Tokyo 2020: How the Paralympics have evolved from rehabilitation to spectacle

Should athletes with impairments cease to be known as Paralympians and simply be Olympians?

What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?

In many ways, they’d view the prospect as absurd

The Tokyo Games prove that the Olympics are less relevant than ever

Our world is on fire, a pandemic rages on and the rich keep getting richer. In such a context, how can the Tokyo Olympics be anything other than …

Tokyo’s gamble with its Olympic architecture needs to be appreciated

This first of a two-part series examines the use of timber in designing the games village and venues rather than concrete

Tokyo’s gamble with its Olympic architecture needs to be appreciated: Part 2

This second of a two-part series examines the environmental benefits of reusing of old buildings as the games venues rather than constructing new

Amid COVID-19, doubts raised over hosting of Tokyo Summer Olympics

The Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 24, 2020

'The Olympic Charter contradicts many indigenous physical activities'

Down To Earth speaks to Christian Wacker, president, International Society of Olympic Historians, about indigenous people at the Olympics

The Tokyo Olympics will be the games of all mothers

Now that pregnancy no longer marks the end of an athlete’s career, many elite athletes not only return to sport, but go on to break …

Tokyo Olympics: Sports science the ‘ultimate winner’

Sports and sports science have been complementing each other for the last three decades when technology was given top priority to maintain …

How ‘Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra got caught in India’s caste cauldron

A number of caste groups have tried to claim Neeraj Chopra as their own ever since he won the gold medal at Tokyo; the cancer of caste is alive …

Asia’s largest cities, including Delhi, lack water security

Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource

Simply Put: A childhood of heavy lifting

Tokyo

Six years on, authorities clueless about Fukushima

Abnormally high radiation preventing humans and robots from cleaning the damaged reactors

Fukushima rice passes radiation tests for first time since disaster

The earthquake that hit Japan nearly four years ago had forced the country to stop export of fish and other produce from the area near Fukushima …

Why nuclear is still unclear

Notwithstanding the symbolism of a nuclear disaster striking Japan again, the global perception of nuclear energy took another beating in …

Fukushima: radioactive water leaking into sea

Tokyo Electric Power Company gets flak for keeping silent about leaks in the past

Japan restarts first nuclear plant after Fukushima disaster

Kyushu plant revived amidst heavy protests

Typhoon Phanfone batters Japan

One US airman killed; hundreds of flights disrupted

Evacuation after Fukushima disaster mishandled, finds survey

Many residents shifted to areas with high radiation; system for issuing safety warnings on radiation failed

Fukushima: leak of radioactive water termed level 3 accident

Fresh leak from steel storage tank; radiation level as high as the maximum cumulative exposure allowed for nuclear plant workers over five years

$4.5 billion question

Where does Afghanistan go from here? Does it have the capacity to utilise the funds? There are too many players, too many interests and too much …

The Die Hards

Despite marathon wars, Afghan resilience is intact. So is their affiliation to localised independence

Research on avian influenza virus to resume

Scientists had suspended research a year ago following public safety concerns over laboratory-modified H5N1 viruses

Back To Beginning

Afghanistan, the badland of international politics, faces its toughest challenge: life and peace. Two decades of war, six months of non-stop …