The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

TOKYO: New daily Covid-19 infections in Japan hit a record high of 110,600, authorities said on Saturday, as the country enters a seventh wave spurred by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant.

A year after the highest high of winning bronze in Tokyo, the Preston-born star suffered every pole vaulter’s nightmare on the first day of the World Athletics Championships

The 2025 World Athletics Championships will return to Tokyo, the sport's global governing body announced Thursday. The World Athletics Council confirmed that Tokyo would stage the championships for the second time after beating out competition from Kenya, Poland and Singapore, AFP said. It means Tokyo's Olympic Stadium will get the…

How Washington Can Strengthen Relations Between Its East Asian Allies

South Korea hopes a high-level visit to Tokyo next week will kickstart talks aimed at a breakthrough in historical disputes despite concerns the death of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe could change Japan's policy priorities, Seoul officials said.

The decision comes on the eve of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene

Injury destroyed the British sprinter’s Olympic dreams in Tokyo but she is looking forward and ready to defend her world 200m title

Just 50 weeks ago, Pidcock was announcing himself as a supreme talent as he rode to Olympic mountain bike gold in Tokyo - but his breathtaking win on Le Tour's signature climb and its 21 hairpin bends was the stuff of a future Yellow Jersey winner

Britain and Japan are close to an agreement to merge their next-generation Tempest and F-X fighter jet programmes, with the two countries aiming for a deal on a new joint project by year-end, three sources told Reuters.