Tokyo Sports Association for Persons with Disabilities chairwoman Yaeko Shiraishi has also been added to the Executive Board. The remaining new members include professors, lawyers and business ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 organizers appoint 12 new executive board members
CEO of Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), attends the press conference after Tokyo 2020 president Mori Yoshiro announced his resignation in Tokyo, Japan, on ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: State of emergency may be extended in Tokyo area
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he is considering extending an ongoing state of emergency for the Tokyo region for about two weeks, amid concerns that infections have not slowed ... ( read original story ...)
The Japanese Garden in SF’s Golden Gate Park is one of many in Calif. with a tragic history
Reflecting on this history today gives Keiji “an appreciation of what that first generation had to overcome, to achieve what they did. They had the cards stacked against them, and yet they went on to ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi Electric 1st Among Japanese Firms and 3rd Globally in International Patent Applications Filed in 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it ranked first among Japanese firms and third globally in terms of international patent applications filed in 2020 according to an ... ( read original story ...)
How did a home built for Japanese American seniors become California’s deadliest nursing facility?
LOS ANGELES >> Tracy and her family agonized over moving her grandmother from the nursing facility in Boyle Heights where she had lived comfortably for four years, especially in the middle of a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan firms send canned mackerel to poor kids in gratitude for 2011 aid
Tokyo - Manufacturers of canned fish in eastern and northeastern Japan that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster have been offering the protein-rich items to feed school children ... ( read original story ...)
PayPal is Reportedly Making a Crypto Acquisition
PayPal is in talks to acquire Curv, an Israeli startup that specializes in cryptocurrency storage methods, according to multiple news reports citing unnamed ... ( read original story ...)
Twin sisters score Japan’s hottest IPO by making mobile games for women
To the growing list of things that make gaming startup Coly Inc. unusual, it can add one of the best market debuts in recent Japanese history. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 2-Japan’s SMFG likely to halt all new lending for coal power, sources say
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) is likely to halt new financing for any coal-fired power plants, sources close to the matter said, reflecting increasing pressure on Japanese lenders to cut coal ... ( read original story ...)
Japan weighing extension of coronavirus emergency in Tokyo
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday he is considering extending a coronavirus state of emergency in the Tokyo region for about two weeks because of concerns that infections have not ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga considering 2-week extension of COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo region
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday the government is considering a two-week extension of a state of emergency in the Tokyo area due to continuing pressure on the medical system ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Board Gets 12 New Female Members
Tokyo Olympics organisers approved 12 new female executive board members on Wednesday, less than two weeks after appointing a woman president in the wake of an embarrassing sexism row. The ... ( read original story ...)
Report: No fans from abroad for postponed Tokyo Olympics
The postponed Tokyo Olympics look like they will take place without any fans from abroad when they open in just under five months. The Japanese newspaper Mainichi said on Wednesday the decision had ... ( read original story ...)
Peep inside Japan’s ‘mailbox’ theatre
This has been dubbed ‘theater through the mailbox slot’Location: Nagoya It's run by Japan's Moonlight Mobile Theatre and lets audiences see performances from behind closed doors Each audience member ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMFG likely to halt all new lending to coal-powered plants, sources say
Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is likely to halt all new financing to coal-fired power plants, including the most efficient ones, two sources said, reflecting growing pressure from investors ... ( read original story ...)