It spent much of that time at a Tokyo Fire Department facility for safekeeping before going on public display at the Olympic Museum in Tokyo. The torch relay finally got underway on March 25 and is ...

1964 Tokyo Olympics official poster. Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum 1964 Tokyo Games Art Exhibition Poster (Photo Exhibition), designed by Hara Hiromu Pictograms, photographed ...

Featuring notable acquisitions like Novak Djokovic’s tennis racket and Rebeca Andrade’s gymnastics leotard, the Swiss-based institution announced this week that it received more than 432,000 ...

It marked the second time that Tokyo had been awarded the Olympic Games, having previously hosted the event in 1964. Though some events will be held elsewhere in Japan, the majority of the Olympic ...

Olympic javelin's gold medalist Neeraj Chopra shows his medal upon his arrival at an airport in New Delhi, India, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi India’s Neeraj Chopra won Olympic gold in ...

The final act of the delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games. The Paralympics ended a 13-day run in a ...

It is time to consider significant reforms to the way the Olympics are pursued, prepared for, and hosted When Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics back in 2013, it was seen as a great ...