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Tokyo Olympics delay costs may reach $2.8 billion

The cost of the postponement for the Tokyo Olympics could reach at least $2.8 billion in figures released by the Tokyo organizing committee, the Tokyo city government and Japan's n...

DECEMBER 4, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible TOKYO (AP) — The good news for the Tokyo Olympics is that Japan on Sunday held a one-day exhibition gymnastics meet in front of several thou...

NOVEMBER 8, 2020 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM

Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible

The good news for the Tokyo Olympics is that Japan has held a one-day gymnastics meet in front of several thousand fans with 22 athletes participating from Russia, China, and the U...

NOVEMBER 8, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tokyo hosts 4-country gymnastics meet to test COVID safety TOKYO — Gymnasts from the United States, China and Russia will join counterparts from Japan in a one-day meet on Sunday in Tokyo, believed t...

NOVEMBER 6, 2020 • POST-GAZETTE.COM

Tokyo hosts 4-country gymnastics meet to test COVID safety TOKYO (AP) — Gymnasts from the United States, China, and Russia will join counterparts from Japan in a one-day meet on Sunday in Tokyo, beli...

NOVEMBER 6, 2020 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM

Tokyo hosts 4-country gymnastics meet to test COVID safety

Gymnasts from the United States, China and Russia will join counterparts from Japan in a 30-person meet this weekend in Tokyo

NOVEMBER 6, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Latest: Soccer’s Levain Cup in Japan postponed by virus The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

NOVEMBER 5, 2020 • WASHINGTONTIMES.COM

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium This photo shows a device to detect carbon dioxide installed in the seats of a baseball stadium, home for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, in Yok...

OCTOBER 30, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium A stadium crew member, upper left, installs a device to detect carbon dioxide in the seats of a baseball stadium, home for the Yokohama DeNA...

OCTOBER 30, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium Stadium crew members install a device to detect carbon dioxide in the seats of a baseball stadium, home for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, in Y...

OCTOBER 30, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium Fans enter a baseball stadium before a Japanese professional baseball league game between the Hanshin Tigers and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars...

OCTOBER 30, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during...

OCTOBER 30, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium

Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic

OCTOBER 30, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

NJPW G1 Climax Finals Results - Live Now: Who Is Going To Wrestle Kingdom? - ProWrestling.com NJPW G1 Climax Finals Results October 18, 2020 Ryogoku Sumo Hall, Tokyo, Japan CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASH...

OCTOBER 18, 2020 • PROWRESTLING.COM

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence TOKYO (AP) — Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next...

OCTOBER 9, 2020 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence Elementary school students, front row, sit straight at the end of their judo practice as older students, back row, join to start their lesso...

OCTOBER 9, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence Judo teacher Tomoo Hamana helps protect the neck of a new student during a judo lesson at Hamana Dojo in Oiso town, west of Tokyo on Oct. 1,...

OCTOBER 9, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence Judo teachers, Miyoko Hamana, second right, and her husband Tomoo Hamana, far right, and their students bow at the end of a lesson at Hamana...

OCTOBER 9, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence Judo teacher Miyoko Hamana reminds her students of safety of their own and partners as they learn a skill during a judo lesson at Hamana Doj...

OCTOBER 9, 2020 • TUCSON.COM

Judo in Japan: Getting unwanted scrutiny for abuse, violence

Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics

OCTOBER 9, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Asian nations ready to ease back into international football South Korea and Japan are taking opposite approaches to their first forays back into international football following...

OCTOBER 8, 2020 • USATODAY.COM

Asian nations ready to ease back into international football

South Korea and Japan are taking opposite approaches to their first forays back into international football following lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic

OCTOBER 8, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ivory Coast confirms friendlies with Belgium and Japan after snubbing Nigeria Ivory Coast will play Belgium and Japan during the next international break in October, the Ivorian Football Federation has confirmed.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 • GOAL.COM

#TBT: Hat Trick History In USWNT’s 5-2 Win Over Japan | June 1, 1988 The most memorable 5-2 score line between the USA and Japan undoubtedly came in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, when the Americans ca...

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 • USSOCCER.COM

Sitting in Silence With 5,000 Fans: The New Sound of Japanese Sports The country has welcomed spectators back to stadiums, but the highly orchestrated singing, chanting and drumming for which they are known is...

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 • NYTIMES.COM