Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike says plans to hold mass public viewings of the Olympics at six sites have been canceled, as worries grow about the coronavirus pandemic amid one of the slowest vaccine rollouts ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics athletes warned not to use 160,000 free condoms
Tokyo 2020 organisers have insisted 160,000 free condoms for Olympic athletes can only be used after the Games due to Covid-19 rules ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Sendai, Sendai Shi, Miyagi, Japan
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‘I put my life savings in crypto’: how a generation of amateurs got hooked on high-risk trading
Online trading apps are drawing in novice investors willing to risk everything on volatile stocks. Do they really know what they’re doing? ( read original story ...)
Bank Of Japan Announces Lending Investment For Fighting Climate Change
The Bank of Japan announced a plan on June 18 to launch investment for fighting climate change. The bank hopes to launch the new scheme within 2021. ( read original story ...)
Kakitani targets AFC Champions League title with Nagoya
Bangkok: As Nagoya Grampus prepare to make their long-awaited return to the AFC Champions League, Yoichiro Kakitani has admitted that he has his sights set on the Japanese side being crowned ... ( read original story ...)
Ryan Lochte says he ‘let everybody down’ by not qualifying for Tokyo Olympics
Ryan Lochte finished seventh in the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Friday night, missing his chance to compete in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
With Latest Deal, Crypto Kiosk Provider Coin Cloud Set to Reach 2000 Installations
The provider of digital currency kiosks has been placing its machines in retail locations at a fast rate over the past seven months. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin mining companies eyeing move to U.S. amid crypto-crackdown in China
Bitcoin miners in China are looking to relocate their operations to U.S. states like Texas, South Dakota and Tennessee, according to The Washington Post. It's in response to China taking a tighter ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka skips Wimbledon: How betting odds have shifted
Naomi Osaka has elected to skip Wimbledon just a few weeks after she withdrew from the French Open due to concerns about her mental health. ( read original story ...)
Why Suga is so determined to go ahead with the Tokyo Olympics
At the lowest point in May, more than 80 per cent of the Japanese public wanted the upcoming Olympics cancelled or postponed, almost nobody in the country was vaccinated and medical experts were ... ( read original story ...)
Ryan Murphy to go for another backstroke-double in Tokyo
Ryan Murphy will get a chance to defend America’s backstroke streak in Tokyo OMAHA, Neb. -- Ryan Murphy will get a chance to defend America's backstroke streak in Tokyo. Murphy wind-milled to victory ... ( read original story ...)
Ryan Lochte falls short in making Olympic team for Tokyo, finishes seventh in 200 IM
Ryan Lochte, a controversial veteran of the U.S. Olympic swimming team and the winner of 12 Olympic medals, six of them gold, has failed in his attempt to qualify for his fifth Olympic Games. ( read original story ...)
Bear shot dead after injuring four in Japan
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Rampaging bear in Japan injures 4 before being fatally shot
A wild brown bear on the loose in a city in northern Japan wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at an airport before being fatally shot ... ( read original story ...)
Significant magnitude 5.2 quake hits 5 km southwest of Ōzu, Japan in the morning
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred in the morning on Saturday 19 June 2021 at 7:39 am local time near Ōzu, Ehime, Japan, as reported by Japan's National Research Institute f ... ( read original story ...)