![]() ![]() to end the American team's 44-match unbeaten run.Ħ:38 p.m. Great Britain beat Chile 2-0 in the women's soccer tournament, while Brazil thrashed China 5-0. Canada has won the previous two Olympic bronze medals.ħ:00 p.m. Canada game in the women's soccer tournament ends with a 1-1 draw. Separately, NHK reports that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided not to attend the ceremony, given that the capital is under a state of emergency due to rising COVID-19 cases.ĩ:30 p.m. Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto. Japanese attendees will include Emperor Naruhito, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and other top officials, Tokyo Gov. In addition to about 800 officials from overseas, around 150 Japanese are expected to attend. Roughly 950 people will attend the opening ceremony at the National Stadium, the organizing committee says. Mana Iwabuchi scored in the 84th minute and Japan pulled into a 1-1 draw with Canada. The Olympics trip is the first lady's first solo adventure abroad and will include three days on the ground in Japan. During the trip, she will meet with Japanese Emperor Naruhito. The first lady will arrive in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon before having dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his wife Mariko Suga at Akasaka Palace. efforts to check China's rise, aides say. Her husband President Joe Biden sees the pandemic-postponed Games as a critical moment to show support for a longtime ally and trading partner, who he hopes will support U.S. first lady Jill Biden, who will lead the country's diplomatic delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, left Washington to start a lengthy journey to Japan. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled for July 23 in light of the state of emergency in Tokyo and the fact that there were no spectators, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.Ĥ:00 a.m. The director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Kentaro Kobayashi, has been dismissed, Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, said at a briefing, following news reports about past comments in which he made light of the Holocaust.ġ0:30 a.m. first lady Jill Biden lands at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo for the Olympics, as the Japanese capital reports 1,979 new COVID cases, the highest number since January.ġ2:26 p.m. Australia tops Italy 1-0 in a pitching duel for its first victory of the tournament.Ĥ:30 p.m. Japan's softball team edges Mexico 3-2 in extra innings, lifting its record to 2-0 in the opening round. ![]() Read more of Nikkei Asia's coverage of COVID infections at the Olympics.īarbora Hermannova and Marketa Slukova of the Czech Republic train for beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics on July 19.Ħ:58 p.m. If a beach volleyball team defaults because of a positive COVID test, the result is a two-game loss for that pair.Įven the best laid plans by 2020 Tokyo Olympics organizers have not been able to fully stem COVID-19 infections among those who have come to Japan for the Games. Marketa Nausch-Slukova was set to face a Japanese pair on Saturday with her teammate, Barbora Hermannova. A member of a Czech women's beach volleyball team tests positive for COVID-19, Czech media report. The 39-year-old is taking the action to persuade both the French and Japanese governments to act.ĩ:40 p.m. Fichot began a hunger strike on July 8, sitting on a yoga mat outside Japan's National Stadium. Two years have passed since the French president's last meeting with Vincent Fichot, a 15-year resident of Japan and former Nomura Securities trader whose children were taken by his wife from their Tokyo home in 2018. Emmanuel Macron's most consequential meeting in Japan may be with his own countryman. ![]() In other opening round matches, Australia shuts out Argentina 2-0 while New Zealand tops South Korea 1-0.ġ0:00 p.m. Group A also includes defending World Cup champion France and Mexico, the London 2012 gold winner. Japan seeks its first Olympic medal in men's soccer since 1968, when it won bronze in Mexico City. The South African team has been hit by coronavirus infections. ![]() The Japanese men's soccer team defeats South Africa 1-0 in Group A action. The 20-year-old Real Madrid winger Takefusa Kubo scores for Japan in the 70th minute. Here are the latest developments in this evolving story:ġ0:25 p.m. South Korean competitor Oh Jin-hyek won the individual event at the 2012 Olympics. The field includes world record holder Kang Chae-young of South Korea.ġ p.m. Men's individual ranking round. ![]()
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