TOKYO (AP) — Heavy rain flooded some streets and halted rail and air traffic in Tokyo on Thursday with more storms forecast. Twelve centimeters (4.7 inches) of rain falling in just one hour in the capital, according to the Japan Meteorological Association.

Japan celebrates the return of a premier global sporting event to Tokyo with a world medal in a curtain-raising 35km race walk event contested in brutal conditions.

Lutnick said the U.S. will initially split profits equally on projects funded through Japan's $550 billion investment.

Torrential rain and gale-force winds lashed Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, killing one person, injuring another and leaving thousands of households without power. Police said two men were crushed when a stack of containers collapsed at a port in the capital city’s Ota ward.

Japan’s National Stadium was fanless four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics. There was zero atmosphere for the globe’s greatest track and field athletes.

The marathon and race walk events at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo will start 30 minutes earlier than scheduled because of heat concerns.

Record-high temperatures and debilitating humidity have prompted World Athletics Championships organisers to move up the start times for the race walk and marathon events this weekend by 30 minutes to 7:30 a.

The organizer of Saudi Arabia’s biggest investment summit plans to take a new version of the event to Tokyo as the kingdom seeks to deepen ties with Japanese financial institutions.

"I'm here to win," is the simple message from Josh Kerr as he prepares to defend his 1500m title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics, on Friday said the organization is sticking to its long-held position that Russian athletes won't be allowed at the upcoming world championships and other big events until a peace settlement is reached in its war in Ukraine.

Jamaica failed to qualify for the final of the mixed 4x400m relay after finishing seventh in their heat in the first round on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 3:13.