Simone Biles sent shockwaves around the world this summer after she withdrew from several Olympic events to focus on her mental health. And while she did compete in the balance beam final, adding a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to End COVID State of Emergency, First Easing of Restrictions in Over 6 Months
"Lifting of the emergency doesn't mean we are 100 percent free," Dr. Shigeru Omi, top medical adviser for the Japanese government, said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Falls On China’s Crypto Crackdown. Are These Crypto Stocks Better Picks?
Bitcoin prices have declined by almost 7% since Friday, to levels of around $42,000 a unit although it recovered a bit over the weekend. The cryptocurrency also remains down by about 11% over the past ... ( read original story ...)
MGM Resorts Selected By Osaka As Integrated Resort Partner
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) today announced that MGM Japan, together with its joint-venture partner ORIX, has been selected by Osaka as the region's integrated resort partner. Osaka's ... ( read original story ...)
Great East Japan Earthquake: update on damage and recovery (2nd report)
This document presents the consequences, four weeks after, of the "Great Eastern Japan Earthquake" and tsunami that took place in Japan on March, 11 2011. ( read original story ...)
Study explores remarkable negative thermal expansion seen in layered ruthenates
A formerly unnoticed monoclinic distortion in Ca2RuO4 explains its enormous negative thermal expansion (NTE) over a wide range of temperatures, discover researchers from Tokyo Tech. The work promises ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka feels ‘itch’ to make tennis return ‘soon’
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she will return to tennis soon after feeling the “itch” to play again. Osaka said earlier this month she planned to take an indefinite break from the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka to team up with MGM Resorts-led group to bid for casino resort
The consortium is planning an initial investment of about ¥1.08 trillion ($9.7 billion) to open a casino complex in Osaka Bay in the late 2020s if selected for a government permit. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games CEO: Official costs known early next year
Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on Tuesday he was not ready to say if the cost of the Games would go higher than the official budget figure of ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles says she ‘should have quit way before’ Tokyo Olympics
Simone Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast, said she should have quit competing "way before" the Tokyo Olympics, where she had to withdraw from several events due to mental health ... ( read original story ...)
Simon Biles: I should have quit gymnastics way before Tokyo Olympics
The four-times Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles has said she should have “quit way before” the Tokyo Games.The American, widely regarded as the one of the all-time great gymnasts, withdrew ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to end all COVID-19 states of emergency nationwide this week
Japan will emerge from a persistent state of COVID-19 emergency for the first time in six months, government officials in Tokyo said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Osaka selects MGM Resorts as integrated resort partner
MGM Resorts International announced that MGM Japan, along with it’s joint-venture partner ORIX, has been selected by Osaka as the region’s integrated resort partner. Some details of the proposed ... ( read original story ...)
Facing Crises—and Mosquitoes—at Home in Osaka
If you’re looking at something, you don’t know where it’s going; if you know where it’s going, you don’t know where it is. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic Games CEO: Official costs known early next year
Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on Tuesday he was not ready to say if the cost of the Games would go higher than the official budget figure ... ( read original story ...)
Twenty groups pitch business ideas at first School of Engineering E×S Challenge
The School of Engineering recently launched the E×S Challenge to encourage Tokyo Tech students, postdocs, and assistant professors to utilize their engineering (E) skills and pitch feasible business ... ( read original story ...)