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Japan eyes fresh stimulus package as new curbs weigh on growth

Lawmakers have escalated calls for a new relief package

'Just wanted to fight fearlessly': Lovlina on historic Olympic win

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27 new Tokyo Games-related Covid-19 cases reported, highest so far

The Tokyo Games organisers on Friday announced 27 new COVID-19 cases linked with the Olympics, including three athletes, the highest daily count so far. The three athletes include US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, who on Thursday pulled out of the Games after testing positive for the virus. The 27 cases, bringing the cumulative Games-related total to 220, comprise 18 residents of Japan and nine from overseas. Of the daily total, two athletes and a Games-related official were staying in the Olympic village. The highest daily figure in Games-related cases came a day after Tokyo reported 3,865 new infections, hitting a record for the third straight day, and the nationwide single-day count topped 10,000 for the first time. Besides the three athletes, those who tested positive for COVID-19 were 15 contractors, four Games-related officials, four volunteers and one member of the media, according to the organising committee. The total number of cases in the Games .

Japan to widen coronavirus emergency after record spike amid Games

Japan is set to expand the state of emergency in Tokyo to neighbouring areas and the western city of Osaka in the wake of record-breaking surge in infections while the capital hosts the Olympics

From the Emperor Naruhito on down: Memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

From Emperor Naruhito on down, every Japanese of a certain age remembers the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Europe's soccer giants feel Covid pinch

Japan's daily cases top 10,000 for the first time, Most South Africans don't want Covid shot, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

The Next One: Japan's Daii Hashimoto takes gold in Olympic gymnastics

Daiki Hashimoto grew up watching Kohei Uchimura win gold medals, just like every other aspiring Japanese gymnast over the past decade-plus

Debutant Indian boxer Pooja Rani enters quarters of Tokyo Olympics

The 30-year-old Indian clinched it 5-0, thoroughly dominating a rival 10 years her junior.

Japan rallies in 9th to beat Dominican Republic 4-3 in Olympic opener

Hayato Sakamoto hit a game-ending, bases-loaded single that capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally, lifting host Japan over the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the Olympic baseball opener on Wednesday.

Typhoon Nepartak turns northward and makes landfall in Japan: Report

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that typhoon Nepartak has turned northward and made landfall on the Pacific coast of the northeastern Miyagi prefecture on Wednesday morning

Olympics 2020: Japan beats US 2-0, turns incredible DP to win softball gold

Japan won its second straight Olympic softball gold medal, beating the United States 2-0 Tuesday in an emotional repeat of its 2008 victory in Beijing that again left the Americans in tears.

Olympics: Disbelief, support in Japan after Naomi Osaka's elimination

Some Japanese said it broke their hearts to imagine how much Osaka had wanted to win the gold for her country.

You learn from your failures, happy with Tokyo experience: Bhavani Devi

Bhavani feels that this Olympics has already been special for the entire Indian contingent

Tokyo Olympics 2020: A success? A failure? And how to judge?

It will take something much more nuanced than those basic notions to assess the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics when they wrap up in two weeks.

Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin visits disputed island amid Japan's opposition

Despite Japan's opposition, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the disputed island of Iturup, known as Etorofu in Japanese, triggering a new round of tensions between Moscow and Tokyo

Asia equities tick up, as investors look to the US; Nikkei rises 0.58%

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian equity markets rose cautiously Tuesday, after touching year to date lows the day before, with traders keeping at least half an eye on the United States where major companies report earnings and the Federal Reserve meets on policy this week.

4 new Covid-19 cases in Olympic Games village, two of them athletes

Four residents of the Olympic Games village, including two athletes, are among the seven new COVID-19 cases that the event organisers announced on Tuesday. With this, the total Games-related COVID cases shot up to 155, 20 of them in the Games village. The four fresh cases in the village include two Games-concerned personnel. On Monday, Dutch tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer was forced to withdraw from after testing positive for the virus. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, pulled out of their second-round match on Monday following Rojer's positive test result. The contingents that have been hit by COVID-19 after landing in Tokyo include Czech republic, the USA, Chile, South Africa and the Netherlands among others. Of these, the Czech Republic is inquiring into possible health safety protocol violations by its contingent after four athletes tested positive for the virus, forcing withdrawals from

Without the crowd's roar, athletes at Tokyo Olympics search for spirit

In arenas across Tokyo, athletes accustomed to feeding off the deafening roar of the crowd are searching for new ways to feel Olympic enthusiasm.

Tokyo: Indians misfire in 10m mixed air pistol events, fail to make finals

The Indian pair of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker caved in under pressure and failed to qualify for the final of the 10m air pistol mixed team events at the Tokyo Olympics here on Tuesday.

Tokyo Olympics: Japan stun China to take mixed doubles gold in TT

Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Japan in table tennis here on Monday