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A Japanese aquarium is calling on members of the public to play a virtual game of peek-a-boo with its community of about 300 eels to help prevent the creatures from getting shy under lockdown, NBC News reports.

Regional Olympic officials are rallying around the IOC and have backed its stance on opening the Tokyo Games as scheduled

With six months to go until the summer games, the city of Tokyo lit up the Olympic rings and celebrated the occasion with fireworks. 

The 2020 Olympic Games are almost here. Here are some new events you can expect to see at the Tokyo games.

Japanese prosecutors raided the Tokyo home of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn after he skipped bail before a trial on financial misconduct charges and left for Lebanon.

National Stadium in Tokyo has been completed after three years of construction. The venue will be home to the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2020 Olympics.

For a swimming standout from San Diego State University, NOW is her time. After an impressive performance in the pool at a high-stakes competition this week, the athlete has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Time Trials.

The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee said Friday opera legend Placido Domingo has said he won’t perform at pre-Olympics cultural events in Japan. The committee said in a statement that Domingo has decided not to perform at an event scheduled for April that was meant to bring together opera and traditional Japanese Kabuki theater and officials accepted his decision.

Buster Douglas will mark the 30th anniversary of his upset boxing victory over Mike Tyson with a campaign aimed at inspiring others who face long odds. Douglas, 59, joined organizers at the Ohio Statehouse Wednesday to announce a series of “42 to 1” events framed around his unlikely 1990 victory to raise funds for workforce development, diversity and self-help programs for at-risk youth.

Torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in towns east of Tokyo left at least 10 people dead and added fresh damage in areas still recovering from recent typhoons, officials said Saturday. Rescue workers found the body of a person who had gone missing in Chiba prefecture after getting caught up in floodwaters while driving. Another person was unaccounted for...

Walt Disney World on Friday introduced its newest way to get around the Florida resort — an aerial cable car system that whisks visitors from hotels to theme parks three stories above the ground while going 11 mph.

The Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Placido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment

Skateboarding phenom Nyjah Huston pleaded no contest this week to a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace.

Some researchers are working on a new generation of supersonic airliners, capable of speeds between Mach 1 and Mach 5. Others are dreaming bigger, NBC News reports. Last year, Boeing unveiled a design for a plane capable of reaching Mach 5, the low end of a realm known as hypersonic speed. And the Stratofly MR3, a 300-passenger airliner under development...

University of San Diego sophomore Brooke Raboutou is the first ever American climber to qualify for the Olympics.

South Korea said Monday that it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a tit-for-tat move following Tokyo’s recent decision to downgrade Seoul’s trade status amid a diplomatic row. It wasn’t immediately clear how South Korea’s tightened export controls would impact bilateral trade. Seoul said South Korean...

Samuel Mikulak doesn’t show off the stash of medals he’s earned from the U.S. men’s gymnastics championships through the years. They sit in relatively anonymity in the basement of the place he shares with his girlfriend back in Colorado. It’s not that Mikulak doesn’t appreciate what he’s accomplished. It’s just that two-time Olympian’s standard of success is no longer measured...

Eater San Diego shares the top stories of the week from San Diego’s food and drink scene, including details on one of the most highly-anticipated new dining projects heading to our city next year.

Bryce Wettstein,15, of Encinitas, is already on the Team USA shortlist for a shot at history. She has her eye on the Tokyo Games. NBC 7’s Steven Luke speaks to the teen about how she’s working toward her goal; much of her practicing happens in her very own backyard skatepark.