Japan will adjust the Olympic torch relay set to begin this month "as necessary" to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, organisers said Wednesday, giving few specifics. The Olympic flame is set ...

TOKYO, Japan — A governor in a western Japanese prefecture is talking about canceling torch relay events in his area ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reported Wednesday that ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Authorities in Japan's Osaka will discuss plans on Friday with organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Games to cancel the western region's leg of the Olympic torch relay, its governor said, to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan’s ...