Tuesday, Osaka prefecture said it had received request-for-proposal (RFP) materials from MGM Resorts and Orix, according to information collated by GGRAsia’s Japan correspondent. The RFP materials ... ( read original story ...)
Total COVID-19 cases top 70 at Tokyo Olympics
An American gymnast and a Czech beach volleyball player were added to the tally Tuesday of people accredited for the Tokyo Olympics who have tested positive for COVID-19 this month. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Company Fundraising And Rising Investments In Cryptocurrencies Are Jaw Dropping
Today’s announcement that crypto derivatives exchange, FTX, raised the largest private equity round in the industry’s history, is another sign of the exuberance enveloping all things crypto. ( read original story ...)
How The BitcoinLady Of Botswana Is Empowering Her Community Through Crypto And Blockchain Education
Alakanani Itireleng, the BitcoinLady of Botswana, is building a community of bitcoiners in her country, and creating new economic opportunities, where there once were none. ( read original story ...)
Japan to propose extending employment subsidy until year-end – Nikkei
Japan's government will propose to extend a special employment subsidy for helping firms hit by the coronavirus pandemic until year-end at a top ... ( read original story ...)
Alibaba Uses Cloud Technology to Reduce Heatstroke Risk during Tokyo 2020
Multiple cloud services to support digital transformation of the Olympic Games TOKYO, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alibaba Group, the Worldwide TOP Partner of the International Olympic Committee ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s exports, imports zoom amid world pandemic recovery
Imports for the month grew 32.7%, totaling 6.83 trillion yen ($62 billion). Exports for the month totaled 7.2 trillion yen ($66 billion), according to government data. The increases were exaggerated ... ( read original story ...)
Japan June exports jump 48.6% year/year – MOF
Japan's exports rose 48.6% in June from a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday. The rise compared with a 46.2% increase expected by economists in a Reuters poll. It followed a 49 ... ( read original story ...)
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Editor Calls Megyn Kelly a ‘Bully’ Over Naomi Osaka Comments
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue editor M.J. Day is speaking out in support of Naomi Osaka after the tennis star was criticized by Megyn Kelly following the release of her magazine cover. Day ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka becomes first Haitian and Japanese woman on Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, gets bullied for it
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman and Black female athlete to appear on Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition cover. Making history: Osaka, who is representing Japan in the ... ( read original story ...)
WHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization told sports officials Wednesday as ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Tokyo Games get underway with Japan softball win
The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year's delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: Host Japan got off to a winning start as the Tokyo Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo kicks off Games amid COVID-19 fears
The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women's softball pitcher Yukiko Ueno getting Games competition underway in what the head of the World Health Organization ... ( read original story ...)
Softball gets delayed Tokyo Olympics underway in Fukushima
The Tokyo Olympics got underway after a one-year delay when Japan pitcher Yukiko Ueno started Australia's Michelle Cox with a ball at 9:02 a.m. Wednesday (8:02 p.m EDT Tuesday ) to open the women's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tops Australia in softball as delayed Tokyo Games open
Host Japan got off to a winning start when the Tokyo Olympics got underway after a one-year delay, beating Australia 8-1 Wednesday in softball behind 39-year-old pitcher Yukiko Ueno, who won the 2008 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics officially begin after a 1-year delay as Japan beats Australia in softball
Host Japan got off to a winning start when the Tokyo Olympics got underway after a one-year delay, beating Australia 8-1 in softball. ( read original story ...)