A man with a knife has attacked 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo and was arrested by police after fleeing, fire department officials and news reports say.
Tokyo has reported 5042 new daily coronavirus cases, hitting a record since the pandemic began as the infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics.
Australian pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall checked out of isolation on Saturday, reacquainted himself with the vagaries of international competition and duly booked himself a spot in the Olympic final.
Esther Qin will fly the Australian flag in the final of the women's 3m springboard but Tokyo teammate Anabelle Smith narrowly missed the 12-diver field.
Ash Barty has lamented a "loose and erratic" effort after she fell flat in a shock first-round Toyko Olympic loss to unheralded Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo.
A Chilean taekwondo player and a Dutch skateboarder have become the first athletes to be ruled out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.
Tokyo Olympics organisers have reported the first COVID-19 cases among competitors residing in the athletes' village, as its population swells ahead of the start of the pandemic-hit Games.
