Month: September 2021

Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics despite competing with an injured knee. Bajrang Punia is one of India's greatest and most accomplished wrestlers with three World ... ( read original story ...)

Four candidates vying for head of the Liberal Democratic party include two women hoping to lead a country that has never had a female PM ... ( read original story ...)

Japan must take steps to fill a 22-trillion-yen (US$200 billion) output gap in the economy, Taro Kono, a leading candidate in the race to lead the ruling party, said on Friday. In a speech on his ... ( read original story ...)

Discovery made by a local girl comes decades after the bottle was put into the sea by schoolchildren as part of an experiment to monitor ocean currents ... ( read original story ...)

Australia will play a Test in Japan next month ahead of both countries' European tours, it was announced Friday, with the Wallabies returning to the scene of their 2019 Rugby World Cup exit. Australia ... ( read original story ...)

The Wallabies have locked in a date to play Japan in Oita next month, where they could come up against a name etched in Australian rugby history. ( read original story ...)

The city and prefecture of Osaka in Japan have declared MGM Resorts International and Orix Corp winners of their request-for-proposal (RFP) process regarding the metropolis’ tilt at a casino resort, ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN has made a stand against Beijing by stating the Chinese claimed Senkaku Islands are unquestionably Japanese territory. ( read original story ...)

The campaign to become Japan's next prime minister kicks off on Friday, with four candidates vying for leadership of the ruling party in an unusually close race. ( read original story ...)

Australia’s most-populous state, New South Wales, will trial home quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals, signaling an easing of one of the world’s most hardcore border regimes. The nation’s ... ( read original story ...)

Australia will play Japan in the southwestern city of Oita on Oct. 23 on its way to Britain for a three-test rugby tour against Scotland, England and Wales. Rugby Australia said Saturday it will be ... ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden’s push to begin offering third doses of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine faces the first of two crucial tests Friday when advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meet to discuss whether ... ( read original story ...)

Brian Goorjian joins Ball and the Real World to discuss the tough call not to include Josh Giddey in the Tokyo squad, and how important he is to the Boomers' future. ( read original story ...)

It was a fitting Malaysia Day celebration as Paralympians were feted with cash rewards for bringing glory to the nation in Tokyo recently. ( read original story ...)