Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced restrictions - which early closing of bars and restaurants and a ban on alcohol - would be implemented in the four states next to the capital. ( read original story ...)
At Tokyo Games beach volleyball, anything but business as usual
Love Rollercoaster” was blaring from the speakers at Shiokaze Park, but for American beach volleyball players Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil, it was another ride on the rollercoaster of weirdness as ... ( read original story ...)
Small Business Lessons From The Tokyo Olympics
The performances of Olympic athletes in Tokyo can seem superhuman to the rest of us. As we watch these men and women the incredibly sculpted bodies accomplish astonishing achievements, one can just ... ( read original story ...)
How Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka Have Shifted Our View on Mental Health
The top athletes' decisions to withdraw may spark important conversations in other industries, including entertainment ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo ‘great message of hope’ – IOC President during visit to art centre
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach visited an Olympic art exhibition centre in Tokyo on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Japan expands its COVID-19 state of emergency with infections spiking as Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Iconic Peter Luger Steakhouse Opens Its First Overseas Branch With Wondertable, Operator Of Union Square Tokyo And Jean-Georges Tokyo
Iconic Peter Luger Steakhouse is opening its first overseas branch in October in partnership with Wondertable, operator of Union Square Tokyo and Jean-Georges Tokyo. Bound by friendship, the two ... ( read original story ...)
The Welsh Business Helping Team GB Grab Gold in Tokyo
With the delayed 2020 Olympics finally underway and Team GB already securing a wealth of medals in Tokyo, a Welsh family-run business is chomping at the ... ( read original story ...)
In effort to curb COVID, Tokyo Olympics collect lots of spit
About 30,000 people from scores of nations are spitting into tiny plastic vials at the Olympics in a daily If you do the math for the two-week duration of the Olympics, that adds up to a half million ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nomura Q1 net profit dives 66% on slowdown in trading, Archegos loss
Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, on Friday reported a 66% drop in first-quarter net profit due to a slowdown in the trading business and a previously flagged loss from the Archegos ... ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: Detailing Japan’s new COVID state of emergency
WHAT IS JAPAN’S STATE OF EMERGENCY? It doesn't mean a lockdown. In fact, Japan has never had a lockdown. Its “emergency” measures are centered around having bars and restaurants close early. Under the ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.8 just reported 92 km southeast of Hachinohe, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred around noon on Friday 30 July 2021 at 1:05 pm local time near Hachinohe, Hachinohe Shi, Aomori, Japan, as reported by Japan's National Rese ... ( read original story ...)
Legacy Japanese gift shop saved by Little Tokyo small business fund
A 63-year-old Japanese gift shop was struggling to stay open due to the pandemic, but the community came together to save it. ( read original story ...)
Japan Industrial Production Climbs 6.2% In June
Industrial output in Japan advanced a seasonally adjusted 6.2 percent on month in June, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ... ( read original story ...)
Despite ratings woes, Tokyo Olympics will be profitable for NBCUniversal
Simone Biles' departure, COVID-19 fears, empty arenas and time differences with Japan dampened NBCUniversal's presentation of the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.1 quake hits 75 km southeast of Iwaki, Japan in the afternoon
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan, was reported only 13 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of t ... ( read original story ...)