TOKYO, July 24 Kyodo - After postponement and seemingly endless problems, the Tokyo Olympic cauldron was finally lit Friday night in a nearly empty National Stadium, marking the start of a games be
TOKYO, July 14 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga agreed with the head of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday to foster global solidarity by holding a successful Tokyo Olym
TOKYO, July 13 Kyodo - The athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics officially opened on Tuesday, 10 days before the start of the world's largest sporting event, but the occasion passed w
TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Solar power will overtake nuclear power as the cheapest source of energy for Japan in 2030 due to the latter's ballooning safety measure costs following the 2011 Fukushi
TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Solar power will overtake nuclear power as the cheapest source of energy for Japan in 2030 due to the latter's ballooning safety measure costs following the 2011 Fukushi
TOKYO, July 12 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government put Tokyo under its fourth COVID-19 state of emergency on Monday in an effort to contain a resurgence in coronavirus infection
TOKYO, July 9 Kyodo - The Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators at all venues in and around the Japanese capital due to a spike in coronavirus infections, organizers said Thursday after ma
TOKYO, July 9 Kyodo - The Tokyo Olympics will be held without spectators at all venues in and around the Japanese capital due to a spike in coronavirus infections, organizers said Thursday after ma
TOKYO, July 8 Kyodo - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government decided Thursday to place Tokyo under a fresh COVID-19 state of emergency for the duration of the Olympics in an effort to curb
SHIZUOKA, Japan, July 5 Kyodo - Rescue workers continued their search for survivors on Monday, two days after a large mudslide in a hot spring resort town southwest of Tokyo killed at least three p
