— 30 June 2023
No unpleasant surprises for Yasuhiro Yamashita (photo above). The former heavyweight judoka, Olympic champion in all categories at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, was re-elected on Thursday June 29... Read more »
— 26 June 2023
The corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Games will have a direct, and presumably very concrete, effect on the organization of future major sporting events in the Japanese capital.... Read more »
— 21 November 2022
In response to the corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Games, Japan has decided to adopt a more rigorous policy for the governance of its major sporting events. The... Read more »
— 25 July 2022
Hard return to reality for Japanese sport. According to a survey by the public broadcaster NHK, the post-Games period in Tokyo will be an austere one for the national... Read more »
— 29 October 2021
Good news for the Japanese athletics. According to a source “close to the case”, quoted by the agency Kyodo News, the Japanese government would have given up its project... Read more »
— 8 June 2021
Kyodo News Agency reports that the Japanese National Olympic Committee (JOC) is in mourning over the death of one of its executives. The director of the accounting department of... Read more »
— 12 April 2021
Disturbing. 102 days before the opening of the Tokyo Games (July 23rd to August 8th), Japanese media report that an employee of a hospital in central Japan tested positive... Read more »
