Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an official Tokyo Olympics sponsor, called for the Games to be cancelled on Wednesday, describing the event as "a threat to health". ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Olympics-‘Absurd’ to stage Tokyo Games, says professor of public health
A professor of public health and adviser to the New Zealand government said on Tuesday there was no justification for holding the Tokyo Olympics during a pandemic, and to go ahead would be 'absurd' ... ( read original story ...)
Liz Cambage among Australian women to play at Tokyo Olympics
Liz Cambage was included Wednesday in the 12-women Australian basketball team for the Tokyo Olympics, ending an earlier saga in which she first threatened to boycott the games but later changed her ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Asahi daily, an official Tokyo Olympics partner, calls for cancellation of Games
Japan's Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Summer Games to be cancelled in an editorial on Wednesday, citing risks to public safety and strains on the ... ( read original story ...)
Climate change and Tokyo Olympics: Extreme heat could pose health risk for athletes, report says
Intense heat and high humidity could pose a serious risk to athletes at this year's Tokyo Olympics, according to a new report. ( read original story ...)
Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. It is the first of Japan ’s major newspapers to make the ... ( read original story ...)
Former Love’s Bakery property in Honolulu on the market
Love's, which sold its remaining inventory and equipment though Oahu Auctions after closing in the spring, will finish removing any remaining equipment by June, according to the marketing materials. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service prices creep up as freight costs pinch firms
Japan's corporate service prices rose for the second straight month in April due to a rebound in advertising and freight fees, data showed on Wednesday, a sign the economy was gradually emerging from ... ( read original story ...)
Travel to Hawaii, Through the Eyes of Japan
A wave of Japanese immigrant arrivals over the past decade has made touring Honolulu seem like entering another district of Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Chinese bitcoin traders still wield ‘enormous influence’ despite Beijing’s 4-year crypto crackdown
In 2015, about 92% of bitcoin trading was done with the Chinese currency renminbi, but a government cracked down cut that down to almost zero. ( read original story ...)
South Korean crypto clampdown pushes many exchanges to precipice
Many of South Korea’s 200 crypto exchanges face an “existential crisis” as they struggle to meet conditions for regulatory approval, in a shake-up for one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency markets ... ( read original story ...)
How Japan’s SoftBank taught the market to love lossmaking startups
With blockbuster listings of his risky bets on Asia, Son has defied critics who said his gambles would not be embraced by investors. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens down 0.55 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.55 percent at 28,396.62 on Wednesday, while the broader Topix shed 0.42 percent at 1,911.37. nAZN017BM3 TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark ... ( read original story ...)
Asahi Daily, an Official Tokyo Olympics Partner, Calls for Cancellation of Games
Japan's Asahi Shimbun, an official partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, called for the Summer Games to be cancelled in an editorial on Wednesday, citing risks to public safety and strains on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants TSMC, Sony to Build 20 Nanometre Chip Plant – Nikkan Kogyo
Japan Wants TSMC, Sony to Build 20 Nanometre Chip Plant - Nikkan Kogyo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government wants Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) and Sony Group to invest 1 trillion ... ( read original story ...)
Turning the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Bay Area into a Global Startup Ecosystem!
The "Collaborative Project for Building a Startup Ecosystem in the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Bay Area" (implementing municipalities: Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Kyoto City, Osaka City ... ( read original story ...)