Wimbledon, the famed tennis tournament taking place on the outskirts of London, England every year, has been cancelled for the first time since World War II back in 1945, ESPN reports.
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Japanese wrestling star Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger is all set to feature in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2020. Jushin is, hands down, one of the most revolutionary wrestlers of all time and after performing for 35 years, he finally said goodbye to the wrestling scene earlier this year at the Wrestle Kingdom 14. He retired with a bang by treating his fans with two back-to-back performances on the grand stage of the Tokyo Dome. He is the latest inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020.
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Wimbledon, the famed tennis tournament taking place on the outskirts of London, England every year, has been cancelled for the first time since World War II back in 1945, ESPN reports.
Update 3/30/20: We know now when the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics will take place, after the event was delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the government of Japan, and affiliated organizations announced that the Summer Games will take place from July 23, 2021, until August 8, 2021. The Paralympic Games will follow from August 24, 2021, until September 5, 2021.
The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan have officially been postponed until July 2021 and new dates have been revealed.
AKB48's 57th single, "Shitsuren, arigato," blasts in at No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 16 to 22, with a record-setting 1,414,077 copies sold, making them 2020's first act to sell over a million copies in its first week.
AKB48's 57th single, "Shitsuren, arigato," blasts in at No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 16 to 22, with a record-setting 1,414,077 copies sold, making them 2020's first act to sell over a million copies in its first week.The J-pop girl group leads physical sales and rules this week's chart fueled mostly by this metric.
Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony said that the coronavirus has not – yet – caused it to change its financial guidance it has provided for the financial year, which ends in just a few days. Its games unit has escaped lightest so far. But the movie business at Sony, and in Asia, continues to suffer shutdowns. Around the region further cinemas were closed.
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Update 3/24/20: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now confirmed that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed until 2021, following a meeting with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. "We agreed that a postponement would be the best way to ensure that the athletes are in peak condition when they compete and to guarantee the safety of the spectators," he told reporters, per The Guardian.
Update 3/24/20: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now confirmed that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed until 2021, following a meeting with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. "We agreed that a postponement would be the best way to ensure that the athletes are in peak condition when they compete and to guarantee the safety of the spectators," he told reporters, per The Guardian.
The 2020 Summer Olympics, which were originally scheduled to kick off on July 24 in Tokyo, Japan, have been officially postponed one year.
Like so many sporting events before it, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be delayed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, likely to 2021. International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today that the details of the postponement have yet to be worked out, but the Olympic committee will tackle the specifics over the next four weeks.
The upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will not go on as planned, an International Olympic Committee member has revealed to . Dick Pound said that “on the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided.” It’s believed that the global sporting competition will be pushed back to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has affected 195 countries.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are likely to be postponed amid the Coronavirus outbreak, according to one committee member. Dick Pound, a Veteran International Olympic Committee member, spoke out about the Olympic Games, suggesting that they could be moved to 2021.
The upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, will not go on as planned, an International Olympic Committee member has revealed to . Dick Pound said that “on the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided.” It’s believed that the global sporting competition will be pushed back to 2021 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak that has affected 195 countries.
Japanese company Toei is launching a designated YouTube channel to give fans access to classic Tokusatsu genre shows from the 1960s to the 1990s, it announced Wednesday.
The wife of a cruise ship couple who both tested positive for coronavirus has spoken out about how she thought she would lose her husband from it.