“Masaka” — or, in English, “No way.” That’s how an incredulous Japan reacted Tuesday to the unexpectedly early loss of Naomi Osaka at the Tokyo Olympics, erasing her chances for gold. (winknews.com)

Homeless people set up encampments made of cardboard and tarpaulin underneath the Olympics banners outside Tokyo's Metropolitan Government building, as seen on Monday. (Ruptly)

Japan took home the gold medal Tuesday, stunning the U.S. softball team 13 years after the Japanese defeated the Americans at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (nbcnews.com)

Doctors in Tokyo are expressing growing alarm as more COVID-19 patients, even moderate cases, are requiring advanced treatment amid a surge in new infections. (NHK)

Takanori Nagase on Tuesday won Japan’s fifth gold medal in judo at the Tokyo Olympics, beating Mongolia’s Saeid Mollaei in the final of the men’s 81-kilogram division. (Japan Today)

Japan is justly famous for its sake, its most famous alcoholic drink, and now it’s becoming noteworthy for its whiskey as well. (TODAY)

FUKUOKA (TR) – A 59-year-old man in custody for allegedly leaving the corpses of his parents inside a refrigerator in their residence in Fukuoka City last month has admitting to killing them, police have revealed, reports the Asahi Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

The Japanese pair won the table tennis mixed doubles on Monday, earning Japan's first Olympic gold medal in that sport. (NHK)

A 59-year-old man from Nagoya has been arrested after scattering flyers protesting the Tokyo Olympics from a running subway train in the central Japan city, police said Sunday. (Kyodo)

TOKYO -- Japan's largest hydrogen plant powered by offshore wind energy is set to open on the northern island of Hokkaido as part of a national effort to slash carbon dioxide emissions. (Nikkei)

At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. (Japan Today)

TOKYO -- Scorching heat and an approaching typhoon are threatening the Tokyo Games with new complications on top of persistent coronavirus concerns. (Nikkei)

While Tokyo is often regarded as one of the safest big cities in the world, it still has scams that target tourists. (Yellow Productions)

Nothing is more fun than discovering new seasonal ingredients and finding different ways to incorporate them into our daily cooking. (Tokyo Creative)

The organizers for the Tokyo Games say they will put top priority on safety of all those concerned in considering event schedule changes due to the approaching storm. (NHK)

Today we are hiking out to a shrine that I almost didnt think I would be able to find. A hidden shrine tucked in to the forest mountains of endor... er... Japan. (Tokyo Lens Explore)

The climax of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was undoubtedly the moment when the torch was passed to star athlete Naomi Osaka, who made her way up to a Mt. Fuji-esque podium. (spoon-tamago.com)

Young Japanese skateboarders practising outside a park in Horigome’s hometown, the Games host city Tokyo, said they felt inspired to work on improving their techniques after seeing their countryman’s triumph. (South China Morning Post)

Nishiya Momiji has become the youngest Japanese Olympic gold medalist at the age of 13 after winning the women's street skateboarding at the Tokyo Games. (NHK)

Bereaved families and local officials remembered Monday the victims of a stabbing rampage at a care home for the mentally disabled near Tokyo five years ago that became one of Japan's worst mass murders. (Kyodo)

Japan's Yui Ohashi won swimming gold in the women's 400-meter individual medley in her home Olympics on Sunday. (Kyodo)

Japan's Horigome Yuto has won gold in the first-ever Olympic skateboarding event. (NHK)

Restaurant and bar operators in Tokyo are angry at the metropolitan government over a new program to provide coronavirus relief to those meeting requests for business suspensions and other measures, which comes as an existing aid program faces delays. (Japan Times)

Typhoon Nepartak is expected to approach Japan's main island of Honshu from the Pacific around Tuesday, with rowing events for the Tokyo Olympics already rescheduled to avoid possible disruption should it hit the capital, the weather agency said Saturday. (Japan Today)

Emperor Naruhito has welcomed foreign dignitaries visiting Japan to attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. (NHK)