Olympics, held in 2021 after being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, cost 1.42 trillion yen ($10.4 billion), nearly double the figure quoted in the city's bid for the Games, ... ( read original story ...)
Ibaraki Airport – Tokyo’s dark horse airport struggles to regain a definable role
Ibaraki, a new civil airport on the northern outskirts of Tokyo, was quickly redesigned for a low cost function, most of its unnecessary trappings being removed. Traffic began to grow. But since the ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka, LeBron James luanch media company
The Hollywood Reporter reported on Tuesday that Osaka and her business partner Stuart Duguid’s venture, Hana Kuma, will partner with James’s own production company with longtime business ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics cost doubles to $13bn on COVID and overruns
The price tag for last summer's pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics ballooned to 1.42 trillion yen (about $13 billion based on 2021 rates), nearly twice the initial estimate, with ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo closes books on delayed Games; $13 billion price tag
The final price tag for last year's COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics was put at $13 billion (1.4 trillion Japanese yen), the organizing committee said Tuesday in its final act before it is dissolved at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firms look to balance work styles as business group relaxes COVID guidelines
(Mainichi/Shinnosuke Kyan) TOKYO -- The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) on June 17 revised and greatly simplified its infection control guidelines for the coronavirus. This is based on the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 cost $10.45bn, say organisers
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG) has confirmed the staging of last year’s postponed events cost JPY 1.423.8tn (€9.91bn/$10.45bn), nearly double the ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Japan’s Bonin Islands
Japan forecast a slight change in sea level on Tuesday after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck the Bonin Islands, far to the southeast of the country's main islands.The quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 ... ( read original story ...)
Nick Kyrgios becomes first client at Naomi Osaka’s Evolve agency
Nick Kyrgios becomes newly launched agency's first client, with Stuart Duguid to represent Australian tennis star. ( read original story ...)
A Japanese telecommunications giant is rolling out a plan to reimburse commutes for 30,000 employees — including plane rides to the office
NTT's flexible work program is aimed at attracting and retaining talents amid a labor crunch in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida says no numerical targets for defence spending
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has vowed to substantially increase his nation's defence spending, said on Tuesday there are no numerical targets for the outlay. ( read original story ...)
Japan to fine tech giants not registered in the country
Japanese Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa said Tuesday that foreign technology giants that have not registered their foreign global headquarters in the country as required by Japanese law will be ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu and Salesforce Japan start collaboration on healthcare solutions for the Japan market
Fujitsu and Salesforce Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Salesforce Japan) today announced the start of a collaboration to create new digital solutions for the healthcare sector in the Japan market. The ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgios first to sign to Osaka’s Evolve sports agency
Nick Kyrgios on Monday became the first athlete to join Evolve, the new sports agency co-founded by four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s new sports agency signs Nick Kyrgios as first client
Osaka and her agent, Stuart Duguid, started their agency Evolve in May, and have already signed their first client. ( read original story ...)
Tennis: Naomi Osaka’s Evolve sports agency signs Kyrgios
Naomi Osaka's Evolve sports agency inked a deal Monday with Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios, making him the first athlete on it ... ( read original story ...)