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Tokyo’s opening ceremony plays it safe in extraordinary circumstances | Justin McCurry
Most controversial Games in living memory opened with music, dance, pyrotechnics and Naomi Osaka in a sparsely…
- Japan, Athletics, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, World news, Asia Pacific, Naomi Osaka, Tennis, Sport
Naomi Osaka provides spark at subdued opening of Tokyo Olympics
Ceremony began as the most downbeat in Olympic history but finished in spectacular fashionTokyo Olympics – liv…
- Japan, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee, Yoshihide Suga, Disability and sport, Sport politics, Sport
The Guardian view on the Tokyo Olympics: in Japan, but not for Japan | Editorial
Many will cheer on the Games. But we should also understand the host nation’s reluctance After a year and a ha…
- Japan, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, World news, Asia Pacific, Dance, Stage, Culture, Sport
Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony: toil and mourning bloom into sparkling extravaganza
Empty seats contained potent symbolism as the sensitive and stylish ceremony focused on hard graft, failing be…
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Eleven outstanding moments from the Olympic opening ceremony | Martin Belam
A mostly sombre affair that reflected the pandemic backdrop to the Games, the ceremony nevertheless celebrated…
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By holding the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s government is gambling with people’s lives | Kosuke Takahashi
As Covid cases rise, vaccination lags and costs soar, most Japanese people are extremely cynical about the Gam…
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Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony – in pictures
With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has sta…
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Macron to raise issue of Frenchman on hunger strike in Tokyo over access to his children
French president’s visit to Japan for Tokyo Games is overshadowed by Vincent Fichot’s protestEmmanuel Macron w…
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Australia’s reliance on gas exports questioned as Japan winds down fossil fuel power
Government urged to speed up transition to green energy as Australia’s biggest market shifts away from LNG and…
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Pandemic and flagging support to make Tokyo Olympics opener a show like no other
A ceremony devoid of fans and low on athletes will set the tone for a Games mired in coronavirus uncertaintyWh…
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Tokyo 2020: director of opening ceremony sacked over 1998 Holocaust joke
Head of organising committee apologises for latest scandal to hit preparations for the Olympic GamesPreparatio…
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Coronavirus live: more than half of all European adults fully vaccinated; more Olympic athletes test positive in Tokyo
More than 200 million Europeans fully vaccinated but programme still behind summer target; more Olympic athlet…
- Japan, Australian foreign policy, Australia news, Australian politics, Australian military, Asia Pacific, China
‘We are in the same boat’: Japan urges Australia to join forces to address challenge of China
Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for two countries to deepen cooperation in East China Sea, where Tokyo has re…
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‘Boundless invention’: British Museum to show more than 100 unseen Hokusai works
Drawings were for a planned work by The Great Wave’s creator called The Great Picture Book of EverythingMore t…
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Tokyo Olympics: fears athletes could face hottest Games on record
Beach volleyball players have already found sand too hot for their feet during practiceAs if the coronavirus w…
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Toyota scraps Olympics TV adverts amid lukewarm support in Japan
Tokyo 2020 sponsor’s executives pull out of opening ceremony Czech beach volleyball player tests positive in O…
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US father and son jailed in Tokyo for helping Carlos Ghosn flee Japan
US army special forces veteran Michael Taylor was sentenced to two years and his son Peter for one year and ei…
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THE CHARM PARK ／「君と僕のうた」(映画「まともじゃないのは君も一緒」Special Collaboration Movie）
THE CHARM PARK ／「君と僕のうた」(映画「まともじゃないのは君も一緒」Special Collaboration Movie）
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Tokyo’s Olympic architecture: look, no Bird’s Nest…
Eye-catching new buildings will be in short supply when the Tokyo Olympics open next week. Instead, most venue…
- Japan, Athletics, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee, Coronavirus, World news, Asia Pacific, Shinzō Abe, Sport politics, Sport
Filled with doubt, division and Covid, Tokyo braces for Olympics
After a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want…