Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto, left, watches Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara and Paralympian Aki Taguchi light the celebration cauldron on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 O...
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Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, listens a question during a press conference in Tokyo.
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Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks as Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto, left, listens during a press conferenc...
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Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, left, speaks with Fujio Mitarai, the Honorary Chairman of the Tokyo2020 Executive Board, during the opening rema...
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A staff holds a notice board saying "Please leave an interval to queue up" as masked spectators line up to observe the Olympic Flame burning prior to a flame display ceremony in Iw...
A woman dressed in hakama views Tokyo's skyline Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedgi...
Snow-capped Mount Fuji is seen from an observation deck Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks ...
The New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from an observation deck Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Tokyo. Not even...
A board informing the Olympic torch relay is removed from the City Hall in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, where is a route of the relay, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The O...
Myles Amine, a wrestler who represents San Marino in the Olympics, holds some of his awards during an interview in Brighton, Mich., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Amine is disappointed h...
The Olympic rings float in the water on a barge Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus...
A man walks past large displays promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the Tok...
Two men chat behind the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the T...
Miraitowa and Someity, mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are seen in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of ...
A man walks past a countdown display for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the Toky...
An Olympic torch for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is on display in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olym...
A journalist waits for the start of a news conference with the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a p...
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori, left, and CEO Toshiro Muto attend a news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed ...
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori takes a seat at a news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed "100%" to a proposa...
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, arrives to speak to journalists in front of the prime minister's residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Abe says IOC president has ...
Sarita, who won gold in the 2020 championship in New Delhi, lost her opening bout to Mongolia's Shoovdor Baatarjav by 4-5 margin but came back strongly to enter the final
Toshihiro Nikai, the secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, suggested the cancellation just a day after Tokyo reached the 100-days-to-go mark on Wednesday.
The non-residential athletes will be required to strictly follow all COVID-19 protocols in order to protect the bio-bubble made for the country's Tokyo Olympic-bound sportspersons.
In February, the president of the organizing committee Yoshiro Mori was forced to resign after making sexist comments, saying women talk too much in meetings.
Japanese media have said the opening ceremony will be limited to 6,000 athletes. About 11,000 are expected to compete in the Olympics. The Paralympics add another 4,400 athletes
India won a whopping 227 international medals in July but how many of those will translate into an Olympic gold, silver or bronze in Tokyo 2020? The sports ministry feels India's best chance will be in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympics