DOHA (Kyodo) -- International Olympic Committee representative John Coates apologized to 2020 Games organizers for the abrupt announcement that it plans to move the marathon and race walks to Sapporo, but said it is necessary to avoid Tokyo's…
TOKYO -- People who won the right to purchase tickets to see the men's marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have expressed their bewilderment at the possibility of the marathons being shifted to Sapporo in northern Japan to beat the searing summer…
Details of the massive damage caused by Typhoon Hagibis that hit extensive areas of the Japanese archipelago over the weekend are becoming clear. Over 70 people, mainly those in central, eastern and northeastern Japan, died in the disaster, and…
NAGANUMA, Japan — The time was 1:30 a.m., and Hiroshi Ogawa was trying to decide whether he should run from the biggest typhoon to hit Japan in decades. His home stood near the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture, separated from the rising…
