City hosts test event amid protests against organising Olympics Seated inside Tokyo’s new $1.4 billion National Stadium, Sebastian Coe again tried to reassure athletes and skeptical residents of Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Markets haven’t priced in a cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics: Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse's Hiromichi Shirakawa talks about the possibility of the Tokyo Summer Olympics getting canceled. He also gives his economic outlook for Japan if the country is not able to avert a fifth ... ( read original story ...)
Japan govt asks businesses to help with vaccination drive – Kyodo
Japan's vaccine chief, Taro Kono, met with a top official of the country's biggest business lobby on Thursday to ask that companies help vaccinate workers, Kyodo News reported. ( read original story ...)
Macquarie analyst prefers two Japan auto stocks over Toyota, Nissan
Transition to electric vehicles is the theme under which James Hong from Macquarie Capital highlights two companies that will do better than Toyota or Nissan ... ( read original story ...)
Subscription services in Japan get facelift amid coronavirus pandemic
Japan's subscription business model has taken an unconventional turn during the coronavirus pandemic, as firms push luxury items for ... ( read original story ...)
US track and field scrap Japan pre-Olympics camp over virus: officials
The US track and field team has scrapped plans for pre-Olympic training in Japan over concerns about safety during the pandemic, Japanese officials said. ( read original story ...)
Facebook-backed crypto project Diem to launch US stablecoin
The project will also relocate from Switzerland to the US, as it scales back its global cryptocurrency ambitions. ( read original story ...)
Japanese towns abandon plans to host Olympics athletes amid coronavirus surge – Nikkei
Dozens of Japanese towns have abandoned plans to accept overseas athletes competing in the Olympics from July due to concerns about inadequate resources amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank lending slows sharply as big firms emerge from COVID-19 strains
Japan's bank lending slowed sharply in April as corporate fund demand stabilised from last year's pandemic-driven spike, data showed on Thursday, a sign the wall of money pumped by the central bank is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s FY 2020 travel surplus down 89% due to virus travel bans
Japan's travel surplus in fiscal 2020 plunged 89.2 percent from the previous year, as the number of inbound visitors nosedived due to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan March current account surplus 2.7 trln yen
Japan's current account surplus stood at 2.65 trillion yen ($24.16 billion) in March, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday. That compared with economists' median forecast for a surplus of 2.8 ... ( read original story ...)
Jessica Pegula beats world #2 Naomi Osaka in Rome
Jessica Pegula earned arguably the biggest victory of her career Wednesday, beating second-ranked Naomi Osaka in the Round of 32 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Pegula ... ( read original story ...)
Son rejigs InMobi bet ahead of $1 billion IPO, transfers shareholding to SVF 2
Japanese technology and telecoms conglomerate Group Corp has transferred its 40% shareholding in mobile ad services platform InMobi - its oldest investment in India - to Softbank Vision Fund (SVF) 2, ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s How to Live Stream the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 (Plus Every Other Question You Might Have)
In just a matter of weeks, millions of sports enthusiasts will be glued to their screens for one of the biggest sporting events of the year: the Tokyo Olympics. After a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Y2,650.1 Billion Current Account Surplus In March
Japan posted a current account surplus of 2,650.1 billion yen in March, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday - up 37.3 percent on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: The Japanese city that’s rooting for South Sudan at the Olympics
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 ...)