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Northern Irish gymnast Rhys Mcclenaghan has debunked a myth that the beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village, which are made of recyclable cardboard, are “anti-sex” in a video that has gone viral.
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Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko has disappeared in Japan ahead of the Olympics, leaving only a note saying he didn’t want to go back to Uganda as life was too difficult there.
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Fans have been banned from the most events at the Tokyo Olympic Games after Japan declared a state of emergency that will run throughout the duration of the games following a surge in COVID-19 cases and the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant.
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North Korea has dropped out of the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Tokyo Olympics has announced that international spectators will not be allowed into Japan for this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers said in a statement on Saturday Mar. 20.
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Tokyo Olympics’ creative director Hiroshi Sasaki has resigned after saying popular female Japanese comedian and plus-size fashion designer, Naomi Watanabe, could dress up as an “Olympig,” at the opening ceremony.
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The Tokyo Olympics adds 12 women to its executive board, a late push for gender equality.
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The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has appointed Seiko Hashimoto as the new president, after Yoshiro Mori resigned last week due to sexist comments. View this post Continue Reading [https://www.almostmag.co/tokyo-new-olympics-chief-woman/]
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Yoshiro Mori, who is also a former prime minister, has resigned more than a week after he faced widespread criticism for saying women can’t stop talking in meetings.
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Japan’s former prime minister and the Tokyo Olympics Chief, Yoshiro Mori said women will never stop talking if they don’t restrict their speaking time in meetings.