Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Monday they wanted Olympic composer Keigo Oyamada, who described in a magazine decades ago how he had bullied his classmates but apologised later, to stay on to prepare ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Sponsors withdraw TV advertising as local public sentiment turns against Olympics – latest updates
Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor Toyota will not run Games-related TV adverts because of lacklustre public support for the Olympics, with two-thirds of Japanese doubting a safe Games can be held during the ... ( read original story ...)
See 14% upside for Japan’s Nikkei 225 by year-end, strategist says
Nikko Asset Management's Chief Global Strategist, John Vail, makes his bullish case for the Japanese market. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 falls 1% as Asia-Pacific stocks slip; OPEC and allies reach deal
OPEC and its allies reached a deal on Sunday to phase out 5.8 million barrels per day of oil production cuts by September 2022. ( read original story ...)
Book now! Luxury hotels in Hokkaido for the Sapporo Snow Festival
Why don't you enjoy the snow in Hokkaido this winter? We'll introduce popular hotels where you can enjoy a luxurious stay, perfect for the Sapporo Snow Festival and skiing in Niseko. Even the hotels ... ( read original story ...)
Missing Ugandan Olympic athlete spotted on camera at Nagoya Station
A man believed to be a Ugandan athlete who went missing last week from his pre-Olympic training camp in western Japan has been spotted on surveillance camera at JR Nagoya Station, about 200 kilometers ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Philip Doyle on Game of Thrones, working in the NHS and the Olympics
Irish rower Philip Doyle tells NI about his role in Game of Thrones, working for the NHS as a trainee doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic and his Olympic hopes ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: guide to the venues for the delayed Olympic Games
From Beatlemania in the Budokan to the origami-inspired Aquatics Centre via perhaps the greenest Olympic stadium ... ( read original story ...)
Prison terms in Japan for 2 Americans in escape of ex-Nissan chief
Michael Taylor and son Peter helped Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon hidden in a big box. Ghosn is accused of financial misdeeds. ( read original story ...)
Japan girds for a surreal Olympics, and questions are plenty
After a yearlong delay and months of hand-wringing that rippled across a pandemic-inflected world, a Summer Games unlike any other is at hand. It's an Olympics, sure, but also, in a very real way, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan maintains economic assessment in July report
Japan kept the overall assessment of its economy unchanged for a second straight month in July, retaining the view that conditions remain severe due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court sentences US pair to 20 and 24 months over Ghosn escape
A US special forces veteran and his son have been jailed for helping Nissan’s former chairman to flee criminal charges in Japan by hiding him in a luggage box on a plane that flew out of the country. ( read original story ...)
Japan court sentences American father and son to prison over Carlos Ghosn’s escape
Americans Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor were given prison sentences by a Tokyo court Monday for helping former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn escape Japan in a box aboard a plane in 2019, per the Wall ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court hands down jail time for US duo over Ghosn escape
A Japan court on Monday sentenced an American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee the country to between 20 months and two years in prison. ( read original story ...)
American father, son sent to Japan prison in Ghosn escape
A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan. Michael Taylor was ... ( read original story ...)
US father and son jailed in Tokyo for helping Carlos Ghosn flee Japan
US army special forces veteran Michael Taylor was sentenced to two years and his son Peter for one year and eight months ... ( read original story ...)