Tag: business

The costs have only gotten higher for Japan as it settles in for a spectator-free Olympics like none other in the event’s history. ( read original story ...)

With few fans in the stands, the 2020 Olympics opening ceremony officially kicked off this morning. But the long-awaited games did not come without some complications-- several big business leaders in ... ( read original story ...)

My 12-year-old daughter’s public school in Tokyo had planned to see the Paralympians compete in person. But since organizers announced just days ago that the events would have no audience due to the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner, fresh off of her great new album Jubilee, has been working on a cover of Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again.” In her wellness diary in Vanity Fair from April, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Naomi Osaka will return to the spotlight on Sunday, kicking off her Olympic campaign as a home crowd favourite after taking a mental health break two months ago. ( read original story ...)

Used electronic devices were recycled in a nationwide effort to produce the Olympic Medals for the Tokyo 2020 Games. ( read original story ...)

French father-of-two Vincent Fichot stands with his banner where he has been on a hunger strike since July 10 to protest what he says is Japan's sanctioning of child 'abductions' by a parent, near the ... ( read original story ...)

Felicity Hannah looks at the money behind the games as the Tokyo Olympics get underway. ( read original story ...)

Given existing proven technologies for the production, storage, and transportation of ammonia, the companies said that ammonia is expected to have early take-up as a zero-emission fuel. Woodside ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 was supposed to be a moment of national glory, a chance to put the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011 firmly in the past, and to showcase Japan’s technological pre-eminence in spearheading ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Motors Trading Company Limited (JMTC) has been honoured with the coveted Millennium Excellence Award as the Foreign Business of the decade. At the just-ended Millennium Excellence Awards held in ... ( read original story ...)

AM Best is holding its stable market segment outlook on Japan’s non-life insurance industry, predominantly driven by carriers’ profitable underwriting performance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics officially open for business Friday, but the runup to games has already been dominated by the ever-present threat of Covid-19. Athletes that test positive at any point will miss the ... ( read original story ...)

Kwasi Kwarteng could not confirm if food supply chain workers would be exempt from isolation rules; now 87 positive cases, say Games officials ... ( read original story ...)

As Tokyo 2020 finally gets underway in Japan, international marketing activity around the Games has been subdued. On the back of a build-up marred by the pandemic and public opposition, sponsors are ... ( read original story ...)

The country has changed vastly from that hopeful moment nearly six decades ago, and the Olympics this time around have come to represent something different and not entirely positive. ( read original story ...)