Olympic Games 2020

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, are seen near a campaign banner for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Global Economy

Insurers could lose billions if coronavirus prompts Olympics cancellation

Potential losses from cancelling an event will generally be higher the later a decision is made

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, are seen in front of the Giant Olympic rings at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
World+Biz

Tokyo Games' fate in hands of powerful IOC boss Bach

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past banners of the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
World+Biz

Tokyo has no 'Plan B' for Games despite coronavirus

IOC ‘committed’ to Tokyo Games despite virus: Olympics chief
Sports

IOC ‘committed’ to Tokyo Games despite virus: Olympics chief

Summer sunshine is seen through Olympic rings displayed at Nihonbashi district in Tokyo, Japan August 5, 2019. Picture taken August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Sports

World health would have to be at stake to cancel Tokyo Games: IOC

Giant Olympic Rings are installed at the waterfront area, with the Rainbow Bridge in the background, ahead of an official inauguration ceremony, six months before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan January 17, 2020/ Reuters
Sports

Japan continues Olympics plans as coronavirus disrupts sport

FILE PHOTO: The Olympic rings are displayed in front of the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, Japan, February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
World+Biz

London can host 2020 Games if moved over coronavirus: mayor candidate

With biryani and rice balls, Malaysia aims for halal Olympic gold
South Asia

With biryani and rice balls, Malaysia aims for halal Olympic gold

Giant Olympic Rings are installed at the waterfront area, with the Rainbow Bridge in the background, ahead of an official inauguration ceremony, six months before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan January 17, 2020/ Reuters
World+Biz

Tokyo Olympics CEO: "I'm seriously worried" over China virus

A man walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Tech

Bank of Japan warns of cyber-attack vulnerability ahead of Olympic Games

FILE PHOTO: Fireworks light up the sky near the illuminated Olympic rings at a ceremony to mark six months before the start of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo January 24, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
World+Biz

Japan hopefully has time to build virus defenses before Olympics: professor