TOKYO (Reuters) - A year before hosting the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is better prepared than any other city in the past to host the Games, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. International ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Organizers unveil Tokyo 2020 medals a year before Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled on Wednesday with exactly one year to go until next year’s Games. The unveiling of the medals, designed by Junichi ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Who will replace Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt as Olympic stars?
Someone will take advantage of that glaring void in star power and emerge as the face of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Which athlete is best positioned to capture the public’s fancy next summer the way ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo marks one year until 2020 Olympics
TOKYO: Tokyo on Wednesday entered the final leg ... Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea slanging match over tiny islands dragged again into Olympic arena
Japan’s top government spokesman dismissed South Korea’s protest. “We communicated (to South Korea) that their position is absolutely unacceptable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news ... ( read original story ...)
Nike, OPEC, AB InBev, Facebook and Dow Futures – 5 Things You Must Know
Donald Trump said Monday that trade negotiations had "essentially" begun between the world's two biggest economies after he reached a deal to re-start talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the ... ( read original story ...)
Ownership of Grand Rapids-based ASV to switch hands in $70.7 million deal
An affiliate of Osaka, Japan-based Yanmar Holdings will pay ASV shareholders ... Shares of ASV briefly traded over $10 per share in December 2017 but they have been under the IPO price of $7 per share ... ( read original story ...)
The week in renminbi: Star opens for trading, financial regulators mull more open-up, China makes large purchase of US sorghum
Four companies started trading at 200% of their IPO prices. Anji Microelectronics ... agreements between Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Donald Trump in Osaka. If you are new to ... ( read original story ...)
Altaba’s Dissolution
However, more than a year passed since Reuters reported its then-impending IPO in January last year. To borrow President Trump's pet phrase, 'we'll see what happens'. Amid record-breaking stock ... ( read original story ...)
The Finance 202: Trump’s tax returns won’t answer all of Democrats’ questions
But [Trump] and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to resume talks — and hold off any new tariffs on each other’s goods — at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan ... Budweiser readies for year’s ... ( read original story ...)
JXTG says to shut Osaka refinery venture with PetroChina as demand falls
“In light of the increasingly severe business environment, (JXTG) has decided to terminate refinery operations at the Osaka refinery,” the company said in a statement, citing declining ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas, JBIC invest $100 mn to take minority stake in AG&P
Head of South and East Asia Business Development for Osaka Gas. In addition to providing growth capital, Osaka Gas will also work with AG&P in other areas, including technical support, such as ... ( read original story ...)
Panasonic’s Real-time Tracking and Projection Mapping Compatible Projector Impresses Audience at Tokyo 2020’s “One Year to Go” Ceremony
The demonstration was a convincing reminder of Tokyo 2020’s promise to deliver ... of the Games and via the nature of its everyday business activities. About Panasonic #ABetterLifeABetterWorld ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s electorate sticks with stability
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner Komeito campaigned on a platform of stability in Japan's upper house election on July 21, while such opposition parties as the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Tech Warns Japan-South Korea Spat Could Cause Global Harm
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. technology companies urged Japan and South Korea to negotiate a resolution to a dispute that threatens to up-end the global supply chain that the world’s top electronics brands ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea asks Japan to cancel plan to remove the country from white list
Japan's planned revision of a law to take South Korea off its so-called white list comes amid a deepening row over compensation for wartime forced labor, and after Japan tightened curbs this month on ... ( read original story ...)