Petition signed by 350,000 people calling for the Olympics to be SCRAPPED submitted to Tokyo 2020 organisers as pressure continues to mount on the Games going ahead amid rapid rise of Covid cases Host city Tokyo is under a state of emergency following coronavirus outbreak Lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya launched Stop Tokyo Olympics campaign last week … Read more
Japan‘s government is expected to widen a virus state of emergency Friday, just 10 weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, as campaigners submitted a petition with more than 350,000 signatures urging the Games be scrapped. With Tokyo and other areas already under emergency orders until the end of May, three more regions – including northern Hokkaido, … Read more
Olympic Games organisers are left embarrassed again as IOC president Thomas Bach’s visit to Japan next week is postponed amid rising Covid cases and an extended state of emergency in the host city of Tokyo Thomas Bach was set to attend a torch relay event and meet the prime minister IOC president is now unlikely to … Read more
Now that’s FRESH sushi! Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive A new device named the ‘Katsugyo bag’ is being developed by inventors in Japan The design features a transparent tube and temperature gauge to carry fish It is designed to show off extravagantly expensive seafood bought at … Read more
Horrific moment Sumo wrestler was thrown on to his head during a bout in Japan before dying in hospital a month later Sumo wrestler known as Hibikiryu has died after landing on his head in bout The 28-year-old was in hospital following the incident in Japan on March 26 Questions have been raised after doctors … Read more
Tom Daley has revealed his upset that son Robbie, two, won’t be able to watch him compete at the 2021 Olympic Games. The diver, 26, will travel to Tokyo for the event in June, but Covid restrictions mean that husband Dustin Lance Black, 46, and their son won’t be able to join him – as … Read more
This summer’s virus-postponed Olympics could be held behind closed doors, Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto admitted on Friday. Former Olympian Hashimoto said the Games could only be a success if organisers ‘completely protect’ athletes and people in Japan, and that she is hopeful people will ‘be glad’ the event went ahead. Overseas spectators have already … Read more
Olympic medal winners will have to wear masks on the podium, with athletes to be tested every day and visitors having to quarantine for three days on arrival in Japan under new rules for Tokyo 2020 Olympics officials have announced new safety measures ahead of Tokyo games Athletes are set to be tested daily for … Read more
Did duckbilled dinosaurs migrate from Asia to North America? New species found in Japan dating back 72million years REVERSES the route by which the creatures spread around the world A new species of hadrosaur has been discovered on the Japanese island of Awaji It is called Yamatosaurus izanagii and is the second hadrosaur found in Japan It … Read more
The four astronauts on board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft were told that they could possibly be on a collision course with an ‘unknown’ object before docking at the International Space Station, NASA has revealed. The space junk encounter, known as a conjunction, was reported at 1:43pm ET Friday while the crew was preparing to … Read more