They travel to the forgotten around the capital’s outlying neighborhoods, taking care of desperate people who can’t find a place in Thailand’s overburdened health care system or who are living in the ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka of Japan has been eliminated from the Olympic tennis tournament at the Tokyo Games
More than three months after winning an election which sparked a constitutional crisis, Samoa’s first female prime minister was finally able to take office on Tuesday Democrats are launching their ... ( read original story ...)
Sole Japanese referee for Tokyo Olympic judo sees similarities with her fireworks business
As judoka from around the world compete heatedly in the Tokyo Olympics, a woman from downtown Tokyo is serving as the sole Japanese referee f ... ( read original story ...)
NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan Business Conference 2021) – Online Event From Wednesday, July 28 : Latest Information
Press Release Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) are pleased to announce the jointly organized "NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Former Olympic swimmer brands Japanese media sexist
Many of the channels look at female athletes as ‘female’ or ‘girls’ or ‘wives’ or ‘mothers’ and not really as pure athletes,” Naoko Imoto said. ( read original story ...)
Japan starts accepting applications for ‘vaccine passports’
Japan began accepting applications Monday for so-called vaccine passports for people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 to travel internationally, as Japanese business lobbies have called ... ( read original story ...)
Only those willing to change will survive following Japan’s governance code revision
Japan’s recently revised corporate governance code has the potential to accelerate reforms at some of the nation’s top businesses and could lead to an overall increase in the value of Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan funds’ private markets diversification proceeds slowly
Japan's top public pension funds — led by the ¥186.2 trillion ($1.7 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund — continued adding private equity, infrastructure and real estate assets to their ... ( read original story ...)
Appian Opens Japan Office and Accelerates Asia-Pacific Expansion
Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today unveiled its new Appian Japan regional office. The office is headed by Shinsaku Hashimoto, a software industry executive with more than 20 years of expertise in business ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new renewables targets and Leeds’ Climate Innovation District: The sustainability success stories of the week
As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe. ( read original story ...)
Japan is joining the push to return to the moon
A new law passed in Japan is an indication that it intends to be part of the international return to the moon. ( read original story ...)
Shinkin Banks Promoting Local Specialties in Japan
Shinkin banks across Japan hold remote business conferences to match retail buyers with sellers of local specialties that have lost sales channels amid the novel coronavirus crisis. You are now ... ( read original story ...)
PHL, Japan to meet again for infrastructure updates
ECONOMIC MANAGERS are set to meet with their Japanese counterparts this week to discuss the progress of Japan-backed infrastructure projects and the government’s pandemic response, the Department of ... ( read original story ...)
Shooting-Batsarashkina completes Rio business in Tokyo, Shaner strikes gold
Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina won the women's 10-metre pistol event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday to claim the gold medal that narrowly eluded her five years ago in Rio. ( read original story ...)
Frenchman’s Tokyo hunger strike over ‘abducted’ kids in third week
His two children were abducted by their Japanese mother, and he has been on hunger strike since July 10 Frenchman on hunger strike in Tokyo seeking access to his ... "It's unbelievable. It's 'business ... ( read original story ...)
Judo-Japan’s Uta Abe wins gold medal in women’s -52 kg category in Tokyo
Japanese judoka Uta Abe, 21, won the gold medal in the women's -52 kg category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Sunday, defeating Amandine Buchard of France in the final. ( read original story ...)