TOKYO (AP) -- The five Olympic rings floating on a barge in Tokyo Bay were towed away Thursday for what is being called 'maintenance,' but officials say the iconic Olympic symbol will return to greet next year's Games. The Tokyo Olympics have been…
HIROSHIMA -- The following is the full text of the Commitment to Peace statement read by two local children at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of the city. Hiroshima, where it was said that nothing green…
TOKYO -- The number of novel coronavirus cases continued to advance in Japan's capital on Aug. 6, with 360 new infections recorded on the day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced. It was the 10th day in a row for Tokyo to see over 200…
HIROSHIMA -- Seventy-five years ago today, my grandmother was looking up at the blue sky in Hiroshima. As soon as she saw the aircraft, which 'looked like a crow,' she was blown off her feet by a flash of light and a violently loud blast. My…
TOSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- Yokohama FC's Kazuyoshi Miura, playing in his first game of the season, became the oldest player to take to the pitch in Japan's league cup competition, the YBC Levain Cup, on Wednesday at the age of 53 years, 5 months and 10…
