Olympic

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

Japan considers ban on all Olympic spectators, weighs extending curbs

Medical experts have said for weeks that having no spectators at the Olympics would be the least risky option amid widespread public concern about the risk the Games will fuel new surges of infections

Olympic to purchase land for expansion 
Corporates

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
World+Biz

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

Ian Buruma. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

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
South Asia

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
World+Biz

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
Coronavirus chronicle

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
World+Biz

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

Olympic finds a silver lining in pandemic
Stocks

Olympic finds a silver lining in pandemic

Photo: AP/UNB
Coronavirus chronicle

Tokyo Olympic organisers to secure 300 hotel rooms for athletes with Covid-19-Kyodo

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/File Photo
Sports

Japan to keep foreign spectators away from Tokyo Olympics

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
Sports

IOC says it is fully committed to staging Tokyo Games

As people shun eating out, Olympic grabs the opportunity
Corporates

As people shun eating out, Olympic grabs the opportunity