Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Tuesday reported a 39% fall in first-quarter net profit, even as Vision Fund returns were boosted by listings during the period. ( read original story ...)
Support for Japan’s PM reaches all-time low over Covid-19, despite Olympics success
Public support for Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet dipped below 30%, despite widespread support for going ahead with the Games ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, parents of newborn babies are giving rice bags to their relatives to hug during the pandemic
Parents of newborns in Japan send rice bags weighing the same as their babies to relatives who want to hug the infants but can't during the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on cheap yen
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday, helped by a cheaper yen against the dollar and gains in other Asian markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.33 percent or 91.39 points at 27,911.43 in ... ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 Shows Why ‘Womenomics’ Flopped In Japan
An Aug. 6 announcement that JICA will sell a “Gender Bond” to finance women’s empowerment in the third world produced a bull market in guffawing. ( read original story ...)
A man who set out to kill ‘happy-looking women’ went on a rampage and stabbed 10 passengers on a Tokyo train
Yusuke Tsushima, 36, rampaged on a Odakyu Electric Railway train, seriously injuring a 20-year-old female college student and hurting nine others. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Deliberately Left Deadly New COVID Variant Out of Press Briefings During Olympics
Yusuke Harada/NurPhoto via GettyOn July 20, three days before the Olympics began, a woman in her 30s from Peru tested positive for COVID-19 at Haneda Airport in Tokyo and was immediately flagged as a ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic gold medallist Desiree Scott makes emotional return home to Winnipeg from Tokyo Games
Desiree Scott reached the zenith of her soccer career at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Now, back in Manitoba's capital city, she intends to celebrate that moment. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: family of Chinese diving star turns down free property and US$30,000 in cash rewards
The new-found stardom of Olympic gold medallist Quan Hongchan has led to a deluge of gifts and crowds of tourists visiting her home village. ( read original story ...)
NBC Touts Silver Lining In Historically Low Viewership For Tokyo Olympics
Like so many things connected to this year's often-troubled Tokyo Olympic Games, NBCUniversal's final viewership figures for its TV and streaming coverage have a definite good news/bad news quality. ( read original story ...)
U.S. ratings for Tokyo Olympics plunge to half of 2012 Games
The 17-day event averaged 15.5 million primetime viewers on the NBC broadcast network and digital platforms including the Peacock streaming service, the company said in a statement. The total slumped ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles Smiles In a Tie-Dye Bikini After Tokyo Olympics — Here’s How You Can Mimic Her G.O.A.T Style
Simone Biles is back in the U.S. following this summer's Tokyo Olympics, and she is looking happier than ever. The 24-year-old Olympic gymnast, who withdrew from multiple events at the Tokyo Games to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs 905.1 bil. yen current account surplus in June
Japan logged a current account surplus of 905.1 billion yen ($8.2 billion) in June, staying in the black for 84 months, the Finance M ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games are least-watched Olympics ever for NBC
Delays, COVID-19, streaming competition and unforeseen circumstances drive down average prime time TV viewership to 15.5 million. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Draw Smallest Summer Games TV Audience Since 1988
Average nightly viewership was 15.5 million, NBCUniversal said, the lowest since it won exclusive U.S. media rights 33 years ago. ( read original story ...)
Slow growth in Japan’s bank lending shows COVID-19 cash crunch easing
Japan's bank lending rose in July at the slowest annual pace in nearly nine years, data showed on Tuesday, a sign companies were emerging steadily from a cash crunch last year caused by the ... ( read original story ...)