Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Saturday cancelled all public viewing sites for the summer Olympics, diverting some venues to be COVID-19 vaccination centres instead.

Tokyo cancels public viewing sites, some to be vaccination centers

Japan's government on Thursday approved lifting Tokyo's virus emergency just over a month before the Tokyo Olympics but set new restrictions that could sharply limit fans at Games events.

Japan ending Tokyo virus emergency one month before Olympics

India's Olympic contingent will be fully vaccinated by early July ahead of their journey to Tokyo for the Games, the country's top sports official Narinder Batra told AFP.

India's Olympic team to be fully vaccinated: sports chief

Japan is at a "turning point" for LGBTQ rights, campaigners said Wednesday, vowing to use the Tokyo Olympics as a catalyst for change as they called on lawmakers to approve an anti-discrimination bill.

Japan at 'turning point' for LGBTQ rights: Campaigners

Half of the Japanese public thinks the Olympics will take place this summer, a survey by Yomiuri daily newspaper showed on Monday, less than two months before the Games' scheduled opening.

Half of Japanese predict Olympics will happen this year, poll shows

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to call a snap election after the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, a media report said, showing his resolve to push ahead with the Games despite the country's struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Japan PM Suga likely to call snap election after Tokyo Olympic Games: Report

The head of a Japanese doctors' union warned on Tuesday that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands of people from around the world, could lead to the emergence of an "Olympic" strain of the coronavirus.

Tokyo Games could lead to "Olympic virus" strain, Japanese doctor warns

A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games.

Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19

Just ahead of the Olympic games this year, Japan has been struggling to control the infections. On Friday, the country further expanded a coronavirus state of emergency from the previous six areas to nine.

Japan raises state of emergency as covid worsens ahead of Tokyo Olympics

Two-time Olympic champion Rafael Nadal on Tuesday became the latest top tennis player to admit that he had not yet decided whether he would participate in the Tokyo Games this summer, still giving himself time to decide according to "circumstances".

Hesitant Nadal joins chorus of concern about Olympics

Japanese opposition lawmakers slammed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday for what they called his 'Olympics first' attitude in prioritising the event even as COVID-19 cases continue to rise on the country.

Japanese PM slammed by lawmakers for prioritising Olympics amid pandemic

Fake cheers, empty seats and the sound of pounding feet: welcome to the Covid-era Tokyo Olympics, which Japan seems determined to hold at all costs. An athletics test event brought home the reality of hosting an Olympics during the pandemic, with athletes competing in a muted atmosphere and excitement hard to muster.

Fake cheers, empty seats: Tokyo gives glimpse of Covid-era Olympics

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is poised to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games, in a move that will reignite the often vitriolic debate over the ethics of trans sport.

New Zealand weightlifter set to be first transgender Olympian

Holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer will be "really difficult" given a spike in coronavirus infections across Japan, the head of the Tokyo Medical Association has warned.

Olympics 'difficult' after virus spikes, Japan medical group warns

Samurai dance teacher moves online as Tokyo Olympics bans foreign spectators

The Olympic torch relay set off from Fukushima on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the Summer Games in Tokyo, delayed from 2020 and the first-ever organised during a global pandemic.

Olympics torch relay starts in Fukushima as North Korea launches missiles

From the unprecedented coronavirus postponement to last week's decision to bar overseas spectators, the path to staging the Tokyo Olympics has been littered with obstacles.

Joy, delay and torch relay: Tokyo's turbulent Olympic timeline

When the Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicks off in Fukushima on Thursday, runners are hoping it will show the world the area is no "nuclear wasteland", a decade after the 2011 disaster.

Fukushima hopes Olympic torch will shine light on recovery

Toshiko Ishii spent $180,000 renovating her traditional Japanese inn in expectation of a flood of tourists for the Tokyo Olympics, but now she won't be hosting a single overseas fan.

'Everything evaporated' - Olympics' overseas fan ban hits Japan tourism

Spectators will be barred from the start of the Tokyo Olympics torch relay, organisers said Monday, announcing a pared-back launch ceremony. "The Grand Start ceremony and the first section of the Fukushima Torch Relay.

Spectators barred from Tokyo Olympics torch relay start: organisers

The families of athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics could be barred from entering Japan to watch them, the Games president has suggested in an interview with local media.

'Difficult' to have athletes' families at Tokyo Olympics: Games chief

Japan`s Olympic Games faced a "major issue" after the head of the local organising committee made sexist remarks, Tokyo`s governor said on Friday, sending a clear signal the deepening controversy risked tarnishing the global event.

Tokyo governor says Olympics facing 'major issue' after Mori's sexist remarks

Olympics organisers unveiled the first of a series of "playbooks" aimed at holding the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Games safely on Wednesday, warning that rule breakers could be kicked out.

Olympics organisers unveil virus rule book for Tokyo Games

Paralympics chief Andrew Parsons is confident the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games will go ahead this year, and will be "a platform to change to world" -- with or without spectators.

Fan-free Tokyo Paralympics can still have major impact, says IPC chief

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