Off a narrow corridor above a store selling Persian rugs in central Tokyo, a small office houses a private operation which won a tender in April to distribute more than $20 billion in government aid ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Biggest Banks May Stave Off Bad Loan Surge, for Now
Japanese banks face sharply higher bad loan costs due to the pandemic, but the damage is unlikely to show through in first-quarter earnings reports.The three largest lenders have already forecast ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Is Hosting a Live Workout with Her Trainer That Fans Can Do from Home
"I also love the campaign and the idea of giving fans a unique experience from the comfort and safety of their own homes," Naomi Osaka tells PEOPLE of partnering with Airbnb ... ( read original story ...)
Eight nations: Japan and Fiji to join European rugby union tournament
Japan and Fiji will join the Six Nations in an autumn tournament which has been hastily arranged to compensate for the European tour schedule being scratched ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese engineers won’t let a pandemic stop them from completing a giant, real-life Gundam
The engineers at Gundam Factory Yokohama have continued to work on a 60-foot tall giant robot based on the famous anime in order to debut their work this October. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Hits Back at Critics For Slamming Tennis Star on Posting Swimsuit Pics, Says It’s Creeping me Out
In her strong-worded tweet, the former world number one slammed all those who objected to her wearing swimsuits saying that no has any right to advise her on what clothes she should wear. ( read original story ...)
Canadian Moh Ahmed should have been racing in Tokyo now, but is still running fast times
Canadian distance runner Moh Ahmed from St. Catharines, Ont., moved down to the 1,500 on — a virtual sprint for the 5 and 10K specialist — and became the fifth-fastest Canadian at that distance. ( read original story ...)
NBC resets focus for Tokyo while looking ahead to Beijing
When Molly Solomon took over as executive producer and president of NBC's Olympics production unit last November, she expected to be in Tokyo right now with the games in full swing. But with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Sydney aim to lure edgy HK financial firms, but Singapore a top draw
Japan, Australia and some other nations are readying incentives to attract banks and asset managers in Hong Kong that are worried about the new security law imposed by China, but finance sector ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis: Naomi Osaka hits back at swimsuit critics
According to Forbes, Osaka had earned $37.4 million in the past 12 months from prize money and endorsements, $1.4 million more than Williams, setting an all-time earnings record f ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors racks up red ink on pandemic pain
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported Monday a 176 billion yen ($1.7 billion) loss for April-June, and forecast more red ink for the fiscal year, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics digital boss on marketing Tokyo 2020… again
Tokyo 2020 will forever be asterisked in history books as the first postponed Olympic Games, the pandemic-enforced delay meaning it is now the longest-marketed Games – a fact that presents a whole ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s ‘Zombie Olympics’ Should Be Delayed Or Left For Dead?
What we’ve seen in Tokyo over the last seven years is policy distraction of Olympian dimensions. It’s now culminating in a deepening recession. ( read original story ...)
‘It’s creeping me out’: Naomi Osaka upset for being criticised on swimsuit pictures
This post from the Japanese came in response to comments from fans who critised her after she posted a series images of herself in swimwear and other modeling poses in recent weeks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s first integrated stock and commodity futures bourse opens in Osaka
Monday began futures trading in commodities including gold at its Osaka Exchange unit, offering the first one-stop trading platform in Japan for financial and commodities futures. Amid sluggish ... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks mixed amid US-China feud, economic unease
Wall Street ended last week down after a new diplomatic flare-up between Washington and Beijing and mixed earnings reports. ( read original story ...)