Getting your groove back after a shortened season is everyone's goal. Naomi Osaka is trying to find her gear one match at a time. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics chief says he may need to resign as furore grows over sexist comments
The president of the Tokyo Olympic organising committee said he may need to resign over comments he made about women if calls for him to do so strengthen, the Mainichi newspaper quoted him as saying ... ( read original story ...)
Head of Tokyo Olympics Faces Storm Over Comments About Women
Derogatory comments about women made earlier in the week by Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and a former prime minister, could force him to resign. It's one more ... ( read original story ...)
Shiseido to sell personal care business to fund CVC for $1.5 billion
Shiseido Co. said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its personal care products business to European private equity fund CVC Capital Par ... ( read original story ...)
Nikon Closes Two Japanese Camera Lens Factories As Market Shrinks
Nikon is set to cease operations at two of its Japanese factories in March. Those two factories are used to produce interchangeable lenses for its digital ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks set to dip; Apple close to finalizing deal with Hyundai-Kia
Apple is close to finalizing a deal with Hyundai-Kia to manufacture an Apple-branded autonomous electric vehicle, sources told CNBC. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka: “I couldn’t ask for a better match to prepare myself”
Naomi talked about the nervousness she went through during the match and how it helped her during the match. She said: "Up to the middle of the second set it's like I was staying in the rear, I was ... ( read original story ...)
3 takeaways from the Tokyo Olympics ‘Playbook’
CBC Sports daily newsletter picks out the key points from the IOC's first document explaining how it'll pull off the Games this summer. ( read original story ...)
Global Vaccine Trust Rising, but France, Japan, Others Sceptical
But attitudes and confidence vary widely in the 15 countries covered in the survey, with France showing high levels of scepticism and some Asian countries showing declining trust in vaccines, while ... ( read original story ...)
Long-lost hanging scroll by Taikan Yokoyama finds a new home
SAPPORO--A long-lost hanging scroll by Taikan Yokoyama that was found in a private home will go on public display at the Hokkaido Prefectural Art Museum here from April. Yokoyama (1868-1958), a major ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Chief Suggests Limits for Women at Meetings
Yoshiro Mori, a former prime minister of Japan, said regulating women’s speaking time was needed “or else we’ll never be able to finish.” ... ( read original story ...)
Britain, Japan reinforce defense, security cooperation
Deployment of Britain's carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific area shows increased Britain-Japanese defense cooperation, the British defense secretary said. ( read original story ...)
Basic.Space Is the Invite-Only Shopping Platform Naomi Osaka and Virgil Abloh Have Already Joined
While many shopping e-commerce sites are anonymous, Basic.Space allows you to buy from someone whose taste you already trust. Founder Jesse Lee had the idea a few years ago to create a network of his ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics chief says women talk too much at meetings, calls it ‘annoying’
Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said women have an “annoying” tendency to make meetings run unnecessarily long. ( read original story ...)
Tom Hayes Says Libor Should Stay, Convicts Are Crazy for Crypto
Tom Hayes, the former trader convicted in the Libor-rigging scandal, said efforts to replace the benchmark were pointless and that the rate was far safer now. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: Uniswap Hits $30 Billion in Total Value Locked
Total volume on Uniswap skyrocketed in January, reaching $30 billion total value locked. This is twice as much as was deposited in the money market in December. At the same time, the price of the UNI ... ( read original story ...)