Sources: BBC
The 2025 World Athletics Championships start in Tokyo, Japan. 2025-09-13
China objects to an offering that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on Sunday. 2024-04-22
The state funeral of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held at the Budokan in Tokyo. 2022-09-27
Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery. 2022-08-17
The Summer Olympics officially end in Tokyo with the closing ceremony. The United States won the most medals and also won the most gold medals, with 113 total medals and 39 gold medals. The Olympic Flag is handed over to the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo in preparation for the 2024 Games. 2021-08-8
Tokyo reports a record for the second consecutive day of 3,177 new cases of COVID-19. 2021-07-28
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says that the Summer Olympics will be held in July, despite a state of emergency currently being declared in Tokyo. 2021-01-21
Tokyo reports a monthly record of 9,857 cases in November, surpassing the previous record set in August. 2020-11-30
Tokyo reports 367 new COVID-19 cases. It is the highest jump of new cases since the pandemic began. 2020-07-30
The world's first autonomous taxi service begins operating in Tokyo, Japan. The pilot project will run until September 8, with full commercial operations expected to start in 2020, when the city hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics. 2018-08-28