Month: May 2021

Two Olympic hopefuls tell the BBC about the mental health impact of the delay to the Tokyo games. ( read original story ...)

The scale of Japan’s demographic crisis has been laid bare by figures that reveal the number of children in the country is the smallest since records began in 1950.The government marked Children’s Day ... ( read original story ...)

As the Korean War came to an end, the Japanese government wanted to get rid of the Koreans living in the slums, so it mounted a propaganda blitz, touting itself as a “paradise” with jobs} for everyone ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka is expanding a tennis program she launched in Japan last summer to locations in Los Angeles and Haiti. Play Academy, which Osaka created with Nike and Laureus Sport for Good, aims to ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka presented her new swimwear collection on Instagram, designed and produced in collaboration with Frankies Bikini. In the photo that can be seen on the Instagram profile of the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

History and controversy is set to made at the Tokyo Olympics this summer after the transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was effectively guaranteed a place in the women’s super heavyweight category. ( read original story ...)

Torchbearer, former badminton player of Japan's national team Kimiko Jinnai, runs the flame during the last leg of the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay at Yatsushiro harmony-hall in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan urged South Korea to deliver an "appropriate" response amid unresolved issues over compensation claims from former Korean "comfort women." ... ( read original story ...)

We can’t attend the Olympic Games in Tokyo, but with these book, food and film recommendations from locals, we can immerse ourselves in the culture. Plus: an ‘intensely embarrassing’ reality dating ... ( read original story ...)

The United States, Japan and South Korea are plowing ahead with efforts to push North Korea back to nuclear negotiations despite the North's rejection of ( read original story ...)