Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was grilled by lawmakers on Monday on alleged gifts given to International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

An executive at publisher Kadokawa - which printed the Tokyo 2020 programme - has been handed a suspended prison sentence for his role in the corruption scandal embroiling the Games.

The head of Japanese mattress manufacturer Airweave has boasted about the robustness of the cardboard beds that are due to be used during next year’s Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

The former girlfriend of Tokyo 2020 boxing bronze medallist Harry Garside has been charged with domestic violence-related offences, just months after she accused him of assault in a case that was recently dropped.

Former President of Japanese advertising agency ADK Holdings Shinichi Ueno has been given a suspended prison sentence for bribing a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee.

World Health Organization (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has been awarded with an Olympic Order after being credited for playing an "essential" role in ensuring the safety of the delayed Olympics in Tokyo.

Courts in Tokyo have handed down suspended sentences to two executives of a company which manufactured and sold mascots for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after they were found guilty of offering bribes to a member of the Organising Committee.

Two Japanese businessmen have been given suspended prison sentences, in the latest convictions as part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics bribery scandal.

Hironori Aoki, the former chairman of clothing provider Aoki Holdings, has received a suspended prison sentence for bribing Tokyo 2020 Executive Board member Haruyuki Takahashi.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has officially re-opened the Tokyo Aquatic Centre used for the re-arranged 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital before before competition opened in the Japan Swim meeting.

Dentsu is paying the price for its alleged involvement in bid rigging for contracts linked to test events prior to the re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021.

Japanese marketing agency Dentsu Group and former Tokyo 2020 operations executive Yasuo Mori are among several companies and officials that have been officially charged over alleged bid rigging for contracts linked to test events prior to the re-arranged Olympic Games.

Dentsu Group President and chief executive Hiroshi Igarashi has admitted that the advertising agency was involved in rigging bids to plan pre-Games test events and operate competitions at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

The former President of a Japanese advertising agency has admitted in court that he bribed Tokyo 2020 Executive Board member Haruyuki Takahashi.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has claimed that she has received "zero" support from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since defecting to Poland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.