Organizers announced 17 new Covid-19 cases directly linked to the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday – taking the total to 127. As of Saturday, 14 athletes and 34 “Games-concerned personnel” have tested ...

Japan’s summers are hot, humid, and can be deadly. If records are being broken during events at the Olympics, Tokyo 2020 could also emerge with perhaps a record it wouldn’t have wanted. Before the ...

Organizers say the Tokyo Games have set a new standard for sustainability, but critics beg to differ. Matt Alderton is a journalist who covers climate and environment issues, renewable energy, clean ...

Japan's Naomi Osaka carries the Olympic torch towards the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Olympic flame burns after the lighting of the Olympic ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A year later than originally planned, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, already postponed one year because of ...

As the world has watched with varying degrees of joy, appreciation, skepticism and concern (sometimes all during the same event!), the competitors themselves, every one of whom trained their tails off ...

After weeks of athletic feats, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games came to an end on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at the closing ceremony in an empty Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Athletes arrive for the closing ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic nearly wiped out a multi-billion dollar investment and half a decade of meticulous planning, marketing and merchandising for the Tokyo Olympics. A year later, thousands of ...