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 ...

Japan is scrapping controversial plans for an expensive new centerpiece stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday. Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid’s ...

TOKYO (AP) Japan's government has approved a plan to reduce the seating and slash the construction cost of the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after public opposition to the initial design.

The Japanese government said it would scuttle plans to build an 80,000 showcase stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics after the price tag had nearly doubled to a stunning $2 billion. At one point ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday called for a complete review of plans for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic stadium amid growing public anger over its eye-watering US$2 billion price tag.

Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown said Friday he looks forward to competing at the world athletics championships in ...

Japan is scrapping controversial plans for an expensive new centerpiece stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday. Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid’s ...

Citing costs that have ballooned to $2 billion, nearly twice the original estimate, the Japanese government on Friday announced that it’s scrapping plans for the proposed Olympic stadium and ...