Visa's crypto-linked cards processed $1 billion in spending during the first part of 2021, but the payments company says activity is cooling. ( read original story ...)
Ripple Teams With SBI Remit For On-demand Liquidity In Japan
Cryptocurrency and digital payments network Ripple is working with remittance company SBI Remit and Coins.ph to introduce on-demand liquidity service in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama touts material that lowers hose weight
Yokohama Rubber has developed a material that it claims significantly reduces the weight of automotive air-conditioning hoses. ( read original story ...)
France vs Japan LIVE REACTION: Japanese put sorry Bleus to the sword in Olympic thumping
FRANCE were walloped by sorry Japan in the Olympic football competition as Les Bleus crashed out in Yokohama. Takefusa Kubo gave the hosts the lead, then Hiroki Sakai doubled their lead before ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles says Naomi Osaka inspired her to focus on mental health
Simone Biles has credited Naomi Osaka for her decision to pull out from the gymnastics team final at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, saying the tennis star inspired her to “focus on my mental health.” ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Then and Now | Reuters
Less than 20 years after the devastation of World War II, the capital was going through profound and rapid development. Tokyo today is a city where the old frequently meets the new, and while some ... ( read original story ...)
The Next One: Japan’s Daii Hashimoto takes gold in Olympic gymnastics
Daiki Hashimoto grew up watching Kohei Uchimura win gold medals, just like every other aspiring Japanese gymnast over the past decade-plus ... ( read original story ...)
At Tokyo Olympics, women athletes say ‘enough’
Women athletes are competing in record numbers, rejecting sexist policies and a culture of silence many no longer view as the price of competition. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Hits New High For Daily COVID-19 Cases. This Time, No Olympians Are Among Them
The capital city surpassed a record that had been set just a day earlier, notching more than 3,000 new cases on Tuesday. For the first time in four days, no Olympic athletes tested positive. ( read original story ...)
It’s So Hot In Tokyo That Officials Are Having To Reschedule The Tennis Matches
Officials say they will start Olympic matches in the afternoons to avoid some of the sweltering heat that forced one player to withdraw from her match and another to warn a judge, "I can die." ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis star says “I can die” in heat at Tokyo Games and another player leaves the court in a wheelchair
Players struggled as the temperature rose to 88 degrees but the heat index made it feel like a sizzling 99 degrees. ( read original story ...)
Olympic Athlete and Second-Year Medical Student Shares Life in Tokyo in Viral Videos
"A day in my life in the Olympic village!" the Nigerian-American basketball player says at the beginning of her video, viewed more than 5 million times. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Japan top medal table, heat forces tennis change and more – live!
Join our team of writers for live updates from day five of the Olympic Games in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
‘The Olympics is overwhelming’: Michael Phelps says he can relate to Simone Biles’ situation in Tokyo
When Michael Phelps found out Simone Biles withdrew from Tuesday’s Olympics gymnastics event, citing mental health, it touched the ex-swimmer’s heart. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics while you were sleeping: Biles’ status, Team USA men’s hoops returns to form
While it was revealed that Simone Biles will not compete in the all-around final, the U.S. men's basketball team came to life in a rout of Iran. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Tokyo cases hit all-time high; Tanzanian president gets jabbed after predecessor’s death
Tokyo reports 3,177 new cases; Samia Suluhu Hassan vaccinated after John Magufuli, who heavily played down pandemic, died of Covid in March ... ( read original story ...)