Belgium and the Netherlands play as the sky lights up at dusk during a men's 3-on-3 basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ...

While the eyes of the world will soon be upon Paris and the sporting competition, we take a look back at the last summer Olympics, which took place in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, and marked the ...

In this July 25, 2021, file photo, Gold medalist Uta Abe, of Japan, second from left, stands beneath her country’s flag following the medal ceremony for women’s -52kg judo, at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...

TOKYO (Reuters) — A Japanese official choked up with tears on Friday as he apologized for the cancellation of Olympic tickets, a moment that crystallized the country’s pain at seeing the Tokyo 2020 ...

The world No. 3 women's tennis star is becoming a Japanese citizen. Tennis phemon Naomi Osaka will give up her U.S. citizenship to compete for Japan at her Olympic debut in Tokyo. Osaka, who was born ...

TOKYO (AP) — All fans will be barred from the Paralympics in Japan because of the coronavirus pandemic, just as they were from the recently completed Tokyo Olympics, organizers said Monday. There were ...

Gold, silver and bronze will be extracted from donated phones which will help make medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Andrew Lanxon Editor at Large; Lead Photographer, Europe When he's not testing ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Olympic minister says the contract to hold the Tokyo Games only specifies the event has to be held during 2020. Seiko Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house of ...

Japan is still preparing to host the Olympics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Saturday (March 14), despite growing global concern over the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement comes as ...