(CNN) The postponed Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.
An agreement was reached on Monday after a call between lead…

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PHILIP FONG/Getty ImagesThe International Olympic Committee has earmarked the date of July 23, 2021, for the Tokyo Olympics to begin after being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, …

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Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori (centre, at table) made the announcement at a news conference on MondayThe Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July, 2021 and run to 8 August after being postponed …

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Japan is planning to place an entry ban on foreign nationals who have recently been to the United States, China, South Korea and most of Europe in an effort to contain the spread of the new coronavir…

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Roughly one third of the planet expected to be unable to travel to Japan as part of expanded coronavirus countermeasures.
Japan’s NHK national news organization reports that the government will be mo…

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(A Tokyo Olympic countdown clock set up near JR Tokyo Station shows on March 30, 2020, the number of days remaining until the games.)
The International Olympic Committee and the local organizers agre…

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Nintendo is planning to celebrate Super Mario Bros.’ 35th anniversary this year with several major releases, new and old.
As VGC’s network partner Eurogamer reported in a follow-up to our story, thes…

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Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died from the coronavirus infection, becoming Japan’s first known celebrity to be a victim of the disease.
He was hospitalized March 20 after developing a fe…

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SoftBank has decided to let satellite internet provider OneWeb file for bankruptcy Friday rather than pump billions of dollars into the start-up to save it, according to people familiar with the matt…

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March 30 (UPI) -- Ken Shimura, a famed Japanese comedian, has died at the age of 70 due to complications from COVID-19.
Shimura died of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 in a Tokyo hospital on Sunday, his…

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