Asahi Shimbun

TOKYO: Japan pledged on Thursday to keep in close contact with Olympics stakeholders at home and abroad to ensure a safe and secure Games even as it prepared to extend a state of emergency…

TOKYO: When Hiroki Saito took over the intensive-care ward on Tuesday morning, room No. 8 at the end of its cordoned-off section had been cleaned, locked up, and a ventilator beaming red…

By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two…

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled with the games set to open in less than two months.It is the first of Japan’s major newspapers to…