Tag: Tokyo Olympic torch
‘Tokyo Games could lead to Olympic coronavirus variant’
TOKYO: The head of a Japanese doctors’ union said on Tuesday that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands...
Japan daily sponsoring Olympics joins cancellation chorus
TOKYO: Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an official Tokyo Olympics sponsor, called for the Games to be cancelled on Wednesday, in the latest sign of opposition less...
Japan sees no impact on Tokyo Games from US travel advice
TOKYO: Top Japanese officials said on Tuesday they did not expect a US advisory against travel to Japan due to coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns to...
IOC reassures Japan that Olympics will be safe
TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reassured an anxious Japan on Wednesday that the Tokyo Olympics would be safe for athletes as well as...
Tokyo doctors call for Olympics cancellation due to Covid-19
TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country...
Olympic torch relay pulled off streets in Hiroshima
TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is being pulled off the streets in Hiroshima prefecture as coronavirus (Covid-19) cases rise in Japan barely 10...
