Support for holding Olympics hits new low in Japan
Tokyo 2020 organisers are insisting the Games will go ahead this year.
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Tokyo 2020 organisers are insisting the Games will go ahead this year.
The Lions head coach has urged Premiership Rugby to remove its block on players.
The game is set to be played at Murrayfield in Edinburgh in June 2021.
Yoshihide Suga said he is a reformer who will help revive Japan’s Covid-ravaged economy.
The news comes as the EU is threatening legal action over the UK reneging on its commitments made in the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Typhoon Haishen hit the southeastern coast of South Korea with sustained winds of up to 78 mph.
A survivor from the ship told the Japanese coastguard the Gulf Livestock 1 fell victim to rough weather during Typhoon Maysak.
The machine so far can fly for just five to 10 minutes.
It had been heavily speculated Abe would step down after recent unannounced hospital visits.
The 28-year-old should still be available to feature for the national team in 2021.
Most of those backing a delay or cancellation said they simply didn’t believe the pandemic could be contained in time for the Games.
Soldiers, police and rescue workers have been searching for survivors in riverside towns.
The 34-year-old was a popular figure at last year’s World Cup in Japan.
The floods in Kumamoto region have caused serious damage.
More than 75,000 residents in the southern prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were asked to evacuate.
It was known as a ‘ring of fire’ because the moon covered most, but not all, of the sun
The 30-year-old will leave Saracens after 12 years with the club.
The 32-year-old will be ineligible for the Welsh if he heads abroad.
The legendary former All Blacks out-half helped the Kobelco Steelers to the Top League title in 2018
Organisers have offered up two apps to allow participants to complete the marathons alone, tracked online.
The court ruled that the former employee of the facility deserved no leniency.
A player from the Hino Red Dolphins was arrested for alleged cocaine use.
He is the first British person to have died from the coronavirus.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he has asked schools to remain closed until spring holidays begin in late March.
In some countries, St Patrick’s Day events have already been cancelled.
The passengers will now go into quarantine in Wirral.
Both passengers, who were in their 80s, were taken off the ship last week and were being treated in hospital.
Two Irish citizens who were on the cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus.
The couple are understood to have tested positive for Covid-19 a number of days ago.
The Diamond Princess ship docked in Japan has more than 450 confirmed cases of Covid-19.
Washington will send a plane to Japan for the evacuation tomorrow.
Former Munster and Pau back row Paddy Butler has joined Japanese club Yamaha Júbilo.
Another ship began letting passengers over the age of 80 off the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
The number of cases has reached 63,581.
China has reported 1,367 deaths among 52,526 cases on the mainland
Passengers on the ship have been asked to stay inside their cabins to prevent new infections.
Tests are being carried out on samples taken from 273 of the 3,711 people on board.
All cases had involved people who had been in or near Wuhan, but Japan and Germany have now reported human-to-human cases.
Carlos Ghosn, formerly a giant of the motor industry, faced charges of financial misconduct.
Carlos Ghosn, formerly a giant of the motor industry, faced charges of financial misconduct.