Japan sees record daily high COVID-19 cases
Japan sets a new record daily high of more than 9,000 in confirmed COVID-19 cases on July 28, breaking the daily records...
read morePanda twin cubs weigh over 1 kg each
Ueno Zoo releases footage of the giant panda twin cubs born in late June and now weighing more than 1 kilogram each.
read moreJapan's subtropical rainforests added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Subtropical rainforests on islands in Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan have been added to UNESCO’...
read moreWomen's surfing gold medalist gave speech in Japanese
American surfer Carissa Moore, the gold medalist in women's surfing at the Tokyo Olympics, gave a speech in Japanese as ...
read moreCameras at Tokyo Olympic venue controlled from 8 km away
Getty Images controls cameras set up at Nippon Budokan, the venue for judo and karate during the Tokyo Olympics, from th...
read moreGiant puppet Mocco promotes Tokyo Games
Giant puppet Mocco promotes the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as part of the games cultural project on the theme of rec...
read moreVolunteers in Saitama welcome Olympians
Tokyo Olympic volunteers in Saitama Prefecture, north of the Japanese capital, welcome athletes arriving at Saitama Stad...
read moreOlympic flame moved to smaller cauldron in Tokyo waterfront area
The Tokyo Olympic flame that lit up the cauldron at National Stadium during the opening ceremony is moved to a smaller c...
read moreEmperor Naruhito meets with foreign leaders visiting for Tokyo Olympics
Emperor Naruhito meets with foreign leaders visiting Japan for the Tokyo Olympics in a reception at the Imperial Palace.
read moreTokyo Games victory bouquet represents prefectures hard-hit by 2011 disasters
The victory bouquet presented to medalists at the Tokyo Games is made of flowers grown in three prefectures in northeast...
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