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- Japan lifts evacuation order for town hit by Fukushima disaster Wed, 4 Mar 20, 10:34pmFutaba to reopen for start of Olympic torch relay after being deserted for nine years
- Radiation hotspots 'found near Fukushima Olympic site' Wed, 4 Dec 19, 11:47pmGreenpeace calls for fresh monitoring of region where nuclear disaster occurred
- Watch Toyota's flying car take its first test flight Tue, 6 Jun 17, 3:08amHave you ever wanted to ride in a flying car? In just a few years, you might soon be able to! Several companies are working on developing this technology, and Toyota-backed Cartivator recently made progress on this goal by...
- Penda unveils interlocked double-helix bridge for the Beijing Winter Olympics Mon, 25 Jul 16, 3:00pmThe architecture studio, based in Beijing and Vienna, proposed this design as part of the larger infrastructure projects Beijing is undertaking in preparation for the Olympic Games...
- Norway’s 2016 Youth Olympics student housing is a passive house block clad in sustainable wood Fri, 28 Aug 15, 3:00pmStudents attending the upcoming 2016 Youth Olympic Games in Norway will be accommodated in four blocks designed in line with the passivhaus principles and clad in durable wood able to resist the harsh winter weather of the...
- Beijing was just selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games Sat, 1 Aug 15, 1:00amBird's Nest stadium Water Cube artificial snow-making plan
- Beijing Olympics déjà vu as city is chosen to host 2022 Winter Games Sat, 1 Aug 15, 1:00amBird's Nest stadium Water Cube artificial snow-making plan
- 3XN Chosen to Design the New Olympic Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland Wed, 23 Apr 14, 11:32pmDanish practice 3XN has been selected to design the new headquarters for the Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. The team was chosen among 11 competing architectural firms and household names such as OMA, Toyo Ito and...
- Russia is Jailing Environmentalists Who Speak Out Against the Sochi Olympics Tue, 11 Feb 14, 7:00amRussia has gone through great pains to present the Olympic Games in Sochi as an environmentally responsible event. Yet the environmental damage from Olympic construction has been hard to ignore. And now Russia is jailing...
- Russian Billionaire Battles to Save Stray Dogs from Extermination in Sochi Sat, 8 Feb 14, 1:30amRussian officials have been scrambling to prepare the city of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics - and part of their plan is to round up and kill hundreds of stray dogs...
- Russian Billionaire Battles to Save the Stray Dogs of Sochi Olympics from Extermination Sat, 8 Feb 14, 1:30amIn preparation for the Olympic games in Sochi on Friday, Russian officials have been scrambling to make the town a welcome site for the 200,000 people expected to arrive...
- Sochi Rounds Up Stray Dogs for Slaughter, Calls them Biological Trash Thu, 6 Feb 14, 1:00amWhile Sochi's security forces are on high alert against potential terrorist attacks, there's a different kind of horror sweeping the Russian city streets...
- Japan Promises to Make 2020 Olympics a High-Tech Fest of Self-Driving Cars, 5G Networks and More Wed, 9 Oct 13, 12:00amWhen Japan was announced as the host of the 2020 Olympics last month, it brought about a new wave of concern over the ongoing environmental crisis at Fukushima...
- Tokyo Wins Bid to Host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games Mon, 9 Sep 13, 11:21pmIt is decided: Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge announced the winner at a ceremony held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday. The Japanese capital...
- Tokyo to Host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games Mon, 9 Sep 13, 11:21pmIt is decided: Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge announced the winner at a ceremony held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday. The Japanese capital...