Tokyo Olympics: Adviser frets about Games; volunteers quit

Addressing a parliamentary committee, medical adviser Shigeru Omi said organisers should explain to the public why they are going ahead in the middle of a pandemic.   IMAGE: Doctors have said......

Tokyo kicks off Games amid COVID-19 fears

IMAGE: The Olympic rings are seen on a flag during training. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women's softball......

Tokyo 2020 chief rules out delay despite pandemic fears

IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard near the Olympic rings monument during a rally by anti-Olympics protesters outside the Japanese Olympic Committee headquarters. Photograph: Issei......

Will local spectators be banned from Tokyo Olympics?

'There is a risk the movement of people and opportunities to interact during the Olympics will spread infections and strain the medical system.' IMAGE: Japan is pushing ahead with the......

'100 per cent impossible to have an Olympics with zero risk'

IMAGE: Already postponed from last year because of the pandemic, a scaled-down version of the Tokyo Olympic Games with no foreign spectators is set to start on July 23 despite public fears the......