The head of a Japanese doctors’ union belives that staging the upcoming Tokyo Olympics could lead to the emergence of an “Olympic” strain of the coronavirus in the country as thousands of people from around…
Japan’s Defence minister Nobuo Kishi has said that the government could call up military doctors and nurses from its Self-Defence Forces to help them for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to be held in July…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has hinted that the upcoming Tokyo Olympics is now at the ‘operational delivery mode’ as he said that athletes globally are “looking forward to a safe and secure…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president, who is in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics, has said that the showpiece event will be held as per schedule even if the host city and other…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 12, 11 days before the much awaited Tokyo Olympic Games finally kick-off. “The next steps on the organisational front after this Coordination…
Amidst the spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, demands for postponing the upcoming Tokyo Olympics has swiftly gathered momentum as now on Friday, a petition to cancel the showpiece event has been submitted to the…
Despite facing massive public opposition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said that it supports Japanese measures to counter the Covid-19 pandemic and was confident the Tokyo Olympics would be a “historic” event. Notably, just…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach’s Japan visit was forced to be postpone, organisers said Monday, after a coronavirus state of emergency was extended less than three months before the Tokyo Games. The IOC…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach is confident that a “big number” of athletes participanting in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics this year will be vaccinated for Covid-19. “I think we can already say now…
Despite a massive spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, the organisers of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics on Friday have ruled out any possibility of cancellation or postponement of the showpiece event. “There are a lot…