanese culture and geography. Evaluate legacies of the 1964 and the 2020 Tokyo ...

Concerns over heat rose last year after Japan suffered a record heatwave with temperature reaching 41.1 degrees Celsius, raising concerns that similar conditions in 2020 could disrupt the Games. At ...

By Duncan Mackay<br /><br /><img src=" width="130" height="81" alt="Mizuno logo" style="float: left;" />September 8 - Tokyo ...

HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Hershey native Valarie Allman won gold in the women’s discus at the Tokyo Olympics. Allman’s finals opening throw was 68.98 meters. It was the first medal for the U.S. track and ...

Tokyo — It began with a virus and a yearlong pause. It ended with a typhoon blowing through and, still, a virus. In between: just about everything. A rollicking closing ceremony with the theme "Worlds ...

The 2020 (2021) Summer Olympics in Tokyo are sadly over, but the good news is that, because of the COVID-19 delay, we get the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in just 176 days (Friday, February 4) and ...

Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya, who refused to fly home fearing she would be arrested, landed safely in Warsaw on Wednesday, Poland’s deputy foreign minister said. Team USA’s Sydney ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...