In Tokyo and Osaka, the Japanese government is considering reducing the Covid-19 limits. Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, the government wants to avoid a return of the Covid-19 outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Team GB goalkeeper Karen Bardsley to miss Games through injury
Goalkeeper Karen Bardsley has been forced to withdraw from the Great Britain squad for the Tokyo Olympics with an injury. The Manchester City and England player, 36, is on loan at US side OL Reign. ( read original story ...)
Coinbase’s IPO kicked off a new era in crypto—or did it?
He understood early on that bitcoin was a trillion-dollar opportunity, and that regular people would need a simple, regulator-friendly way to access it. That vision became Coinbase, and when the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan considers easing Covid-19 curbs in Tokyo, Osaka from June 21
The Japanese government is considering easing the Covid-19 restrictions in Tokyo and Osaka from June 21, an official said ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Su runs 100m in 9.98 seconds in Tokyo trials
Su Bingtian has confirmed his strong form by clocking 9.98 seconds to win the 100 metres at China's national athletics trials for the Tokyo Olympics in Shaoxing, local media reported. ( read original story ...)
This Japanese City is Using Tsunami Lessons to Ramp Up Covid-19 Vaccinations
Tamio Hayashi, 77, doubted he could ever navigate the internet systems set up to register for COVID-19 vaccines across most of Japan. He hated the idea of using the “troublesome" systems that have ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bourse seeks to sell more diverse Japan Inc. to investors
The Tokyo Stock Exchange wants to make Japan's blue chip companies more like their socially conscious and diverse U.S. and European counterparts under an upgraded corporate governance code that took ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo company to create 100+ jobs in White House
Advanex Japan and Advanex Americas are excited to be building a White House, Tennessee, after a search that spanned over two years and several states,” Kenichi Og ... ( read original story ...)
Why the Tokyo Olympics are different for American swimmer Ryan Lochte
After a scandal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, Ryan Lochte was ready to move on from the sport. A new perspective on life has Lochte focused on Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Harsh Goenka shares Japan’s edible face mask in viral post. Have you seen it?
The mask is made of bread that is said to block water droplets to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Goenka writes, so when it comes to putting the ‘fun’ in functional, what better than a face mask that ... ( read original story ...)
Trading Stocks Is Finally Free in Japan, If You’re Under 25
Japanese brokerages are amping up the speed on the free stock-trading revolution - though only the young need apply. ( read original story ...)
‘Fateful encounter’: 2 Buddhist figures might be 1,300-year-old separated Japanese pair
A pair of Buddhist figures -- one kept in this west Japan city and the other in Tokyo -- are likely to be of the same provenance, made for dis ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Why people are afraid to show support for the Games
So when people take to the streets in large numbers, it gets noticed. The Tokyo Olympics, up until the pandemic, may have been an unlikely target. But with less than 50 days till the start of the ... ( read original story ...)
Unlucky Tokyo Rolls the Olympic Dice—Again
The games must go on!” insisted Avery Brundage, then-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at a hastily arranged memorial service for 11 Israeli Olympians and coaches murdered by ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to probe Beijing-funded cultural centres
Japan is set to open a probe into the Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes in the country, following warnings from its security partners that the purported cultural centres may be a conduit for Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Authorities to Ban Crypto Mining in Yunnan Province, Report
Chinese province Yunnan is gearing up to outright ban crypto mining in response to similar moves by Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Inner Mongolia. ( read original story ...)