Qatar coach Valero Rivera yesterday said his team’s focus is now set on the upcoming matches in the main round against Japan and Croatia. Qatar, who went down to World and Olympic champions Denmark on …
Factbox: From triumph of 1964 Olympics to coronavirus: Japan then and now
Japan hoped that hosting the 2020 Olympics would reprise the triumph of 1964, when it became the first Asian Olympics host and gained a huge economic boost, but the coronavirus – which postponed the …
Japan’s dilemma: how to call off Games while saving face
For the time being, at least, there are no visible signs at all that Japan’s Olympic dream has died. In front of Tokyo Station the digital clock is still counting down the days, hours and seconds …
Virus surge puts ‘real pressure’ on Japan to cancel Olympics, Australia leader says
Japan and the IOC insist the Games are going ahead, but some members of the ruling coalition are reported to have developed cold feet.
Japan dismisses ‘categorically untrue’ stories that Tokyo Olympics are doomed
The Japanese government has vehemently denied a story that it has privately concluded that this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo are doomed, calling them ‘categorically untrue’ …
Japan Olympic officials refusing to bow to the inevitable just yet
For the time being, at least, there are no visible signs at all that Japan’s Olympic dream has died. In front of Tokyo Station the digital clock is still counting down the days, hours and seconds …
Covid-19 Puts Japan’s Olympics On Life Support Along With Its Economic Recovery
As coronavirus infections skyrocket, the odds of holding the games seem to be lower than prime minister’s approval rating.
Why Japan’s Leaders Clinging to Their Olympic Hopes
Unless the Suga government can quickly tackle the pandemic more effectively, it may soon find hosting the games has slipped beyond its control — and its political fate along with it.
Virus surge fuels doubts over Tokyo Olympics, but Japan and IOC say Games will happen
Some members of the ruling coalition are reported to have developed cold feet, but Tokyo and the IOC insist the show will go on.
Can Japan cling onto its Olympic dream with a pandemic raging?
Officials firmly deny a report that, privately, they know the Summer Games are doomed, but they look increasingly cornered by COVID-19, and public opinion.