Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp., a top corporate sponsor for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has decided to pull all of its Olympics-related TV commercials. Japanese media speculated Monday that the ... ( read original story ...)
Main Korean Olympic delegation heads to Tokyo
The main South Korean delegation to the Tokyo Olympics departed for Japan on Monday, four days ahead of the opening ceremony for the competition ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese supporter of Myanmar orphanage forced to watch turmoil from afar
And thousands of kilometers away in Fukuoka, Takashi Takino, 78, who supports an orphanage and other organizations in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon, receives a steady stream of messages from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics hit by rising Covid cases and scandals days before opening
Tokyo’s dreams of a trouble-free run-up to Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony have been shattered by a tally of Covid-19 infections, an alleged rape, a bullying scandal and a vanished weightlifter. ( read original story ...)
Afraid that its athletes may eat contaminated ingredients from Fukushima, South Korea created its own Olympic food program. Japan is not impressed.
South Korea launched its own food program for its athletes and delegates in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, over fears they may be served radioactively contaminated ingredients. ( read original story ...)
Japan, S.Korea leaders summit in limbo amid uproar over sexual innuendo
Plans to hold the first in-person summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president, the latest ... ( read original story ...)
The wild celebrities of Japan’s national parks
Discover spherical algae balls, majestic sea eagles, giant salamanders and more in Akan-Mashu National Park and Daisen-Oki. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: Nikkei falls as Tokyo struggles to contain infections
Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cumulative global cases have reached 190,284,516, according to Johns Hopkins ... ( read original story ...)
Motohiko Saito elected Hyogo governor for first time
Saito, a 43-year-old former head of the finance section of the Osaka prefectural government, was supported by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai. ( read original story ...)
Japan vows support for Panama in quality infrastructure development
Panama expects the cooperation in the fields of investment and finance to help in the recovery of its economy, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the foreign ministry said. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: ‘Plague of oysters’ threaten key venue
Officials in Tokyo are nervously eyeing the waters at a major Olympic venue where an unwanted visitor has cost $1.28m (£0.93m) in emergency repairs. The Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay which will ... ( read original story ...)
Nomura picks 2 winning stocks in Japan — one is already up 122%
Japan's stock market may be lagging other Asia-Pacific markets, but two of the index's high performing stocks are powering ahead amid a global shipping boom. Got a confidential news tip? We want to ... ( read original story ...)
Recorded Future: Threats to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Recorded Future's unrivaled data set of open source, dark web, technical sources, and original research enabled the analysis of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics threat landscape. Key findings from the report ... ( read original story ...)
Ethereum Cofounder And Early Bitcoin Adopter Reveals Surprise Crypto Exit And Issues A Stark Warning Despite Huge Price Rally
Anthony Di Iorio, one of ethereum's eight cofounders and an early bitcoin adopter, has said he's quitting the world of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens down 1.21 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 1.21 percent at 27,663.40 on Monday, while the broader Topix shed 1.00 percent at 1,912.85. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)
Success of Japan’s last Olympics looms large over Tokyo Games
The Tokyo Olympics open this week after being delayed a year by COVID-19. Japan last hosted the Summer Games in 1964 - a moment of triumph for the country. Lucy Craft shows times have changed. ( read original story ...)