February 17, 2021 Rural governor talks of canceling local Olympic torch relay A governor in a western Japanese prefecture is talking about canceling torch relay events in his area ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
February 17, 2021 Japan starts COVID-19 vaccinations with eye on Olympics Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday, months after other major economies started giving shots and amid questions about whether the drive would would reach enough people quickly enough to save a Summer Olympics already delayed by the pandemic.
February 14, 2021 Powerful Japan earthquake sets off landslide, minor injuries Residents in northeastern Japan on Sunday cleaned up clutter and debris in stores and homes after a strong earthquake set off a landslide on a highway, damaged buildings and parts of bullet train lines and caused power blackouts for thousands of people.
February 12, 2021 Tokyo Olympics chief resigns over sexist comments, says he 'caused a lot of chaos' Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women talk too much.
February 4, 2021 Tokyo Olympics president sparks uproar over sexist remarks, issues apology The Tokyo Olympics’ organizing president, Yoshiro Mori, came under fire earlier this week over sexist comments he made about women and, while he later apologized, said he has no intention of resigning from the committee.
January 21, 2021 Airline passenger who refused to wear mask and injured flight attendant arrested months after incident An airline passenger was recently arrested in Japan for an incident that occurred in September.
January 18, 2021 Japan's PM vows Olympics will be proof of victory over virus Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection.
January 15, 2021 Japan minister says 'anything can happen' with Tokyo Games Japanese cabinet minister Taro Kono has said “anything can happen” in regard to the postponed Tokyo Olympics, raising more doubts about the games scheduled to begin in just over six months.
January 14, 2021 Grand opening of Japan's Super Nintendo World delayed with less than a month to go It’s time to hit the reset button for Universal Studios Japan's Super Nintendo World.
January 13, 2021 Japanese brewer Sapporo delays new beer launch over ‘embarrassing’ typo A Japanese brewery that canceled the release of its newest beer because of a spelling mistake on the cans has decided to sell it anyway after drinkers offered to take the beers for free.