TOKYO (AFP) - On a nondescript patch of land east of Tokyo, cranes are whirring frantically against a city skyscraper backdrop as 200 workers toil on the 2020 Olympic canoe venue. With the Pyeongchang winter games closed, Tokyo is stepping up preparations ... ( read original story ...)
The tricky path to Tokyo 2020
Here are five key moments in Tokyo's rocky Olympic road. Tears of joy TV news presenters broke down in tears and thousands of people erupted in screams of delight when the IOC awarded the games to Tokyo in September 2013. With emotions running high ... ( read original story ...)
Expansion of Tokyo Marathon 2019 Charity Recipient Programs
Since 2011, Tokyo Marathon has raised over 2 billion JPY in donations through its charity program. These funds are donated to various recipient programs. In next year’s Tokyo Marathon 2019, the total number of charity entry places remains at 4,000 slots. ( read original story ...)
‘Tokyo Ghoul’ Announces Season 3 Episode Order
After all, it looks like the new season will be a one-and-done cour. Yikes. As you may expect, fans are not particularly happy about this order news. The first season of Tokyo Ghoul abided by a single cour structure, and it adapted more than 60 chapters of ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tokyo Ghoul:re’ Season 2 Release Date’: ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ Season 4 Possible Based On Sui Ishida’s Manga
The Tokyo Ghoul:re English translation by VIZ Media is only up ... These upper-class ghouls wield influence in Japan due to their Tsukiyama Group business conglomerate. It’s decided that the company’s president will be targeted and the raid on the ... ( read original story ...)
Cornerstone To An International Intellectual Property Protection Center
On January 11, 2018, the newly established Shenzhen intellectual property court issued a decision in a dispute ... surpassing cities like Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Seoul, Osaka and Singapore according to the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily report published ... ( read original story ...)
‘A lot of strength:’ IOC says Canada has incredible assets in Olympic bid
"We don't need to build." Other cities considering bids include Graz, Austria; Stockholm, Sweden; Sapporo, Japan; Erzurum, Turkey; Sion, Switzerland and a joint effort from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Milan and Turin, Italy. Sapporo, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Turin ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for Trump assault on trade, yen policy as summit looms
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese government officials are bracing for Donald Trump to get tough in trade talks, and are particularly anxious that the U.S. president could target Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's weak-yen policies. The deal Trump clinched with South ... ( read original story ...)
7 cities confirm interest in hosting 2026 Winter Olympics
Canada's Calgary, Austria's Graz, Swedish capital Stockholm, Sion in Switzerland, Turkey's Erzurum, Japan's Sapporo and an Italian bid involving Cortina d'Ampezzo, Milan and Turin are all in the initial process. There is considerable Olympic experience in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics ‘back on track’ after rocky start
On a nondescript patch of land east of Tokyo, cranes are whirring frantically against a city skyscraper backdrop as 200 workers toil on the 2020 Olympic canoe venue. With the Pyeongchang winter games closed, Tokyo is stepping up preparations for the next ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street’s positive tone
TOKYO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Wednesday as investor sentiment was brightened by Wall Street's solid tone overnight after U.S. equities recovered ground. As of 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 62.97 points, or 0.30 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification for Baseball and Softball revealed
SOFTBALL: The pathway to qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for the Australian Softball and ... locations and respective broadcast rights agreements of the qualifiers in future news releases. The AOC is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business confidence sinks
Tokyo — Japanese business sentiment worsened for the first time in two years in the quarter to March, a central bank survey showed on Monday, as rising raw materials and labour costs weigh on an otherwise steady economic recovery. A strong yen and ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese online brokerage Monex mulls takeover of crypto exchange Coincheck
After the theft, Japan's financial watchdog punished several of the country's 32 exchanges, including Coincheck, over lax customer protection and anti-money laundering standards. The exchange is also facing lawsuits over the theft. The Nikkei said CEO ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Disney theme parks log first rise in attendance in three years
Oriental Land Co. said its Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks saw a 0.3 percent rise in attendance in fiscal 2017, up for the first time in three years. Visitors to the two parks in Chiba Prefecture totaled 30.10 million in fiscal 2017 ... ( read original story ...)
Global Private Equity to Deploy Over $55 Billion Into Asia Pacific Commercial Assets by 2020
According to the latest CBRE Research Asia Pacific report -- The Next Wave of Capital Deployment -- Japan can expect to see robust investment by Asia Pacific-focused closed-end real estate funds over the next three years. CBRE also predicts the following ... ( read original story ...)