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Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 17, 2021.

Olympics-Support for Japan's PM Suga slides as Covid shadows Tokyo Games

Japan has had some cheering news from the Games, taking a total of five gold medals - including a historic two in judo by Uta Abe and her brother Hifumi on Sunday, as well as one silver medal

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball 3x3 Training - Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 21, 2021 The Olympic rings are seen on a flag during training REUTERS/Andrew BoyersREUTERS

Olympics-Tokyo kicks off games amid Covid-19 fears

Representational image. Photo : AP via Hindustan Times

Covid scare at Olympics: 3 athletes test positive for Covid-19, 2 staying at Olympic Village

Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium, which will host the baseball and softball competitions during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, is seen in Fukushima, Japan, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Japan's Fukushima, in reversal, bars spectators from Olympic events

Passengers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at the Haneda airport, in Tokyo, Japan June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou

Organisers to ban Olympic spectators as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency-report

An Olympic rings monument is pictured in the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan, April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan considers ban on all Olympic spectators, weighs extending curbs

Olympic to purchase land for expansion 

Olympic to purchase land for expansion 

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games athletes' village (foreground) is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2021. Picture taken on April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Take your condoms home: social distancing and sex in the Olympic village

Ian Buruma. Illustration: TBS

What is the point of the Olympics?

There have been protests in Japan over the Olympic Games happening there this year in the middle of a pandemic. Photo: Reuters

Japan considers asking Olympic fans for negative Covid tests, vaccinations - media

Passengers walk along terminal B of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, US, May 23, 2021. Photo: Reuters

With Olympics looming, US advises against travel to Japan due to Covid-19

Security personnel stand guard near the Olympic rings monument during a rally by anti-Olympics protesters outside the Japanese Olympic Committee headquarters, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Most Japanese medical workers still not fully vaccinated as Olympics loom

The Olympic rings are illuminated in front of the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Amid opposition, Japan PM says has “never put Olympics first”