The Tokyo Paralympics might be on hold until 2021 but you can still test your Paralympic knowledge with our quiz ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo asks restaurants to continue shortened hours until mid-September
A voluntary request to have food establishments in the capital’s central 23 wards operate under reduced business hours will be extended into next month, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to extend request for bars to shorten hours until Sept 15
The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided to extend until Sept 15 its request for establishments serving alcohol and karaoke venues to shorten business hours, as part of efforts to stem the spread ... ( read original story ...)
What Is Copy And Paste Crypto Scam? User Warns Of Wallet Address Swapping
A cryptocurrency investor recently lost $350 worth of bitcoins to a copy and paste crypto scam.. In a Reddit post, a user named "seraf1990" warned members of the cryptocurrency Re ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Bain-backed memory chipmaker Kioxia launches $3.6 billion IPO – filing
Kioxia Holdings, the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips, will list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 6 in an initial public offering worth up to $3.6 billion, a regulatory filing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares end lower on U.S.-China worries, Fed chief’s speech eyed
Japanese shares closed lower on Thursday, with consumer discretionary and telecommunications stocks leading the declines, as investors were worried about U.S.-China relations and awaited a speech by U ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic May Push Japan Banks’ Credit Costs to Crisis Levels: BOJ’s Suzuki
Suzuki said the BOJ's massive stimulus programme was helping cushion the economic blow from the pandemic, with the benefits of ultra-loose policy still exceeding the costs. But the strain on financial ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers search for worker in Yokohama tank
A search is underway for a construction worker who is believed to have fallen into a huge disused underground tank in the city of Yokohama, near Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Tomatoes? A scrunchie? Japan perplexed by Osaka World Expo logo
Design comprises an imperfect ring made up of a dozen bouncing red blobs – some with googly eyes ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka withdraws from WTA semifinal over Blake shooting
Tennis star Naomi Osaka will not play in her semifinal match at the Cincinnati Masters in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake and other Black people in the US by police, she said in a statement po ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka was 2 matches away from winning a tournament but dropped out at the last minute in protest of police violence
Naomi Osaka is the latest athlete to take a stand against police violence in America. The fourth-ranked tennis superstar has dropped out of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, Ohio, in protest ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Unveils Transparent Public Toilets That Still Provide Privacy
In an effort to show the cleanliness and availability of a public bathroom, bathrooms with transparent walls have been created. ( read original story ...)
Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she won’t play in Western & Southern Open semifinal; tournament taking Thursday off
Hours after Naomi Osaka said she would not be playing in her semifinal, the Western & Southern Open announced the tournament was taking Thursday off. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka leaves WTA tournament over Blake shooting
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has pulled out of a major tennis tournament in New York in a protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. "As a black woman I feel as though there are much more ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka pulls out of Western & Southern semi in protest at racial injustice
Naomi Osaka has joined the wave of strikes across the major US sports leagues by withdrawing from her semi-final at the Western & Southern Open ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka withdraws in protest; W&S put on hold Thursday
NEW YORK (AP) Fourth-seeded Naomi Osaka reached the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday and withdrew a few hours later in a call for racial justice, drawing quick support from other ... ( read original story ...)