Tokyo fans savor athletics four years after lockdowns

Japanese fans soaked up the atmosphere on yesterday’s opening day of the world athletics championships in Tokyo, four years after being shut out of the same stadium for the pandemic-troubled Olympics. The Tokyo Games, postponed a year until 2021...

Tokyo 2025: Ghana’s full schedule at 2025 World Athletics Championship

Ghana’s journey in the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo 2025 begins with Benjamin Azamati and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu. Benjamin Azamati and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu will begin the championship by competing in the men's 100 metres in Heat 5 and...

Tokyo 2025: Ryan Crouser of the United States wins third straight world title

US' athlete Ryan Crouser competes in the men's shot put final during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13, 2025. Ben STANSALL / AFP TOKYO, Japan (AFP)-Ryan Crouser made light of having missed most of the season through injury...

Tokyo 2025: Kishane Thompson leads Jamaican men into 100m semi-finals

Kishane Thompson of Jamaica reacts after competing in a 100m heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, September 13, 2025. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) September 13, 2025 National champion and world leader Kishane...

Tokyo receives 12 cm of rain in one hour

Japanese delegation visits Agri Science Centre

Japanese student designs 'smart bra' that unlocks only with boyfriend's fingerprint: 'Only your boyfriend can open'

In the video, he explained that the bra is designed to prevent cheating as it works on fingerprint recognition technology. Technology is not just about smartphones or gadgets; it has reached clothes, too. Recently, a Japanese content creator has...

Crouser, Chebet clinch golds as Tokyo’s athletics party kicks off

TOKYO: Sporting excellence returned to Tokyo on Saturday as the opening day of the long-awaited World Athletics Championships delivered on every front. Records were smashed and world titles defended, with some surprise wins keeping the night...

Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles off to strong start at world track championships in Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — America’s two big-name sprinters, Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles, both walked off the track Saturday with reason to think they might have found what’s been missing over a less-than-perfect 2025. What a place to find it — at the...

World Athletics Championships Start in Tokyo

Newsfrom Japan Sports Sep 13, 2025 18:07 (JST) Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--The World Athletics Championships kicked off at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday, marking the first time the biennial competition has been held in the...

The Africans to watch at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

More than 2,200 athletes have registered for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with a stellar lineup of African talent set to descend on Tokyo in pursuit of global glory. Among the headline names is women’s 1500m world record holder Faith...

Waning Japanese encephalitis immunity linked to more severe dengue illness

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with researchers in Nepal, have found that waning immunity to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) may increase the risk of more severe dengue disease in humans. Published in the journal...

Pod: Mixed heats in humid Tokyo & Cork pundits on tour

Katie Kirk is joined by Derval O'Rourke in studio, with David Gillick dialling in from a sticky Tokyo, to look back on the first day of the World Athletics Championships. Despite mixed results for the Irish there was plenty to discuss, as the...

Omanyala sprints into 100m semis in Tokyo

Audio By Vocalize Kenya's sprint sensation Ferdinand Omanyala has qualified for the semi-final of the men's 100m at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after finishing third in his heat. The heat was won by Akani Simbine of South...

A Tokyo full house revels in Chebet and sprinters

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet celebrates after winning the women’s 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo Saturday. Reuters Ryan Crouser became the second man – after Werner Guenthoer over 30 years ago – to be crowned world shot putt...

Obiena way off mark in Tokyo

Olmin Leyba - The Philippine Star September 14, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Filipino ace EJ Obiena kissed his bid in the 2025 World Athletics Championships goodbye after fumbling in the men’s pole vault qualification round last night in...

Karalis Cruises into Pole Vault Final at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

Greek pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis has secured his place in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, marking the first time in his career that he will compete for a medal at this level. Karalis, who trains under his father,...

World title it is! Beatrice Chebet wins first gold for Kenya at Tokyo Championship

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 13 – Beatrice Chebet won Kenya’s first gold medal at the World Championships in Tokyo with victory in the women’s 10,000m on Saturday afternoon. The double world record holder stole the show in the last 400 metres to cross the...

Indian athletes struggle on day one at Tokyo World Athletics Championships

India’s athletes struggled on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday. Race walkers in both the men’s and women’s 35km events failed to perform up to expectations, with Sandeep Kumar finishing 23rd and Priyanka...

The poetry of Japanese cuisine on a hot plate

In Japanese tradition, the act of cooking carries the weight of artistry and ritual. Every movement of the chef is deliberate, every flavour finely balanced. That reverence for food found its stage at OKO, The LaLiT New Delhi, during the...