In its rush to redesign the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games after canceling the original plan over spiraling costs, Japan’s organizing committee appears to ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced the new design for the country’s controversial National Stadium, which will be the focal point for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It follows the ...

After years of controversy, Japan’s Sport Council has chosen a new design for an Olympic stadium in Tokyo. It will be be smaller, more sensitive to its surroundings, and (relatively) inexpensive ...

The Olympics, and accordingly ... s design was representative of a 1960s Japan experiencing revolutionary economic growth, the new National Stadium is built for a different era.

Japan's summer Olympics are still five years away, but there is major controversy over the centerpiece of the games. The design for the new Tokyo stadium is expected to be finalized next week and ...

The parents of a worker on Japan's Olympic stadium who committed suicide have petitioned the government to recognise it as "death by overwork", an official said on Thursday, with media saying he ...

TOKYO (AP) Japan scrapped the design of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games because of soaring costs Friday and said it will reopen bidding for a new plan, in a stunning reversal that ...

TOKYO — With millions around the world watching, Rui Hachimura walked onto the gleaming white floor of Japan’s Olympic Stadium on Friday waving the country’s red-and-white flag. The 6-foot-8 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke at Sunday's official completion of the new national stadium, the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of next year's Tokyo Olympics. It will also ...

Kengo Kuma is the architect who designed the Japan National Stadium, the grand stage for the Tokyo Olympics. His latest creation will soon be the center of the universe, achieving a level of fame ...