Tag: Japan
Overseas Tokyo ticket holders may get only partial refunds
TOKYO — Many fans living outside Japan who bought Tokyo Olympic tickets from brokers — so-called Authorized Ticket Resellers — will not get full...
Ex-Tokyo Olympics chief again criticized for sexist comment
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee over comments criticized as...
Chen wins 3rd straight worlds, beating Olympic champ Hanyu
STOCKHOLM — Nathan Chen put himself in the company of history's best figure skaters, becoming the first American since Scott Hamilton to win a...
US to play Honduras for berth in men’s Olympic soccer
The United States will play Honduras for a berth in the Olympic men's soccer tournament in a doubleheader opener Sunday night at Guadalajara, and...
Japanese PM Suga expects to invite Biden to Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he expects to invite President Joe Biden to the Tokyo Olympics when he visits the...
Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey
TOKYO — The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening...
Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics
MOSCOW — Russia wants to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics, the president of the...
Faceoff between Hanyu and Chen easily goes to Olympic champ
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The faceoff between Yuzuru Hanyu and Nathan Chen was no contest.
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EXPLAINER: Torch relay not just a sideshow in time of COVID
TOKYO — The Olympic torch relay is usually just a sideshow for the real thing; the prelude, the buildup, the warm-up act that could...
Japan’s Toyota, Isuzu, Hino join in truck technology tie up
TOKYO — Japanese automakers Toyota, Isuzu and Hino said Wednesday they are setting up a partnership in commercial vehicles to work together in electric,...
