Desiree Scott reached the zenith of her soccer career at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Now, back in Manitoba's capital city, she intends to celebrate that moment. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: family of Chinese diving star turns down free property and US$30,000 in cash rewards
The new-found stardom of Olympic gold medallist Quan Hongchan has led to a deluge of gifts and crowds of tourists visiting her home village. ( read original story ...)
NBC Touts Silver Lining In Historically Low Viewership For Tokyo Olympics
Like so many things connected to this year's often-troubled Tokyo Olympic Games, NBCUniversal's final viewership figures for its TV and streaming coverage have a definite good news/bad news quality. ( read original story ...)
U.S. ratings for Tokyo Olympics plunge to half of 2012 Games
The 17-day event averaged 15.5 million primetime viewers on the NBC broadcast network and digital platforms including the Peacock streaming service, the company said in a statement. The total slumped ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles Smiles In a Tie-Dye Bikini After Tokyo Olympics — Here’s How You Can Mimic Her G.O.A.T Style
Simone Biles is back in the U.S. following this summer's Tokyo Olympics, and she is looking happier than ever. The 24-year-old Olympic gymnast, who withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs 905.1 bil. yen current account surplus in June
Japan logged a current account surplus of 905.1 billion yen ($8.2 billion) in June, staying in the black for 84 months, the Finance M ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games are least-watched Olympics ever for NBC
Delays, COVID-19, streaming competition and unforeseen circumstances drive down average prime time TV viewership to 15.5 million. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Draw Smallest Summer Games TV Audience Since 1988
Average nightly viewership was 15.5 million, NBCUniversal said, the lowest since it won exclusive U.S. media rights 33 years ago. ( read original story ...)
Slow growth in Japan’s bank lending shows COVID-19 cash crunch easing
Japan's bank lending rose in July at the slowest annual pace in nearly nine years, data showed on Tuesday, a sign companies were emerging steadily from a cash crunch last year caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Y905.1 Billion Current Account Surplus In June
Japan posted a current account surplus of 905.1 billion yen in June, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. That exceeded ... ( read original story ...)
NBC’S TOKYO OLYMPICS PRESENTATION – THE LARGEST MEDIA EVENT EVER – DELIVERS MASSIVE AUDIENCES & DOMINATES MEDIA LANDSCAPE
Million Americans Watched NBC’s Tokyo Olympics Extending Dominance – NBC’s Tokyo Olympics Ranks #1 in Primetime for 135th Consecutive Summer Olympics Night on Sunday NBC Olympics’ Tokyo Primetime ... ( read original story ...)
Abe and Suga big with Japan’s youth, polls show
Japan's younger voters are the biggest supporters of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, after growing to become the most devoted bloc for predecessor Shinzo Abe, a look at past Nikkei polls shows. Working ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Fall To All-Time Summer Viewership Low; Closing Ceremony Craters For NBC In Early Results
NBC will likely never admit it, but the Comcast-owned network must be so relieved that the Tokyo Olympics are finally over. Just over 24 hours after the 17 days of the pandemic delayed Games of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan June current account surplus 905.1 bln yen
Japan's current account surplus stood at 905.1 billion yen ($8.21 billion) in June, Ministry of Finance data showed on Tuesday. That compared with economists' median forecast for a surplus of 779.8 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga and U.S. President Biden hold talks over phone -Kyodo
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden held talks over the phone on Tuesday morning, according to Kyodo. ( read original story ...)
NBC says Tokyo Olympics TV ratings slide to 15 mln, streaming sets record
The primetime U.S. television audience for the Tokyo Olympics dropped sharply from recent years to 15.1 million people on average, Comcast Corp's (CMCSA.O) NBCUniversal said on Monday, but streaming ... ( read original story ...)