By the closing ceremony of this summer's Tokyo Olympics, the Winter Games of Beijing 2022 will be less than six months away — an anomaly in the calendar, as the Olympics have been split in ...

Seiko Hashimoto has been elected president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman to head the body.

Ironically enough, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were being called “The Recovery Games” in Japan, referring to the country’s tsunami and earthquake in March 2011 and the subsequent meltdown of ...

While Tokyo's future is in doubt, China's capital, Beijing, is determined that its first shot at hosting a Winter Olympics, in 2022, will not be derailed. China has seen a boom of passion for ...

A still-unfolding corruption scandal linked to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics has turned public opinion sharply against Sapporo’s bid and complicated Japan’s ability to stage large events in ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, whose grandfather opened the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, then officially declared the Games open as a fireworks show illuminated the stadium. Jul 23, 2021, 9:58 AM EDT ...

TOKYO -- Seiko Hashimoto, a seven-time Olympian and former Cabinet minister, was last week elected as the first woman ...

Just as Sapporo has started officially pushing for the 2030 Winter Games, a bribery scandal involving Japan’s most recent Olympics in Tokyo is casting a dark shadow on its plans.

Unlike Brazil, Japan is a seasoned Olympic host. This will be Tokyo’s second time hosting the Summer Games, after the 1964 Olympics, and Sapporo and Nagano hosted the Winter Games in 1972 and ...

Kaori Sakamoto, the three-time figure skating world champion, will retire after next year’s Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. She made the announcement Friday to reporters in Kobe, Japan.

The fallout from the Tokyo Olympics has created an unexpected headache not just for Sapporo but also for the I.O.C., which has found it increasingly difficult to secure hosts for the Winter Games ...