Month: August 2021

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is throwing all his chips on the table in backing an anti-casino candidate in the Yokohama mayoral election, a race that has a record field of eight candidates. ( read original story ...)

Games, just six months away, China plans far more elaborate Covid-19 precautions than were taken at the Summer Olympics. ( read original story ...)

Allisha Gray, who plays in the WNBA, won a gold medal with her teammate's in women's 3x3 basketball at the Tokyo Games ... ( read original story ...)

On Sunday, the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics came to an end after 19 days of competition. Thirteen African nations won medals, some for the very first time, while the Games also produced new heroes and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic. He noted the Games were delayed by a year and held under ... ( read original story ...)

Vissel Kobe are third in Japan's J1 League, with their squad including former Barca midfielder Andres Iniesta, 37, and ex-Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen, 35. Bojan, who has also played for Roma, AC ... ( read original story ...)

Feeling bereft now that the Games are over? Perhaps a reminder of some of the best moments of the past fortnight will help ease the pain ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo awoke to a huge bill and soaring coronavirus cases on Monday after pulling off a mid-pandemic Olympics that at times looked impossible and had a mixed reception to the end. ( read original story ...)

Adrian Zuercher of UBS Global Wealth Management says earnings momentum in Japan will stay strong going into 2022. The Covid-19 vaccination rollout in the country has been good, and 50% of the ... ( read original story ...)

To enter the National Olympic Stadium, for a resident of Tokyo at least, is like passing into a parallel universe. Ordinary spectators are excluded and, in thei ... ( read original story ...)