"In many countries journalists are literally being killed for doing their job. Meanwhile in Paris, tennis journalists are facing the prospect of having to construct an article entirely from their own words. One of these things is not like the others." theguardian.com/sport/blog/202…

Two Olympics, two Tokyos: Father, son design aquatics venues decades apart reut.rs/3xjGvqg by Elaine Lies Sakura Murakami #Tokyo2020

A portrait of the city, a month before the Olympics. Photos by Kim KYUNG-HOON, words by 白木真紀 Maki Shiraki ＠Reuters, Elaine Lies, and me. Postcards from Tokyo: light and shadow ahead of pandemic Olympics reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…

ロイター様の取材を受けました！ 英文記事なので頑張って翻訳をしてみます🤣 みなさんもぜひ夏休みの宿題を思い出してトライしてみてください！ 取材してくれた村上さん、ありがとうございました！ reuters.com/lifestyle/spor… #Deaf #LGBT #polevault #oakley

So Sato, a deaf and transgender pole vault athlete, has cautious hopes that #Tokyo2020 Could be a catalyst for social change. His story: reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…

Here's the story: Japanese boxing nurse has Olympic dream crushed by COVID widerimage.reuters.com/story/japanese…

Ok this is quite stunning. 1824 drones lighting the sky.

Folks, I thought...I don't have to talk about the Olympic Opening Ceremony anymore...it's done, it's over, let's move on.... Now Bunshun has gone and LEAKED EVEN MORE OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND LOOK AT THIS, LOOK WHO WAS GOING TO START IT ALL OFF

Belarusian athlete enters Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing to return home reuters.com/lifestyle/spor… #Tokyo2020

"When we go back to the real world, like in the hospital, we see the many patients of COVID-19," Yokobori said. "It is like heaven or hell, I don't know.

How does it feel to lose at the Olympics? Elite athletes describe the heartache. wapo.st/2WLKQW8

直島のシンボルが…..＃台風9号

A decade after Fukushima, Japan has restarted only a third of its 33 operable nuclear reactors. The reason isn't a rejection of the science, but public distrust in the bureaucracy's ability to safely and independently monitor a powerful industry. japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/10/2…

At the #Beijing2022WinterOlympics local staff are barred from seeing loved ones as they work inside a “closed loop.” One couple managed to steal a kiss on the edge of that loop: reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…