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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021 after being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, cost 1.42 trillion yen ($10.4 billion), nearly double the figure quoted in the city's bid for the Games, according to a final budget report. The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee held its last…

NEW DELHI: One of India's most decorated para coaches and five-time Paralympian, Farman Basha, whose indomitable spirit was hailed by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his interaction with the contingent members upon their return from the Tokyo Paralympics, has threatened to return his government awards and honours,…

Accurately tracking costs of the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics is a moving maze because of recent fluctuations in the exchange rate between the dollar and the Japanese yen

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are closing the books on the pandemic-delayed Games

I once had the rare privilege to see the great bluesman and songwriter Earl King, who wrote the New Orleans Mardi Gras anthem Big Chief, perform in a small club in Tokyo. Before he took to the stage another band performed, with a well-known young blues guitarist playing fast action…

Japan’s Zipair will soon begin flying between Tokyo and San Jose

PARIS: Sidelined after the Tokyo Olympics debacle, star Indian archer Deepika Kumari is all set to make an India comeback in the upcoming Stage 3 of the World Cup beginning here on Tuesday.

An American aerospace company has announced a plane they claim will fly passengers around the world and back home in time for dinner.

Shintaro Ishihara, a writer and former governor of Tokyo who died in February at the age of 89, left behind an autobiography to be published after his and his wife's deaths. The writing contains an undisguised account of his childhood, literature, politics and love affairs. The book is titled "'Watashi'…