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Tokyo organisers to bar most international volunteers 22 Mar 2021 - 01:55 pm
The Olympic rings are pictured in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Denis?Balibouse/File Photo
International spectators to be barred from entering Japan for Olympics 20 Mar 2021 - 02:09 pm
Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa (R) delivers a speech while Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (L) listens to at a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games with International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Tokyo organisers expected to discuss foreign spectators on Saturday 19 Mar 2021 - 02:01 pm
Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto and CEO Toshiro Muto hold a news conference regarding the report of a Japanese weekly magazine, in Tokyo, Japan March 18, 2021. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS
Tokyo 2020 torch relay to start March 25 in Fukushima 15 Mar 2021 - 01:56 pm
The logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is seen through a traffic sign at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/
U.S. optimistic athletes will be vaccinated ahead of Tokyo Games 11 Mar 2021 - 12:02 pm
The Olympic rings are illuminated in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon//File Photo
Tokyo 2020 chief says gender equality efforts as important as virus containment 24 Feb 2021 - 08:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo/File Photo
From Puskas to Instagram, Teqball inventors now dream of Olympics 15 Feb 2021 - 03:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: Csaba Banyik of Hungary in action at the Teqball World Championships in Budapest, Hungary December 6, 2019. Picture taken December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas
Japan political 'village mentality' pierced as Tokyo Olympics Mori resigns 12 Feb 2021 - 11:19 am
Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori announces his resignation as he takes responsibility for his sexist comments at a meeting with council and executive board members at the committee headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan February 12,
Tokyo governor says Olympics facing 'major issue' after Mori's sexist remarks 05 Feb 2021 - 12:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File Photo
Olympics-Games will go ahead regardless of pandemic situation: Tokyo 2020 president 02 Feb 2021 - 11:10 am
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PM Suga says Japan determined to hold Olympics this summer 29 Jan 2021 - 02:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a meeting of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection control headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
IOC says it is fully committed to successful Tokyo Games 27 Jan 2021 - 08:26 pm
IOC President, Thomas Bach, hosts the first Executive Board meeting for 2021 at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland January 27, 2021. Greg Martin/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY NO RESALES. NO AR
Athlete vaccinations started, new guidelines to alleviate concerns - IPC spokesman 26 Jan 2021 - 10:16 pm
The Olympic rings are pictured in front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Swimming Australia eyes Plan B in case of Tokyo cancellation 23 Jan 2021 - 11:20 am
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Japan denies possibility of canceling Olympics 17 Jan 2021 - 07:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wears a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the giant Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Japan to ban entry of foreign athletes during virus emergency 15 Jan 2021 - 05:23 pm
A man wears a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the giant Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Tokyo Games chief expects decision by March on allowing spectators 12 Jan 2021 - 04:31 pm
A man wearing a protective mask against COVID-19 is seen through the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Tokyo Olympics to spend $900 mln on coronavirus measures: Budget 22 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games CEO Toshiro Muto wears a face mask as he speaks during a press conference following a Tokyo 2020 Olympics Executive Board meeting in Tokyo on December 22, 2020. / AFP / POOL / Carl Court