FUKUSHIMA PREFECTURE, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese actor Mansai Nomura will orchestrate the opening and closing ceremonies for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was announced on Monday.
North and South Korea may march together at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and might also field unified teams for some sports in Japan.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mascot-loving Japan has two new characters to get excited about after two futuristic designs with pointy ears and chequered patterns were unveiled on Wednesday to promote the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Five additional sports, including skateboarding and surfing, have been recommended by the organisers of the Tokyo Olympics for inclusion at the 2020 Summer Games, it was announced on Monday.
Just over a year after suddenly leaving pro cycling, Australian star Cam Meyer is back with Orica-Scott.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Not content with seventh place at her seventh Olympics, Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina declared on Sunday she would be back to compete in Tokyo in 2020 at the age of 45.
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she has been taken to the airport in Tokyo against her wishes following her complaints about national coaching staff at the Olympic Games.
The 2020 Olympic Games in Japan will be postponed by one year because of coronavirus, according to IOC member Dick Pound.
Former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori has resigned from his role as Tokyo Olympics chief over "inappropriate" sexist remarks he made.
Pneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday.
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