Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open in low-key ceremony without fans
The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year's pandemic delay and ...
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Crowds gather outside Tokyo stadium for Olympics opening ceremony
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday, hoping for a glimpse of an opening ceremony ...
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony director fired over old Holocaust skit
The show director for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired on the eve of the event over a ...
High-tech TV tricks for fan-free Tokyo Olympics
There'll be no fans in the stands, and less media on the ground, so when it comes to covering the ...
Pandemic Olympics: how the Tokyo Games will be different
Tokyo 2020 will be an Olympics like no other: held during a pandemic with crowds of tourists banned, extravagant celebrations ...
Fourth COVID case in Olympic Village as Toyota rules out Games ads
Tokyo's Olympic Village was hit by a fourth coronavirus case on Monday and major sponsor Toyota said it would not ...
Little fanfare as Tokyo enters Olympic countdown
Tokyo entered the final Olympic countdown on Friday, but there was little fanfare with just one week until the opening ...
Olympics chief vows to minimise virus risk to Japan
Olympics chief Thomas Bach pledged Wednesday "not to bring any risk" to Japan with the Games, seeking to reassure a ...
Olympics scepticism particularly high in Japan: poll
The decision to press ahead with the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympics faces global scepticism particularly among the public in the ...
Not just COVID: earthquakes, typhoons pose threat at Tokyo Olympics
The coronavirus might top the risks at the Tokyo Olympics, but organisers in Japan have other deadly, unpredictable threats to ...