Tokyo stocks closed lower Monday amid concerns over the outlook for Japan economy as COVID-19 cases continued to rise with more pref ... ( read original story ...)
Majority in Japan want Tokyo Olympics canceled or postponed, poll shows
More than 70% of people in Japan said in a poll they are opposed to holding the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. A local poll taken from March 10 to 12 showed 39.2% of respondents said they would support the ... ( read original story ...)
Masters is a win for Hideki Matsuyama, and for Japan
He made the cut at the Masters as a 19-year-old amateur. He won the Japan Golf Tour money title as a rookie. When he played in the Presidents Cup at age 21, he had more wins that year than anyone on ... ( read original story ...)
Ready or Not, Hideki Matsuyama Is Now a National Hero in Japan
By winning the Masters, the publicity-shy golfer will face a news media spotlight that trails every move of Japanese athletes abroad. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin eyes new record above $61,000 as the crypto market’s focus turns to Coinbase IPO
Bitcoin rose as much as 2.6% to $61,229 on Monday as the crypto world prepared for a week dominated by Coinbase's direct listing on Wednesday. The surge took the coin close to its all-time high of $61 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei falls amid rising COVID infections concern
At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average declined 229.33 points, or 0.77%, to 29,538.73. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 4.88 points, or ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima, Japan
Support us - Help us upgrade our services! We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, ... ( read original story ...)
Column: Hideki Matsuyama’s historic Masters win carries different weight in Japan
The question from the Japanese talk show host that elicited the involuntary ... which a month earlier had been devastated by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and a related tsunami that killed more than ... ( read original story ...)
Nguyen, Daleman headline Canada’s figure skating team competing in Osaka
OSAKA, Japan - In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian figure skaters will have one last chance to compete at this week’s World Team Trophy in Osaka, Japan. Nam Nguyen and Roman ... ( read original story ...)
Yoshihide – 70% of Japanese want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed: poll
The current prime minister of Japan is Yoshihide Suga. On 14 September 2020 he was elected to the presidency of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ... ( read original story ...)
50th Anniversary: how witnesses review the legacy of the icebreaker ping-pong diplomacy
After the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan, the US ping-pong team became the first American delegation to visit the People's Republic of China by invitation. The Chinese team ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Mulls Seeking New State of Emergency over Pandemic
Osaka/Tokyo, April 12 (Jiji Press)--The prefectural government of Osaka, western Japan, is considering asking the national government to declare yet another state of emergency in the prefecture over ... ( read original story ...)
Petition to Stop Japan Dumping Radioactive Water in Ocean Gains Over 183,000 Signatures
Japan is expected to announce plans to release hundreds of thousands of tons of leftover cooling water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean, prompting almost 200,000 people to ... ( read original story ...)
Hideki Matsuyama’s caddie bowing respectfully to Augusta symbolizes emotional Masters win for a proud Japan
Like Yu Darvish in baseball and Naomi Osaka in tennis before him, Matsuyama is hoping that his victory can bring a bright future for golf in Japan. "I hope it will affect golf in Japan in a good ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks end lower amid concern over rebound in COVID infections
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 229.33 points, or 0.77 percent, from Friday at 29,538.73. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 4.88 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo adopts tougher coronavirus rules, starts vaccinating elders
Tokyo adopted tougher measures against the coronavirus Monday as it struggles to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ... ( read original story ...)