With Wednesday marking the 13th day of the Tokyo Olympics, the baseball competition has entered its final stretch. Japan beat the Games' last gold medal winner, South Korea, 5-2 in the semifinals.
The match-up was one of the most eagerly awaited by baseball fans. Both squads are loaded with top professional players. Hard-fought battles are expected every time the rivals face off.
Japanese wrestler Kawai Yukako took gold in the women's freestyle 62-kilogram category final at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday. She beat Kyrgyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova 4-3.
The Kawai family could have more to celebrate on Thursday, when older sister Risako appears in the final of the 57-kilogram class. She won gold in 2016 in the 63-kilogram division.
Six world records have tumbled at the Izu Velodrome in central Japan since Olympic track cycling started on Monday.
The track, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is one of the few Olympic venues allowed to admit spectators.
The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics have confirmed the first cluster of coronavirus infections since the Games began.
The Olympic organizing committee said on Wednesday that five people from the Greek artistic swimming team had tested positive for the virus.
The action has been coming thick and fast at the Tokyo Games. In track and field, Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs stormed to a surprise gold in the men's 100-meter sprint, grabbing his country's first-ever medal in the event.
The final was the first since three-time champion Usain Bolt retired from the sport. Jacobs filled the void left by the Jamaican superstar with an electrifying performance, clocking a time of 9.80 seconds.
Tokyo police say at least 50 accidents involving vehicles related to the Olympics had occurred in the capital during the first week after the Games opened.
Tough traffic restrictions have been in place since July 19 for Tokyo and surrounding areas where many Olympic venues are located.
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee reported on Wednesday a record 29 daily new cases of the coronavirus among people involved in the Games.
The cases include four athletes from overseas.
In men's football at the Tokyo Olympics, Spain stopped the host nation's bid for gold with a decisive goal in extra time.
Japan was aiming to head to the finals for the very first time in the Olympics, but the dream has been shattered.
Japanese featherweight Irie Sena has taken boxing gold with a unanimous decision in the final of the Tokyo Olympics. She's the first female Japanese boxer to win an Olympic title.
Irie was up against Nesthy Petecio from the Philippines.
A resurgence in coronavirus infections in Japan has prompted some doctors to rethink their plans to volunteer for the Olympic Games as medical staff.
Doctor Omomo Taketomo, the deputy director of Heisei Tateishi Hospital in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward, is scheduled to volunteer his services at an Olympic venue in Koto Ward on Wednesday.
Tokyo Olympic organizers say they have revoked accreditation of six people involved with the Games as they violated anti-coronavirus rules.
Officials of the Tokyo organizing committee told reporters on Sunday that the six include two athletes from Georgia who both won silver medals in men's judo events. They left the athletes' village without permission.
The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee says 18 new coronavirus infection cases related to the Games have been confirmed.
Officials say the figure announced on Sunday includes one athlete from overseas.
Tokyo Olympic organizers have revoked accreditation for the first time. Sources say two judo medalists violated the rules by leaving the athletes' village to go sightseeing. The two male athletes from Georgia had won silver in individual events.
Tokyo officials told reporters on Saturday that they had revoked the accreditation of at least one person involved in the Games, but didn't disclose further details.
The Tokyo Olympics have seen an increase in gender equality on the field of play. The Games feature a record 18 mixed team events in 10 sports.
This figure is double the previous total in the 2016 Rio Games. The new events include mixed team judo, table tennis doubles, and swimming relays.