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The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is set to commence national camping for athletes and officials in preparation for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. SEE ALSO: Only one issue left to end ASUU strike - FG Mr…

Japan said on Tuesday it would take counter-measures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics were not derailed by cyberattacks. SEE ALSO: Maximum Caution Encouraged As Super Typhoon Approaches Southwest Japan Britain and the U.S. had accused…

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Thursday sounded an optimistic note about holding the Tokyo Olympics next year. SEE ALSO: Man City’s Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan tests positive for COVID-19 Bach is taking heart…

A consulting firm for Tokyo’s Olympic bid committee paid around $370,000 to the son of Lamine Diack, once one of the world’s most powerful sports officials, around the time Japan was picked to host the 2020 Games, Kyodo News reported on…

The rearranged Tokyo Games must be held “at any cost” in 2021, Japan’s Olympic Minister, Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday. SEE ALSO: China protests U.S. ‘bullying’ of Huawei Speaking at a news conference, Hashimoto said the Games should be…

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family members on Tuesday decided not to leave Tokyo for their annual summer holiday due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. SEE ALSO: Army Private Shoots Commanding Officer Dead After Operation Against Boko…

The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen, Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese government adviser, said on Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Madagascar's President Reveals Two…

Tokyo stocks advanced on Thursday morning, following a positive lead from Wall Street overnight as U.S. manufacturing activity rebounding to its highest level in more than a year helped sentiment, along with hopes for a new COVID-19 vaccine…

Tokyo stocks were higher Tuesday morning, as investor sentiment was bolstered by the U.S. technology shares rising overnight sending the Nasdaq Composite Index to a record high. SEE ALSO: Oil Prices Increases, with OPEC+ Holding Supply…

Tokyo 2020 Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Toshiro Muto, on Wednesday says the rearranged Olympics will “not be done with grand splendour”, but will be simplified. SEE ALSO: Intervention Funds: LCCI Seeks Inclusion of Informal Sector The…

Next year’s Tokyo Games will have to be cancelled if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t brought under control. The President of the organising committee warned, on any further delays. Due to the spread of the virus, the auspicious event that…

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori says the Olympic Games, already postponed to 2021, will be “scrapped” if it can not take place then. SEE ALSO: Police arrest 3 over kidnap, murder of teenage Catholic seminarian, housewife in Kaduna The…

World Athletics has suspended the qualification period for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games from April 6 until November 30, 2020. SEE ALSO: Marvel remakes release calendar; ‘Mulan’ moves to late July According to a statement on the website of…

Tokyo on Sunday recorded 143 new cases of the coronavirus, raising the number of people, who have tested positive for it, to over 1,000. SEE ALSO: 'You're Not Alone In Fight Against Corruption'- Mandela's Wife Tells Sanusi Sunday’s figure…

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday said Japan declaring a national state of coronavirus emergency would send a “strong message” that could help dodge an explosive outbreak. Amid the growing clamour for tighter curbs on people’s…

U.S. President Donald Trump says he supports a one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Gov. Akeredolu Orders Closure of Markets, Malls The Japanese government said at a news…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Tokyo Olympic Games may be postponed if the event cannot be held in its “complete form” due to the coronavirus pandemic. SEE ALSO: Italy’s Top Sports body calls…

Canada became the first country to boycott the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic. SEE ALSO: Vardy back among goals as Leicester thump Aston Villa 4-0 Australia also told its athletes to prepare for an Olympics next year as Japan…

Japan is not making any preparations to postpone the 2020 Olympics, the government’s top spokesman said on Wednesday in Tokyo. SEE ALSO: Zulum speaks against relocation of 2 Borno communities over Boko Haram attacks The statement…

The Tokyo marathon took place on Sunday with only a few hundreds of runners running on empty streets due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The organizers reduced the entries to elite runners and canceled the mass race which usually include as…

South Korea has yet to receive from Japan the passenger manifest of a coronavirus-hit cruise ship moored near Tokyo, a senior Seoul official said on Thursday, as Seoul is seeking an entry ban on foreigners from the quarantined ship.…

Tokyo organisers on Thursday said the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China will not affect the schedules of this year’s Olympics, which kick off in less than six months. Yoshiro Mori, the president of the 2020 Olympic organising…

World Karate Federation (WKF) Judge/Referee, Zainab Saleh, said she was doubtful if Nigeria would have a representative at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the Nigerian karatekas…

Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics organisers launched their ambitious Robot Project on Friday, unveiling two of the robots designed to assist supporters, workers and athletes at the Games. Toyota’s Human Support Robot (HSR)…

The Tokyo District Court said on Monday it has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days until Jan. 11. Ghosn, accused of aggravated breach of trust, is facing allegations of making the car maker…

Nissan director Greg Kelly was being examined in a hospital on Wednesday, a source said, a day after he was released on bail from a Tokyo jail. His former boss Carlos Ghosn is still being detained in the Tokyo jail. Kelly, an American…

The world’s largest fish market resumed operations at a new location in Tokyo on Thursday, after final auctions last week at the previous facility in Tsukiji, one of the Japanese capital’s top tourist attractions. The long-delayed…

A panel of lawyers on Tuesday accused a Japanese medical school of deliberately cutting women’s entrance test scores for several years. The panel, hired by the school to investigate the issue, described their action as “very serious”…

A Tokyo medical school systematically cut women applicant’s entrance exam scores for years to keep them out and boost the numbers of male doctors, Japanese media said on Thursday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made creating a society…