Month: February 2022

ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Kyodo) -- Ryoyu Kobayashi won the men's ski jumping normal hill on Sunday to earn Japan's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics. The 25-year-old got in front with a 104.5 ... ( read original story ...)

The first cry of “wolf” came in 1975 when, during the post-oil shock recession, Japan did what countries do in recessions: it ran a deficit. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Finance (MOF ... ( read original story ...)

src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/> Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan earned his first career Olympic gold medal, coming in first in the men’s individual normal hill ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — China ended Japan’s unbeaten streak in the Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament on Sunday, upsetting their rivals 2-1 in a tense shootout win. Forward Mi Le landed the only ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi has won Olympic ski jumping gold on the normal hill. Kobayashi jumped last and best, clearing 99.5 meters (326 feet) and ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 17,526 COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The number hit a new high for a Sunday, compared to 15,895 the week before, possibly indicating that the sixth wave of ... ( read original story ...)

A man robbed a supermarket of 740,000 yen in Osaka on Friday night, police said Saturday. According to police, the man entered the Life Central Square supermarket in Yodogawa Ward at around 10:40 p.m. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 17,526 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Sunday. The figure is about 10 percent higher than the number reported a week earlier, and a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Feb. 6 (Jiji Press)--The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 17,526 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, an increase of 1,600 from a week before. The number of severely ill patients in the ... ( read original story ...)

Marck Espejo and FC Tokyo complete a weekend sweep of Bryan Bagunas’ Oita Miyoshi in the Japan V. League MANILA, Philippines – FC Tokyo finally had another winning weekend in the Japan V. League as ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Tokyo reported 21,122 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the second-highest daily tally on record, the metropolitan government said, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant ... ( read original story ...)

MARCK Espejo was limited to nine points but FC Tokyo still completed a four-match sweep of Bryan Bagunas and Oita Miyoshi with a 26-24, 22-25, 31-29, 25-20 victory in Japan V.League on Sunday at the ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING - The weight on the shoulders of Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu must be immense. With figure skating fans holding their breath to see if Hanyu will deliver a performance at the Beijing Olympics that ... ( read original story ...)