
Japan'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’...
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Women'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 ...
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Cameras 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...
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Giant 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...
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Volunteers in Saitama welcome Olympians
Tokyo Olympic volunteers in Saitama Prefecture, north of the Japanese capital, welcome athletes arriving at Saitama Stad...
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Olympic 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...
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Emperor 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.
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Tokyo 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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Olympic flame arrives at Tokyo Metropolitan Government office
The Olympic flame arrives at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office after the torch relay takes it around Japan over 1...
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Blue Impulse team draws Olympic rings in Tokyo sky
The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic demonstration team draws the Olympic rings in the sky in To...
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