The 24-year-old, who is widely recognized as the greatest gymnast of all time, also said she was "not having as much fun" at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
How ‘Today’ anchors are covering Tokyo Olympics amid a pandemic: ‘We’ve had to get creative’
"You submit your health status every single day," "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie says of reporting on the 2020 Olympic games from Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Tropical Storm Nepartak set to miss Tokyo, but Olympians get no relief from heat
Olympic athletes are set to see some reprieve from extreme weather conditions, as Tropical Storm Nepartak is now forecast to miss Japan's capital city. The storm is expected to make landfall in ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.4 just reported 33 km east of Kashima-shi, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 11 minutes ago 33 km east of Kashima-shi, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo businesses struggle during Olympics
Small businesses in Tokyo have been badly hit by not only the pandemic, but the decision to ban fans from abroad for the Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo hits record COVID-19 cases with Olympics underway
Tokyo's Metropolitan Government reported at least 2,848 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, the Japanese city's highest case count since the pandemic began, Reuters writes.The big picture: Rising ... ( read original story ...)
Curfew: It is business as usual in Tokyo –Notebook day 4
When I heard that there was a state emergency in Tokyo, I knew that there must be very strict rules of people especially been out at night. ( read original story ...)
A DACA recipient qualified for the Olympics but rules say he can’t leave the U.S. Now, he’s been cleared to go to Tokyo.
"It would be a honor and a privilege to represent my home country but also be able to be a voice and represent over 600,000 Dreamers like me," Luis Grijalva said. ( read original story ...)
Jomon ruins added to UNESCO World Heritage List
The set of archaeological sites is the 20th Japanese cultural property on the World Heritage List, after the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun ancient tumulus clusters in Osaka Prefecture we ... ( read original story ...)
Jomon Ruins in Japan Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided Tuesday to register a set of ruins from the ancient Jomon period in Japan as a World Heritage cultural property. The Jomon ruins are 17 sites in the ... ( read original story ...)
How the sun set on Japan’s asset bubble
Japan partied like it was 1999 in the 1980s, but the underlying weaknesses in its structure of corporate governance caused the mother of all asset price crashes. ( read original story ...)
Crypto infra startup Fireblocks raises $310M, triples valuation to $2.2B
Fireblocks, an infrastructure provider for digital assets, has raised $310 million in a Series D round of funding that tripled the company’s valuation to $2.2 billion in just over five months. Sequoia ... ( read original story ...)
29-year old billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says he got into crypto just to trade – but 2 things quickly made him realize the long-term potential of digital money
One of crypto's richest people initially entered into the space without a firm stance on the future of digital assets. ( read original story ...)
Twitter and Amazon, learning from Facebook, make strides in crypto
While Facebook's digital currency remains MIA, Twitter and Amazon are making their own headway in cryptos. ( read original story ...)
Crypto firm Bullish starts pilot as bets on DeFi accelerate
Bullish Global, the cryptocurrency project backed by several billionaires, has begun a private pilot of its much-anticipated trading network as Wall Street steps up its interest in decentralised ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin And Crypto Custodian Raises $310 Million To Achieve $2 Billion Valuation
This latest fundraising round demonstrates that institutional interest in the space remains strong despite recent price reversals. ( read original story ...)