Under its revised but opaque bid process, the IOC appears to have four possible candidates. Three have held Winter Olympics before: Sapporo (1972), Salt Lake City (2002), and Vancouver (2010). There ... ( read original story ...)
Pope, Japan PM, Discuss Hopes for Nuclear-Free World
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis and the prime minister of Japan, the only country to be hit by atomic bombs, met on Wednesday and discussed their common hope for a world free of nuclear weapons. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM, pope discuss nuclear arms after NKorea test launch
He made the comments during a 2019 visit to Japan, where he paid tribute to survivors of the atomic bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently vowed to speed up the ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo reports 2,999 new cases as downward trend continues
Tokyo reported 2,999 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, down from 6,052 a week before. The seven-day average of new cases in Tokyo stood at 3,455.1, compared with 5,239 a week earlier. The number of ... ( read original story ...)
Russia issues entry ban on Japan’s PM, other officials after Tokyo joins sanctions
From the webPlans to spice up Jerusalem with attractions could upend city’s delicate balance ... ( read original story ...)
Russia Bars Japan’s Prime Minister From Entering Country
The Kremlin’s latest round of travel restrictions includes 63 people from Japan. “Tokyo is taking practical steps aimed at dismantling good neighborly ties, damaging Russia’s economy and our country's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Market Report 2022: Market is Predicted to Reach Nearly $4.5 Billion by 2028
Dublin, May 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Japan In-Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Market, Impact of COVID-19, Size, Share, Major Deals, Company Analysis, Trends and Recent Developments - Forecast to 2028 ... ( read original story ...)
Russia bans entry to Japan’s PM, officials
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, together with his Cabinet ministers, has been banned indefinitely from Russia. (AP pic) MOSCOW: Russia said today it has banned entry to several dozen Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Warning signs you could have Japanese knotweed on your property
It can also knock 10 percent off the value of a property and cost thousands of pounds to remedy. Mark Montaldo, director of leading law firm CEL Solicitors, said: “Japanese knotweed can strike fear ... ( read original story ...)
‘We were robbed’: Norman Mineta’s long quest for justice for Japanese Americans
Some Japanese American activists disagreed ... agents of the government had crept into our homes at night and taken our liberty, our rights and our property. There is no statute of limitations on our ... ( read original story ...)
Why is a Japanese conglomerate buying up Raleigh-area homes to rent them out?
a conglomerate from Japan, one more player in the growing investor-owned home rental business in North Carolina. Yamasa has scooped up 183 homes in single-family neighborhoods from Smithfield to Cary ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto On May 4: Industry Confident Of Gains Even As Most Top Coins Continue To Trade Lower
Even though there was no major recovery, the crypto industry is optimistic about the gains ahead. The global market cap was up 0.08% at $1.75trillion as of 4.32 a.m. ET, CoinMarketCap data showed. ( read original story ...)
LGT, World’s Largest Family-Owned Private Bank, to Offer Crypto
Don't miss CoinDesk's Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. LGT Bank, the financial institution owned by the princely House ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again?
In a March poll by the Nikkei business newspaper, 53 percent supported a restart of the plants. As recently as four years ago, more than 60 percent of the Japanese public opposed rebooting nuclear ... ( read original story ...)
Short Interest in JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSTF) Rises By 18.9%
JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSTF – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,077,500 shares, an ... ( read original story ...)
IOC set to visit 2030 Winter Olympics contender Sapporo to assess proposed venues
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to visit Sapporo later this month to assess the Japanese city's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. This follows a trip from an IOC ... ( read original story ...)