Covid-19 isn’t the only danger at the Tokyo Olympics. Climate change is adding another risk as intense heat and high humidity threaten the health and performance of athletes, according to a U.K.-based ... ( read original story ...)
IOC, not Japan’s government, has the power to cancel Tokyo Olympics: Expert
Jules Boykoff of Pacific University says the upcoming Tokyo Olympics should not go ahead. Boykoff is political scientist who studies the Olympics. ( read original story ...)
Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake – East China Sea, Japan, 82 km east of Yilan, Taiwan, on 26 May 7:21 am (GMT +9)
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user ... ( read original story ...)
‘It’s wild out there’: crypto firms lure top bankers in price boom
Huge gains in digital asset values are helping crypto firms to poach previously out-of-reach executives from some of the biggest companies in mainstream finance. Among high profile executives ... ( read original story ...)
Defiant Ghosn pins hopes on French probes to clear his name
Auto magnate-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn is campaigning to clear his name, and hopes a visit by French investigators to his home in exile in Lebanon will be his first real opportunity to defend ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Ruling Party Heavyweight Calls for $239-Billion Extra Budget
Japan's government is expected to compile an extra budget in October or November, senior ruling party lawmaker Kozo Yamamoto said on Wednesday, calling for spending of around $239 billion to cushion ... ( read original story ...)
Barring Armageddon, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, says IOC committee member Dick Pound
The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead as planned unless struck by an unprecedented “Armageddon”, according to leading International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. Already foreign spectators have been ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ruling party heavyweight calls for US$239-billion extra budget
Japan is likely to proceed with the Tokyo Olympic Games as planned this summer even if there are no spectators, senior ruling party official Kozo ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s ‘hydrogen engine’ car roars through 24-hour enduro
NAGOYA: A sports car developed by Toyota Motor flew across the finish line to become the first vehicle running on a hydrogen engine, and not merely fuel cells, to complete a 24-hour endurance test. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama opposition prepares to stop casino
Ahead of the August mayoral election, anti-casino forces are preparing to support a mayoral candidate who will oppose the Yokohama, Japan, IR development and to ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Osaka Pref.’s medical system is collapsing, and we need to know why
The surge in COVID-19 cases in Osaka Prefecture is threatening to break the local health care system, and the prefecture has decided to formally reque ... ( read original story ...)
American on trial in Japan gets support from ex-boss Ghosn
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has backed American lawyer Greg Kelly's insistence he is innocent of any wrongdoing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper calls for Tokyo Olympics to be canceled
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. ( read original story ...)
Olympic torch relay in marathon venue Hokkaido to be taken off roads
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay is likely to be taken off public roads in Hokkaido, whose biggest city of Sapporo is the venue for th ... ( read original story ...)
“Sacrifices” demanded for Tokyo Olympics, as Osaka hospitals reach breaking point
Japanese and Olympics officials made clear the Tokyo Summer Olympic games will proceed despite a state of emergency in major cities of Japan. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Asahi Shimbun newspaper says Japan Games must be cancelled
The liberal daily, an official sponsor of the Games, says public health should be a priority while the coronavirus is still spreading See all our coronavirus coverage ... ( read original story ...)