The Olympics have never been cancelled outside of the world wars and Coates, speaking in a phone interview, was adamant that the Tokyo Games will start on their revised date ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka wears Trayvon Martin mask at US Open: ‘Things have to change’
Tennis phenom Naomi Osaka rolled into the U.S. Open quarterfinals by beating Anett Kontaveit, but it was the mask Osaka wore upon entering Flushing Meadows that made news Sunday. Osaka wore a mask ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Open tennis: Osaka advances to quarterfinals, Kvitova among top upsets
Naomi Osaka advanced to the 2020 U.S. Open women's singles quarterfinals with a straight sets win while Petra Kvitova and David Goffin were among the players to suffer round of 16 upsets at the Grand ... ( read original story ...)
YouTube Removes Crypto Video Again For Violating ‘Harmful And Dangerous Policy’
The video sharing website has been criticized for removing what appears to be legitimate videos while, at the same time, not taking appropriate actions for removing fraudulent videos. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s AirAsia aims to raise $602 million, to evaluate Japan operations
AirAsia Group Bhd is looking to raise as much as 2.5 billion ringgit ($602 million) by year-end, and is also reviewing its business in Japan as the airline seeks to weather the COVID-19 crisis, its ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Haishen threatens Korea after battering Japan
Typhoon Haishen battered Japan's southern islands over the weekend, unleashing torrential rains, lashing trees -- and is now heading towards the Korean peninsula. Carrying winds of up to 70 miles per ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka breezes into U.S. Open quarters with straight-sets victory over Kontaveit
Naomi Osaka returned to the U.S. Open quarterfinals by taking advantage of some early jitters for Anett Kontaveit and showing no ill effects from a recent left hamstring problem. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Highlights LGBTQ Rights Before Olympics With Pride House
Tokyo will open Pride House, Japan's first permanent such center, next month to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights before and during the rearranged Olympic Games in 2021. Although there have been similar ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Market to Move Entirely Online
TIFFCOM, the film rights market that accompanies the Tokyo International Film Festival, is to be held entirely in virtual or online form this year. Market organizers announced the change on ... ( read original story ...)
Study: Tokyo 2020 already most expensive Summer Olympics on record
The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are already the most expensive Summer Olympics in history, according to a new study by the University of Oxford. The Tokyo Games, which we ... ( read original story ...)
World Coronavirus Dispatch: Tokyo Olympics next year despite virus
Tokyo Olympics will happen next year despite virus ... Read more here Airplane cabins could look different the next time you fly One of the biggest companies in that business, Recaro Aircraft Seating ... ( read original story ...)
LIXIL announces winners for Asia Pacific Property Awards 2020-21
LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, in partnership with the Asia Pacific Property Awards, today announced the winners for this year's edition. ( read original story ...)
Japanese government exposed to 40% of $6.7 billion Nissan loans: sources
The Japanese government has guaranteed most of a loan to Nissan Motor Co from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), a source said, taking its guarantee to more than 40% of 713 billion yen ($6. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Won’t Return to Pre-Covid Levels, Says Bloomberg Economics Report
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s economy won’t return to its pre-pandemic size without structural reforms needed to boost productivity and counter the impact of a shrinking population, according to Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says it offered Mauritius ‘unprecedented’ support, including financial
Japan has told Mauritius it would offer support on an "unprecedented scale", Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday, after a Japanese-owned ship struck a coral reef off the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Man Nabbed for Abducting 9-Yr-Old Girl He Met via Online Game
A Tokyo man has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 9-year-old schoolgirl he met through an online game and confining her for more than two days, with investigative sources saying he had ... ( read original story ...)