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Tokyo organisers to delay decision on spectator limits 21 Apr 2021 - 06:39 pm
Tokyo Olympic organisers indicated on Wednesday they would delay making a decision on the limit for spectators in venues, possibly until June, as a resurgence in coronavirus cases complicates planning.
Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option 15 Apr 2021 - 01:55 pm
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Are the Olympics cancelled? Japan official's comments sow doubts 15 Apr 2021 - 12:02 pm
The Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower are illuminated with Olympic colours to mark 100 days countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Isse
IOC hopes health plans will sway opinion with Games 100 days away 14 Apr 2021 - 12:20 pm
A passerby wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen showing a countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan, April 1
North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics citing COVID-19, dashing Seoul's hopes 06 Apr 2021 - 11:40 pm
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Japan's Osaka weighs cancelling leg of Olympic torch relay over virus surge 02 Apr 2021 - 12:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto looks on as actor Satomi Ishihara and Paralympian Aki Taguchi light the celebration cauldron on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan March 25, 2021. REU
Overseas athletes may be able to take part in Olympic test events, organisers say 29 Mar 2021 - 12:34 pm
The Olympic torch is seen at Hibarigahara Festival Site, during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay, in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Tokyo organisers to bar most international volunteers 22 Mar 2021 - 01:55 pm
The Olympic rings are pictured in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Denis?Balibouse/File Photo
International spectators to be barred from entering Japan for Olympics 20 Mar 2021 - 02:09 pm
Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa (R) delivers a speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (L) listens to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Tokyo organisers expected to discuss foreign spectators on Saturday 19 Mar 2021 - 02:01 pm
Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto hold a news conference regarding the report of a Japanese weekly magazine, in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2021. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS
Tokyo 2020 torch relay to start March 25 in Fukushima 15 Mar 2021 - 01:56 pm
The logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is seen through a traffic sign at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/
U.S. optimistic athletes will be vaccinated ahead of Tokyo Games 11 Mar 2021 - 12:02 pm
The Olympic rings are illuminated in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon//File Photo
Tokyo 2020 chief says gender equality efforts as important as virus containment 24 Feb 2021 - 08:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo/File Photo
From Puskas to Instagram, Teqball inventors now dream of Olympics 15 Feb 2021 - 03:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: Csaba Banyik of Hungary in action at the Teqball World Championships in Budapest, Hungary December 6, 2019. Picture taken December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas
Japan political 'village mentality' pierced as Tokyo Olympics Mori resigns 12 Feb 2021 - 11:19 am
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori announces his resignation as he takes responsibility for his sexist comments at a meeting with council and executive board members at the committee headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan February 12,
Tokyo governor says Olympics facing 'major issue' after Mori's sexist remarks 05 Feb 2021 - 12:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File Photo
Olympics-Games will go ahead regardless of pandemic situation: Tokyo 2020 president 02 Feb 2021 - 11:10 am
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PM Suga says Japan determined to hold Olympics this summer 29 Jan 2021 - 02:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a meeting of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection control headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo