Organizers of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics have dismissed the director of the Opening Ceremony just 24 hours before the event is slated to begin, the latest setback for an event already rife with ...

When the delayed Tokyo Games kick-off next year, the opening and closing ceremonies will be “simpler and more restrained,” according to the organizing committee. In an announcement Tuesday, the group ...

The Tokyo Olympics, after being postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finally commence on July 23 with the majesty of the Opening Ceremony at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. That will kick off ...

The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a gently emotive start Monday night with the local premiere of filmmaker Junji Sakamoto’s Climbing for Life, a crowd-pleasing biographical drama ...

On November 15, 2025, in the presence of Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino, Her Imperial ...