FTX exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is worth an estimated $10 billion according to a New York Magazineinterview. Alameda Research and FTX exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried has amassed a fortune, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares fall weighed by chip shares; Sony jumps on upbeat forecast
Japanese shares snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday, dragged down by declines in chip-related companies, although a surge in shares of Sony limited some losses. ( read original story ...)
Pricey Tokyo Games Accelerate Calls for Olympic Reforms
But things didn’t go exactly as planned -- and not only because of the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the games to be delayed by a year. There was the expensive proposal for Tokyo’s main Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
Court rejects coerced abortion claim under old eugenics law
SAPPORO--A district court has rejected a married couple’s compensation claim that argued the wife was forcibly sterilized and coerced into an abortion because of her intellectual disability under the ... ( read original story ...)
Virtual Sapporo Snow Festival opens amid coronavirus pandemic
A scaled back Sapporo Snow Festival opened online Thursday, revealing the four ice statutes featured in this year's coronavirus pan ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka unchains her fighting spirit to pass Katie Boulter
Gippsland Trophy 2nd seed Naomi Osaka had to dig deep against Katie Boulter in the third round. The Japanese lost the opening set and had to battle hard from the second to break the rival's resistance ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic chief under pressure for saying women talk too much
The president of the Tokyo Olympics has refused to resign after igniting a storm of criticism by saying that women do not belong on committees because they talk too much. Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Anti-China Activists in Japan Call for Boycott of Beijing 2022 Games
A group of anti-China activists campaigning for human rights in Tibet and support for ethnic Uighurs called on Thursday for a boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing, saying the Games would ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka heads to Melbourne with world at her feet
Australian Open favorite Naomi Osaka heads to Melbourne seeking a fourth Grand Slam title to further fuel her ascent toward the top of the women’s game on ... ( read original story ...)
Top Tokyo Olympics organizing official apologizes for sexist remarks that women talk too much in meetings
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, apologized Thursday after comments he made suggesting women talk too much during meetings were leaked to the Japanese media. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic chief apologizes but refuses to resign over sexist remarks
Yoshiro Mori said he has not considered stepping down, despite outrage over his remarks denigrating women for talking too much at meetings. ( read original story ...)
Head of Tokyo Games Won’t Resign After Statement About Women
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on Thursday he would not resign despite pressure on him to do so after making derogatory comments earlier in the week about ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 chief pressed to resign after saying women talked too much at meetings
Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, has conceded he may have to resign after making sexist remarks about “talkative” female sports administrators. Mori, a former ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics chief apologizes, but refuses to resign over sexist comments
Japan persistently trails its peers on promoting gender equality, ranking 121 out of 153 nations surveyed in the 2020 global gender gap report of the World Economic Forum. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics chief refuses to resign after saying women talk too much in meetings
The head of the Tokyo Olympics has caused outrage in Japan after saying that women should be limited in the time they are allowed to speak in meetings because they are too long-winded.Yoshiro Mori, 83 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan struggling to cope with virus surge as Olympics loom
Hospitals across Japan are struggling to cope with the country's worst surge in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began. The Prime Minister has apologized for the government's insufficient medical ... ( read original story ...)