OSAKA: Torchbearers for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics ran through an empty park in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday, after the flame relay was rerouted from public roads due to a sharp rebound in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka Reports Record 1,099 COVID-19 Cases, Mutation Fuels New Wave
Japan's Osaka Reports Record 1,099 COVID-19 Cases, Mutation Fuels New Wave Osaka reported 1,099 daily infections, a record high for the prefecture, which is home to 8.8 million people and is Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
With 100 days to go, Tokyo scrambles to stage pandemic Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - When Japan won the bid to host the Olympic Games eight years ago, it billed Tokyo as a reliable and secure location, contrasting it with rivals struggling with finances and political ... ( read original story ...)
100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo pitched itself as "a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2 years ago. “The certainty was a crucial factor," Craig Reedie, an IOC vice president at the time, ... ( read original story ...)
What are the key issues facing Tokyo Olympics?
The countdown is on for the Tokyo Olympics.The Games are scheduled for July 23 to August 8, and the Paralympics from August 24 to September 5.The one-year delay has already brought with it plenty of ... ( read original story ...)
Surprise drop in Japan machinery orders stokes recovery fears
Japan's core machinery orders unexpectedly fell the most in about a year in February, government data showed, dashing hopes for a pick-up in capital expenditure needed for a private sector-led ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to Release Low-Radiation Fukushima Water Into Ocean
With storage space running out, the prime minister says the move is safe, but fishery groups fear reputational damage. ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby lifts ban on hand dryer use citing low COVID risk
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's powerful business lobby Keidanren said Tuesday it is lifting the ban it introduced on the use of hand dryers in restrooms in offices and production sites, after concluding ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin has allowed a different kind of investor to build wealth, says crypto strategist
"Bitcoin has created a lot of wealth for people who weren't part of the traditional financial system, weren't money managers," longtime crypto bull Meltem Demirors told CNBC on Tuesday. The comments ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Will Not Be Able to Escape ‘Crypto Winters’: Gil Luria
"Bloomberg Markets" is focused on bringing you the most important global business and breaking markets news and information as it happens. The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations" ... ( read original story ...)
Treasury Traders Seek Moment of Truth From Japan’s Life Insurers
As Japan’s life insurers lay out their annual strategies this month, traders will be looking for the answer to one question -- what do some of the world’s biggest investors plan to do about Treasuries ... ( read original story ...)
Olympians Diagnosed With COVID-19 Will Reportedly Quarantine in Designated Tokyo Hotel
Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics are reportedly planning to reserve hotel rooms for athletes diagnosed who may contract COVID-19 while at the games this summer. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
Private equity houses target Japan as Covid shadow extends
To global private equity funds, particularly those interested in property deals, it represents potential opportunity. For obvious reasons no one is keen to state it out loud, but t. Last month, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Tatemono, HPL and Four Seasons to launch One Dojima Project, based on concept of ‘Travel and Art’
Tokyo Tatemono Co Ltd and Hotel Properties Limited have jointly launched the One Dojima Project. In addition, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, one of the world’s leading luxury hotel brands will open ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
CBC/Radio-Canada is proud to be Canada’s Olympic Network through 2024 and looks forward to providing Canadians with the highest level of coverage leading up to and during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to discharge treated Fukushima water into the Pacific
But Japan's neighbours have hit out. China's Foreign Ministry, saying that the ocean is the "common property of mankind", added: "This approach is extremely irresponsible and will seriously damage ... ( read original story ...)