The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Japan opens borders to tourists as last pandemic travel restrictions eased

Japan removes strict Covid-19 travel curbs, fuelling hopes a tourist boom will reinvigorate the economy

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2022

Tokyo opens same-sex partnership system for applications

TOKYO — A system to register same-sex partnerships opened for applications in Tokyo on Tuesday, in a symbolic step forward for a country that has fallen behind its peers on embracing diversity.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

British Paralympic star suffers serious head injury after “freak accident” while cycling

Para-triathlon athlete George Peasgood won silver and bronze medals for Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, but is currently in a serious condition in hospital

Daily Mirror · Oct 10, 2022

Banned British sprinter CJ Ujah cleared of deliberately taking drugs at Olympics

Anti-doping authorities accepted CJ Ujah’s positive test at Tokyo 2020 was ‘not intentional’ and due to a contaminated supplement

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage

(This Oct.09 story has been corrected to add negative COVID-19 test condition in paragraph 13)

Reuters · Oct 10, 2022

North Korea Fires More Missiles, Seventh Launch in Two Weeks

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea early Sunday, Seoul's military said, the seventh such launch in two weeks, just hours after a nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier wrapped up joint drills off the Korean peninsula. Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have ramped up combined naval exercises in recent weeks,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 9, 2022

Shogi champion Fujii kicks off Ryuo title defense Shogi star Fujii aims to defend Ryuo title

The battle for the Ryuo title, the most prestigious of all eight major shogi titles, began Friday between 20-year-old defending champion Sota Fujii and eighth-dan challenger Akihito Hirose in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 7, 2022

‘Archery is not all, there’s life beyond it’, says soon-to-be-dad Atanu Das

SANSKARDHAM (Gujarat): The bitter loss at the Tokyo Summer Games allowed Olympian couple Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari to change their perspective about the sport which they loved all their lives.

The Times of India · Oct 6, 2022

Olympic modern pentathlon champion backs horse riding alternative after punch scandal

Janusz Peciak has backed a horse riding alternative after a remarkable punch controversy that emerged at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

Okinawa’s Elections Expose Problems With Military Coexistence

Okinawa’s role in Japanese security was reinforced by China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait following U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

The News Lens · Oct 6, 2022