Olympic Games – Asia Times

Tokyo Games prove Olympics are more irrelevant than ever

by Sonali Kolhatkar August 7, 2021August 6, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic is surging around the world once more, driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant. Yet athletic teams and players are competing in the Olympics, the world’s most prestigious games, as though it were 2016. The one-year postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stemmed from the new virus spreading across the globe, but […]

China

Beijing eyes Tokyo as 2022 Games draw near

by Frank Chen July 28, 2021August 31, 2021

How hosting Olympics disrupts local lives, livelihoods

by Mike Duignan and Adam Talbot July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

Football crazy London v Tokyo’s Olympic emergency

by Andrew Salmon July 8, 2021July 8, 2021

Japan

Japan paper sponsoring Olympics urges cancellation

by AT Contributor May 26, 2021May 26, 2021

US downgrade of Japan’s Covid safety is simple math

by Matt Aizawa May 25, 2021May 27, 2021

Japan

IOC chief delays pre-Olympics Japan trip to July

by AT Contributor May 20, 2021May 20, 2021

Pandemic untamed in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

by Andrew Salmon May 14, 2021May 18, 2021

Japan

No economic gold at Tokyo’s ‘cursed’ Olympics

by William Pesek March 23, 2021March 26, 2021

Japan

Delayed Tokyo Olympics bill rises $1.9b: report

by AT Contributor November 29, 2020November 29, 2020

Professional Esport players at a tournament. They talk to each other via microphones. Photo: iStock

Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Esports: Faker stays in a league of his own

by John Duerden November 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Tokyo’s ‘Olympic’ LGBT non-discrimination law

by Kyle Knight October 11, 2018

The 'Unkillable Demon King' speaks to reporters before jetting off for a date with destiny with the region's deadliest nerds at the Asian Games. Photo: Andrew Salmon/Asia Times

AT Finance, China, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Korean geeks aiming for e-sports gold at Asian Games

by Andrew Salmon August 21, 2018February 18, 2020

An ice sculpture of the Olympic rings is seen during the Pyeongchang Winter Festival, near the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 10, 2017. Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Korean Olympics: deja vu all over again

by John J. Metzler January 22, 2018

People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on a high-level talks between the two Koreas at the truce village of Panmunjom, in Seoul on January 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

North Korea offers ‘gift’ as inter-Korean talks start in DMZ

by Andrew Salmon January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Asia must rally behind China

by Chan Akya April 10, 2008September 23, 2020

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