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IOC President Kirsty Coventry (rear, third from left) visits the Youth Olympic Village in Diamniadio, Senegal, on Thursday ahead of the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics.
OLYMPICS
Africa making Olympic debut with 2026 Dakar Youth Games
Senegal is the first African country to host an Olympic sporting event.
The logo for the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics is seen at the curling venue in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 5. The Milano Cortina Games were the first spread-out Winter Olympics.
OLYMPICS
More Olympics may be spread out as Games’ scale grows larger
By Amy Tennery
International Olympic Committee officials hailed the most recent Milano Cortina Games as a success, despite early concerns over the first spread-out Winter Olympics that had venues scattered over 22,000 kilometers.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation announces Munich as Germany's national bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games at a news conference in Baden-Baden, Germany, on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Germany selects Munich for Olympics host bid
Launched as a race between four candidates, it was ultimately a choice between two as Berlin withdrew on Thursday after Hamburg pulled out in May.
Three-time Olympic gold medal winner Drew Ginn (center) races as part of Australia's Olympic coxless fours during a training session at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in May 2012.
OLYMPICS / Rowing
Sep 18, 2026
Champion oarsman says Brisbane 2032 rowing risks becoming country regatta
Experienced coaches and former elite rowers remain unconvinced that a venue some 600 kilometers north of the host city is the best option.
Lindsay Vonn on the red carpet before the induction ceremony at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, on Sunday
OLYMPICS / Alpine skiing
Sep 1, 2026
Lindsey Vonn’s ‘long road’ back still includes ACL repair
Vonn, 41, tore her ACL in ?a World Cup race in Switzerland on Jan. 30, just a week ?before the start of the Milano Cortina Olympics.
Alysa Liu celebrates after winning gold in the figure skating women's singles at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics in Milan on Feb. 19.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Aug 26, 2026
Olympic champion Alysa Liu to sit out 2026-27 season
By Aadi Nair
Liu said she was planning to work on her “overall artistry, spins, jumps, everything” during her break from competition.
U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside LA28 Chairman Casey Wasserman, holds medals from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as he delivers remarks before signing an executive order to create a White House Olympics task force in Washington in August 2025.
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2026
Sebastian Coe says LA 28 organizers have to find right balance with U.S. government
By Luke Phillips
“The balance is keeping the politicians on the bus, but not letting them anywhere near the steering wheel,” Coe said.
Miho Takagi celebrates winning bronze in the women's 500m at the Milano Cortina Olympic Games in Milan, Italy, on Feb. 15.
OLYMPICS / Speedskating
Jul 28, 2026
Japan speedskating star Miho Takagi to get People’s Honor Award next week
Takagi will be presented with the People’s Honor Award at the prime minister’s office on Aug. 4.
India's Varun Chakravarthy (left) is bowled out by England's Adil Rashid during their T20 international match at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in Nottingham, England, on July 7.
OLYMPICS / Cricket
Jul 28, 2026
How cricket could become the IOC’s gateway to India
By Karolos Grohmann and Amlan Chakraborty
Cricket offers the International Olympic Committee something no recent addition has: direct access to a fan base of more than 2 billion people.
Miho Takagi celebrates after the final race of her career in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on March 8.
OLYMPICS / Speedskating
Jul 23, 2026
Speedskater Miho Takagi to receive People’s Honor Award
Takagi, 32, participated in four Winter Olympics and won a total of 10 medals, the most for a Japanese female Olympian.

Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
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