Originally planned for Summer 2020, the pandemic-postponed 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Japan. The games are officially called Tokyo 2020 for marketing and ...

NBC Universal has complete coverage of both the men’s and women’s soccer tournaments taking place across Japan as part of ...

The Tokyo Olympics look like no other Summer Games before and that's partially because this year's competition will feature several brand-new sports: 3x3 basketball, skateboarding, sport climbing, ...

Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics wasn’t a sexy one. But the promise of efficiency, competence and high-tech wizardry was more than enough to convince members of the International Olympic ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has become Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan's Ministry of ...

From 1896 to 2016, the number of athletes competing in the summer games has seen an increase of over 6,200% according to data gathered by the International Society of Olympic Historians. There are 206 ...