Delayed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics were unlike any other. WIth its strict protocols, it was the first modern Olympic Games to be played without spectators. But these ...

The Tokyo Dome was the selected venue to host the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs as they play the first games of the 2025 regular season in Japan for the Tokyo Series as part of the MLB World ...

Review of Japanese Culture and Society, Vol. 33/34, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Design, Culture and Urbanity in an Era of Dissonance (2021-2022), pp. 55-67 (13 pages) Kuresawa Takemi, Orinpikku to ...

With two radically different personalities combined into one nation, Japan attracts tourists. Tokyo, on the one hand, is a ...

A couple walks past a poster for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics along a street in Tokyo on May 10, 2021. Story at a glance Gender representation at the delayed Tokyo Olympics will be nearly equal for the ...

Bringing home the gold is a big deal for anyone. But for Carissa Moore, it also makes her the first woman to win a gold medal in her sport, the new Olympic sport of surfing. "It's been a long journey ...

The Tokyo Olympic Games are a year late, but they are finally here. Although spectators will not be allowed in the stands at most events, the TV cameras will be there to film every moment as the ...

If anyone ever wondered whether you could stage an Olympics inside a steam bath, well, the upcoming Tokyo Games are about to provide a definitive answer. Temperatures in the Japanese capital are ...