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The 2020 Summer Olympics is currently underway in Tokyo, Japan, and NASA has posted a stunning night view of Tokyo city on Instagram, taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The picture shows the city in all its glory as the games unfolded.

Kazuki Maeda from Kumamoto in Japan grew a pomelo that weighs more than 5kg. And it made it to Guinness World Records.

Tokyo Olympics organisers dismissed any link to rising coronavirus cases in Japan on Thursday after reporting 24 infections among Games participants, the highest yet.

A Tokyo court has upheld jail sentences for a US father-son duo who helped ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan, as the pair waived their right to appeal.

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan weightlifter who disappeared in Japan after failing to qualify for Tokyo Olympics was charged with conspiracy to defraud.

Daily virus cases in Tokyo topped 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as several neighbouring regions weighed emergency restrictions to tackle a surge in infections.

Tokyo 2020: Surfing made its Olympic debut and Brazil's Italo Ferreira beat Japan's Kanoa Igarashi to claim the first gold medal in the discipline.

A tropical storm churned towards Japan and the Olympic Games on Tuesday, whipping up welcome waves for surfing medal hopefuls but disrupting other events with rain and strong winds.

Japan's Naomi Osaka suffered a shock loss to Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the Tokyo Games, crushing her dreams of winning Olympic gold on home soil.

Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic eased into the third round in men's singles tennis on Monday while Naomi Osaka, too, raced into the last 16 in women's singles with a second win in as many days.

Russia plans to set up a special economic zone with no customs and a reduced set of taxes on a disputed chain of islands near Japan, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was quoted as saying on Monday by Russia's RIA and Interfax news agencies.

Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday.

Japan's Yuto Horigome said he would hang his gold medal on his Pokemon stuffed toy after he unveiled a wonder-trick to become the Olympics' first skateboarding champion.

For a year, the peak of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been off-limits because of coronavirus, but now hikers are flocking back to catch the spectacular sunrise above the clouds.

Japan's Naomi Osaka won in straight sets on her highly-anticipated return to court at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, while world number one Ashleigh Barty crashed out in the first round.

The 2020 Summer Olympics is currently underway in Tokyo, Japan, and NASA has posted a stunning night view of Tokyo city on Instagram, taken from the International Space Station (ISS). The picture shows the city in all its glory as the games unfolded.

Kazuki Maeda from Kumamoto in Japan grew a pomelo that weighs more than 5kg. And it made it to Guinness World Records.

Tokyo Olympics organisers dismissed any link to rising coronavirus cases in Japan on Thursday after reporting 24 infections among Games participants, the highest yet.

A Tokyo court has upheld jail sentences for a US father-son duo who helped ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan, as the pair waived their right to appeal.

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan weightlifter who disappeared in Japan after failing to qualify for Tokyo Olympics was charged with conspiracy to defraud.

Daily virus cases in Tokyo topped 3,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as several neighbouring regions weighed emergency restrictions to tackle a surge in infections.

Tokyo 2020: Surfing made its Olympic debut and Brazil's Italo Ferreira beat Japan's Kanoa Igarashi to claim the first gold medal in the discipline.

A tropical storm churned towards Japan and the Olympic Games on Tuesday, whipping up welcome waves for surfing medal hopefuls but disrupting other events with rain and strong winds.

Japan's Naomi Osaka suffered a shock loss to Marketa Vondrousova in the third round of the Tokyo Games, crushing her dreams of winning Olympic gold on home soil.

Tokyo Olympics: Novak Djokovic eased into the third round in men's singles tennis on Monday while Naomi Osaka, too, raced into the last 16 in women's singles with a second win in as many days.

Russia plans to set up a special economic zone with no customs and a reduced set of taxes on a disputed chain of islands near Japan, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was quoted as saying on Monday by Russia's RIA and Interfax news agencies.

Japan's Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women's skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days on Monday.

Japan's Yuto Horigome said he would hang his gold medal on his Pokemon stuffed toy after he unveiled a wonder-trick to become the Olympics' first skateboarding champion.

For a year, the peak of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji has been off-limits because of coronavirus, but now hikers are flocking back to catch the spectacular sunrise above the clouds.

Japan's Naomi Osaka won in straight sets on her highly-anticipated return to court at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, while world number one Ashleigh Barty crashed out in the first round.