The Latest Breaking News from Tokyo

TOKYO — A system to register same-sex partnerships opened for applications in Tokyo on Tuesday, in a symbolic step forward for a country that has fallen behind its peers on embracing diversity.

Para-triathlon athlete George Peasgood won silver and bronze medals for Team GB at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, but is currently in a serious condition in hospital

Anti-doping authorities accepted CJ Ujah’s positive test at Tokyo 2020 was ‘not intentional’ and due to a contaminated supplement

(This Oct.09 story has been corrected to add negative COVID-19 test condition in paragraph 13)

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea early Sunday, Seoul's military said, the seventh such launch in two weeks, just hours after a nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier wrapped up joint drills off the Korean peninsula. Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have ramped up combined naval exercises in recent weeks,…

The battle for the Ryuo title, the most prestigious of all eight major shogi titles, began Friday between 20-year-old defending champion Sota Fujii and eighth-dan challenger Akihito Hirose in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.

Janusz Peciak has backed a horse riding alternative after a remarkable punch controversy that emerged at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games

Okinawa’s role in Japanese security was reinforced by China’s military drills in the Taiwan Strait following U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

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