The country's seismological agency said it did not expect damage. There was no tsunami warning or threat either, according to the US Tsunami Warning System. ( read original story ...)
Superstar Naomi Osaka lights flame as Japan’s COVID-hit Games open
Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds gather for Third Japan-Africa Business Forum, prelude to TICAD 8
Around 1,600 people from all over Africa and Japan gathered over six days to explore closer business ties at the Third Japan-Africa Business Forum, which this year attracted the highest number of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s 2020 Games squaring up to be Olympic-sized economic flop for Japan
The costs have only gotten higher for Japan as it settles in for a spectator-free Olympics like none other in the event’s history. ( read original story ...)
Toyota Pulls Olympic Ads From Japan
With few fans in the stands, the 2020 Olympics opening ceremony officially kicked off this morning. But the long-awaited games did not come without some complications-- several big business leaders in ... ( read original story ...)
As a Japanese citizen and a consultant, I know why the Tokyo Olympics has become such a disaster
My 12-year-old daughter’s public school in Tokyo had planned to see the Paralympians compete in person. But since organizers announced just days ago that the events would have no audience due to the ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Superstar Osaka lights flame as Japan’s COVID-hit Games open
and children from parts of Japan hit badly by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. It was finally handed to Osaka, the 23-year-old four-time tennis grand slam champion whose background as the ... ( read original story ...)
Watch Japanese Breakfast Cover Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again”
Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner, fresh off of her great new album Jubilee, has been working on a cover of Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again.” In her wellness diary in Vanity Fair from April, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka returns to Games’ spotlight on Sunday
Japan's Naomi Osaka will return to the spotlight on Sunday, kicking off her Olympic campaign as a home crowd favourite after taking a mental health break two months ago. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Olympic medals made from old smartphones, laptops
Used electronic devices were recycled in a nationwide effort to produce the Olympic Medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games. ( read original story ...)
Frenchman seeks Macron’s help over ‘abduction’ of his children in Japan
French father-of-two Vincent Fichot stands with his banner where he has been on a hunger strike since July 10 to protest what he says is Japan's sanctioning of child 'abductions' by a parent, near the ... ( read original story ...)
Business of Sport – Tokyo Olympics
Felicity Hannah looks at the money behind the games as the Tokyo Olympics get underway. ( read original story ...)
Woodside to Lead Feasibility into Ammonia Supply Chain for Japan
Given existing proven technologies for the production, storage, and transportation of ammonia, the companies said that ammonia is expected to have early take-up as a zero-emission fuel. Woodside ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: how Japan’s moment of glory has become a millstone for the economy
Tokyo 2020 was supposed to be a moment of national glory, a chance to put the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 firmly in the past, and to showcase Japan’s technological pre-eminence in spearheading ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Motors adjudged Foreign Business of the Decade
Japan Motors Trading Company Limited (JMTC) has been honoured with the coveted Millennium Excellence Award as the Foreign Business of the decade. At the just-ended Millennium Excellence Awards held in ... ( read original story ...)
Best’s Market Segment Report: AM Best Maintains Stable Outlook on Japan’s Non-Life Insurance Market
AM Best is holding its stable market segment outlook on Japan’s non-life insurance industry, predominantly driven by carriers’ profitable underwriting performance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)