The torch ends its round-the-world jaunt in August in Beijing, China, host city of the 2008 Olympics. Students for a Free Tibet Japan has announced plans to demonstrate at the Nagano leg of the ...

He recently published a book about Japan's first Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, and he hopes to be in Fukushima for the start of the torch relay next March. On October 10, 1964, I was just one year ...

Tight security accompanied the Olympic torch relay a day earlier in Japan, as thousands of police officers helped quickly end the few and sporadic protests in Nagano. Heavy security flanked ...

A skyscraper set to become Japan’s tallest at a staggering 390 meters will be called Torch Tower, its developer, Mitsubishi Estate Co., announced on Sept. 17. The building, scheduled to be ...

Former athlete Chosei Afuso, 75, is uniquely placed as a participant in the torch relay that preceded Japan’s first host Olympics in 1964. These days, he is an activist with a message about his ...

FUKUSHIMA (Reuters) - Japan’s Olympic minister Tamayo Marukawa told reporters on Thursday she hoped the public’s sentiment towards the Tokyo Games would improve as the torch relay proceeded.

Azusa Iwashimizu, 34, a female soccer star from Iwate Prefecture, lit a torch and started running with 14 other members of the 2011 women's World Cup team, Nadeshiko Japan. The ceremony was held ...