A major group of Japanese doctors has joined mounting calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, warning—despite organizers’ insistence they can hold it safely—the event will overwhelm the country’s ...

TOKYO, Japan — A physician representing a Japanese medical body warned Thursday that holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in two months could lead to the spread of variants of the coronavirus. Dr.

An organization representing approximately 6,000 Japanese doctors took a stand against the Tokyo Olympics, arguing that the Games should be outright canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The message ...

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Japan's vaccination roll-out faces logistical hurdles that could further delay the slow-moving campaign, experts and officials say, complicating plans to deliver wide-scale ...

The Olympics -- which were supposed to take place in 2020 but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic -- are less than two months away now. However, the host country is still very much battling ...

TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - After more than a year at the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic, Japanese emergency doctor Shoji Yokobori finds himself at the unlikely calm of the Olympics, overseeing a ...

A major doctors' group in Japan is calling for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this year to be canceled as COVID-19 cases surge in the country. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association, ...

Athletes have begun to arrive in Tokyo in preparation for the Summer Olympics, set to begin on July 23, despite warnings from many Japanese doctors that the games should be canceled. Japanese ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s highest glass ceiling shattered Oct. 21 when Sanae Takaichi received 237 votes — four more than needed to ...

The head of a Japanese doctors’ union warned on Thursday that holding the Tokyo Olympics in July—with tens of thousands of people from around the world congregating in the capital city—could lead to ...

TOKYO — Japan's vaccination roll-out faces logistical hurdles that could further delay the slow-moving campaign, experts and officials say, complicating plans to deliver wide-scale coronavirus ...