The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

Takahashi suspected of mediating discounted Games sponsorship

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from major business clothing retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., had allegedly mediated between the company, the committee and other organizations so that the company would be chosen as a sponsor…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 19, 2022

Japan court recognises trans woman as parent of girl born before transition

A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her frozen sperm and born to her female partner before legally transitioning, partially overturning an earlier family court decision.

Bangkok Post · Aug 19, 2022

Aoki chief gave 'list of requests' to Games executive Takahashi

A senior executive of Aoki Holdings Inc. compiled a list of requests that was handed in 2018 to a then executive member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, seeking to enable the major business wear retailer to sell official Games merchandise among other requests, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 18, 2022

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori dies

TOKYO - Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, has died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Aug 17, 2022

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

Karsten Warholm: I’m not afraid of lactate, but I’m very afraid of having a bad race

Exclusive interview: The Norwegian failed to medal in Eugene after struggling with injury, but now hopes to bounce back in Munich and defend his European title

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

Japan prosecutors arrest former member of Olympic panel over suspected graft

Japanese prosecutors arrested a former member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics board, Haruyuki Takahashi, on Wednesday on suspicion of receiving bribes, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office said.

Reuters · Aug 17, 2022

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh

Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games and then having to watch from afar as the Taliban regained control of her country

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

Charlotte Worthington bemoans 'stubborn' decision to chase another Tokyo fairytale

Worthington has always channelled the ‘go hard or go home’ mentality BMX stars need but says she took things too far bidding to reclaim her 2019 crown.

Manchester Evening News · Aug 16, 2022

Foreign students return / Ukrainian students grateful for support

The recent relaxation of entry restrictions for foreigners opened the door again for overseas students to study in Japan. The Yomiuri Shimbun talked with students at Kai Japanese Language School in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. This is the second of a five-part series.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 16, 2022