TOKYO (Reuters) - Designer Junichi Kawanishi was still coming to terms with his sudden fame on Thursday, a day after his design for the medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was unveiled ... ( read original story ...)
1 year to go: Japan, IOC challenged to show world Olympics are viable
But for the most part, Tokyo's countdown to the Olympics has happened without the daily drumbeat of controversy and bad news. For the first time in a ... really want in Tokyo and in Japan, definitely. ... ( read original story ...)
The Japan-South Korea dispute could push up the price of your next smartphone
That’s bad news for their customers, which include large tech companies such as Apple and Huawei. The latest escalation in tensions between Japan and South Korea has ignited fears that the important ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake, M5.3 – off the east coast near Tokyo
Pretty sure most Tokyo residents would likely mistake this for their alarm clock. Hardy bunch. ... ( read original story ...)
More than 100 people protest in Tokyo against 2020 Olympics
protest leaders told a news conference that the Olympics harmed vulnerable groups and argued that the money spent on the Games would be better used elsewhere. The latest budget figures for Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
US security adviser Bolton urges South Korea to mend ties with Japan
SEOUL -- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton pushed South Korea Wednesday to tamp down its feud with Japan, encouraging Washington's two top allies in the region to work together amid ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsui Fudosan eyes Hakone hot springs for luxury hotel
TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsui Fudosan looks to open a luxury hotel in the hot springs resort town of Hakone in 2022, Nikkei has learned, part of a development push that would double the company's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics unveil gold, silver and bronze medals
With exactly one year to go until the Tokyo Olympics open, organizers marked the day by unveiling the gold, silver, and bronze medals that will symbolize the 2020 Games. Thousands of politicians, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan utility to scrap 4 more reactors in Fukushima
TOKYO - The operator of the nuclear plant wrecked by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami said Wednesday that it will decommission four more reactors in northeastern Japan in addition to those already being ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Year before Games, Tokyo better prepared than any city before – IOC
TOKYO (Reuters) - A year before hosting the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is better prepared than any other city in the past to host the Games, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. International ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Organizers unveil Tokyo 2020 medals a year before Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled on Wednesday with exactly one year to go until next year’s Games. The unveiling of the medals, designed by Junichi ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Who will replace Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt as Olympic stars?
Someone will take advantage of that glaring void in star power and emerge as the face of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Which athlete is best positioned to capture the public’s fancy next summer the way ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo marks one year until 2020 Olympics
TOKYO: Tokyo on Wednesday entered the final leg ... Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea slanging match over tiny islands dragged again into Olympic arena
Japan’s top government spokesman dismissed South Korea’s protest. “We communicated (to South Korea) that their position is absolutely unacceptable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news ... ( read original story ...)
Nike, OPEC, AB InBev, Facebook and Dow Futures – 5 Things You Must Know
Donald Trump said Monday that trade negotiations had "essentially" begun between the world's two biggest economies after he reached a deal to re-start talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the ... ( read original story ...)
Ownership of Grand Rapids-based ASV to switch hands in $70.7 million deal
An affiliate of Osaka, Japan-based Yanmar Holdings will pay ASV shareholders ... Shares of ASV briefly traded over $10 per share in December 2017 but they have been under the IPO price of $7 per share ... ( read original story ...)