While many Japanese towns and cities that signed up to host Olympic teams have been forced to rethink their plans due to the ongoing pandemic, Maebashi is an exception. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, boxing nurse’s Olympic dream crushed by COVID-19
Japanese nurse Arisa Tsubata has trained around her work shifts for over a year to prepare for a final Olympic boxing qualifier in the hope of making it to the Tokyo Games this summer. That dream ... ( read original story ...)
Enthusiasts risk life and limb to ride prewar motorcycles
NAGOYA--They are uncomfortable to ride and can carry the risk of death, but motorcycles made before World War II have a tight grip on a certain group of aficionados in Japan. These collectors spare no ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Olympic Team Qualification on the Line at World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama
U.S. Olympic hopeful triathletes will have a chance to punch their tickets to Tokyo at this week’s World Triathlon Championship Series event in Yokohama, Japan, which serves as the second and final ... ( read original story ...)
Ash Barty’s brutal statement amid latest Naomi Osaka meltdown
Ash Barty has made an emphatic statement at the Italian Open as three of her biggest French Open rivals went crashing out. Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep all became high-profile ... ( read original story ...)
Italian Open: Serena Williams & Naomi Osaka lose, Simona Halep injured
Serena Williams loses in the 1,000th match of her illustrious career as Argentina's Nadia Podoroska reaches the Italian Open third round. ( read original story ...)
Osaka, Halep and Kenin all out of Italian Open but Nadal overcomes Sinner test
Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep and Sofia Kenin - three of the top four seeds in the women's singles - were all knocked out of the Italian Open on a ... ( read original story ...)
Overnight Crypto Sensation Sets Out to Undo Internet’s Failings
The cryptocurrency that shot to a more than $45 billion valuation since it began trading on Monday could be just the tip of the iceberg for a new type of blockchain that hopes to remake how people ... ( read original story ...)
20 million adults could dive into the cryptocurrency market over the next year, nearly doubling today’s retail investor base, says crypto exchange Gemini
Women account for 53% of Americans interested in getting into the crypto market in the near term, according to a study by crypto exchange Gemini. ( read original story ...)
Facebook’s Crypto Project Reboots With Smaller Ambitions
The Diem Association, a group of Facebook Inc. and 25 other companies and nonprofit groups once known as Libra, is moving its main operations to the U.S. and partnering with a bank to issue a ... ( read original story ...)
‘Disaster’: Naomi Osaka crashes out of Italian Open after implosion
World No. 2 Naomi Osaka has spectacularly crashed out of the Italian Open, suffering a straight sets defeat to America’s Jessica Pegula on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Italian Open: Serena Williams & Naomi Osaka lose, Ashleigh Barty through
Serena Williams saw the 1,000th match of her illustrious career end in a straight-set defeat by Argentina's Nadia Podoroska at the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower faces renewed threats of demolition
While much ink has been spilled over the imminent demise of Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, it would appear that the end is once again nigh ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s prime time prompts watchdog’s glare
American comedy shows are not the only ones having a hard time defining what crypto assets are. Dogecoin is perhaps their most bizarre manifestation: starting as a gimmick, its value has surged more ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase could slump to $100 as competition eats into market share of the largest US crypto exchange, New Constructs CEO says
"Coinbase is not likely to fulfill the profit expectations baked into the stock's current valuation," says Wall Street veteran David Trainer. ( read original story ...)
Pre Olympics, SoftBank’s profit a new Japan record
Bouncing back from a 2019 loss and splash as the Nasdaq Whale, SoftBank Group rides IPOs to profits that are a Japanese record. But can it continue? ( read original story ...)