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July 22, 2021

Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director dismissed over Holocaust joke made 23 years ago

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

July 21, 2021

Bear breaks into Olympic softball complex, remains on the loose

As if the Tokyo Olympics doesn’t already have its hands full with the ‘VID & athletes testing out the anti-sex beds, now organizers have a bear problem at the Olympic softball venue that’s really just a temporary softball field inside a baseball stadium.

July 21, 2021

Jill Biden at Tokyo Olympics: First lady to stop in Alaska while heading to Japan

Jill Biden embarked Wednesday on her first solo international trip as first lady, leading a U.S. delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where COVID-19 infections have climbed to a six-month high.

July 20, 2021

Top Tokyo Olympics organizer doesn't rule out last-second Olympics cancelation

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have already been hit with several reports of coronavirus cases among athletes who will be participating in the Games while others who were set to compete are staying home over positive cases.

July 20, 2021

Olympics composer out after childhood bullying of classmates, including mentally disabled kids, resurfaces

Japanese composer Keigo Oyamada, who was working on the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, stepped down Monday over scrutiny for bullying his classmates during his childhood.

July 20, 2021

Japanese PM Suga says world should see safe Olympics staged

The world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country’s prime minister told sports officials Tuesday ahead of the Tokyo Games.

July 19, 2021

China threatens to nuke Japan over Taiwan in video played on CCP-sanctioned channel

The Chinese Communist Party aired a video in which it warned Japan of a nuclear response and "full-scale war" if the island nation interferes in China’s handling of Taiwan. 

July 19, 2021

Japan soccer star Maya Yoshida calls on Olympic officials to reconsider fan ban

Maya Yoshida, the captain of Japan’s men’s national soccer team, urged Olympic organizers to reconsider having fans at the Games even as the country deals with the coronavirus.

July 18, 2021

Athletes to sleep on ‘anti-sex’ cardboard beds at Olympic Games amid COVID

Lustful Olympic athletes should think twice before making the bed rock in Tokyo.

July 17, 2021

First resident of Olympic Village tests positive for COVID

The first resident of the Olympic Village has tested positive for COVID-19, Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Saturday.