It’s the tennis star’s unresolved questions that are the heart of “Naomi Osaka,” director-producer Garrett Bradley said of the series that was taped over a two-year period starting with the 2019 U.S. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia Airlines celebrates first year of joint business partnership with Japan Airlines
Malaysia Airlines and Japan Airlines (JAL) celebrate the first anniversary of their joint business partnership, reaffirming the relationship between both carriers by flying 44 Malaysian Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka opens up about receiving racist backlash for representing Japan in the Olympics
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka revealed she was targeted with racial backlash for her decision to represent Japan in the 2021 […] The post Naomi Osaka opens up about receiving racist backlash for ... ( read original story ...)
Filled with doubt, division and Covid, Tokyo braces for Olympics
After a year’s delay, the Olympic Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want as infections rise again ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese composer for Tokyo Olympics apologizes for abuse
Keigo Oyamada, a Japanese composer whose music is part of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, has apologized for bullying a classmate during his childhood ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: The Japanese superfan who spent $40,000 on Olympics tickets
Kazunori Takishima has been traveling the world to support Japan at every Olympic Games for the past 15 years, so it was a dream to see the event in his home city of Tokyo. But when a ban on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange chief defends Japan’s progress on corporate governance
The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has defended Japan’s progress on corporate governance following a high-profile scandal at Toshiba, rejecting accusations a market overhaul due next year was ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Price Prediction: Bitcoin ‘To Overtake’ The Dollar By 2050 And Soar To $66,000 By The End Of 2021
A panel of cryptocurrency experts has predicted bitcoin will overtake the U.S. dollar as the dominant form of global finance by the year 2050—putting the bitcoin price at just over $66,000 by the end ... ( read original story ...)
The surreal spectacle of Tokyo’s Covid Olympiad
The strangeness of Tokyo’s huge head is amplified by the prevailing strangeness of these games — an event that has polarised the difference between success and failure like no other and now teeters ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Covid restrictions leaving stars with the unenviable choice of being parent or athlete
As you snake through the Olympics arrivals process at the airport in Tokyo, showing forms and waiting for the requisite Covid test, you pass a discreet door next to the toilets. A sign in Japanese and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Covid hits athletes’ village
A foreign inhabitant of the Tokyo Olympics athletes’ village has tested positive for Covid-19 in the first infection at the site where most of the 11,000 competitors will stay.The case has stoked ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has been a rotten place to invest, but I have still picked some champions
Whether we are investing for a marathon or a sprint, the Olympic Games that begin in Tokyo on Friday provide a topical reminder of just how shocking stock markets can be. With sport and shares, high ... ( read original story ...)
Goodbye, Tokyo: Tea company Lupicia moves HQ to Niseko ski resort
Moving his company from the bustling capital Tokyo to the mountainous views of Niseko, Hokkaido, Hiroki Mizuguchi, chairman and president of tea store chain Lupicia is confident that the new ... ( read original story ...)
Savannah Guthrie Arrives in Japan Ahead of Tokyo Olympics: ‘Worth Every Minute, Every Hour’
The NBC News journalist spent almost a full day in transit to her final destination, where she will spend the next few weeks covering the Summer Games ... ( read original story ...)
‘Never Said The Word Sell’—Elon Musk Boosts The Price Of Dogecoin As Bitcoin And Crypto Lose Billions
Elon Musk, the dogecoin-touting Tesla billionare, has boosted the price of the meme-based cryptocurrency, tweeting his son is "holding his doge like a ... ( read original story ...)
Takuya Kimura, Toshihiro Nagoshi Partner for Lost Judgment Behind-the-Scenes Video
Sega released an interview with Lost Judgment Director Toshihiro Nagoshi and actor Takuya Kimura where they share new details about the game. This includes new insights on the game's setting, combat, ... ( read original story ...)