Tag: business

Naomi Osaka decided she didn't want press conference to exacerbate her mental health struggles. Will athletes begin shutting out the media soon? ( read original story ...)

Cream sodas, popsicles, musical organs, Mount Fuji -- all these designs and more have graced the popular original book covers given free to c･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

The United States baseball team won a spot in the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Venezuela 4-2 on Saturday and securing the best record in the Americas qualifier tournament. ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka on Saturday thanked her fans for their support after the four-time Grand Slam champion earlier this week withdrew from the French Open, citing mental health issues. ( read original story ...)

When I first heard last week about four-time Grand Slam tournament-winning women’s tennis superstar Naomi Osaka’s announcement that she would not participate in post-match news conferences during the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is far behind the international standard,’ said Yuri Igarashi, co-chair of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation. ( read original story ...)

The business sentiment diffusion index dropped 0.8 point from April to 37.5, partly reflecting the extension of a state of emergency, according to the Teikoku Databank survey. ( read original story ...)

Move comes as Japan ranks eighth globally in terms of UAE non-oil partners, with $8.95bn trade in the first 10 months of 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka skipped press for her French Open win because of her mental health. She was fined $15,000. She asked that the fines be donated to a mental health charity, but when she was threatened with ... ( read original story ...)

A million people can hit a ball over the net at speed, but only a very few can migrate out of the Sports pages and into every other section of the newspaper ... ( read original story ...)

Shareholder activism in Japan remains buoyant this year, although the numbers so far indicate it is likely to be slower than 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese sexual minority groups and their supporters, in a last-ditch effort to get long-sought equality legislation passed before the Tokyo Olympics, submitted requests on Friday to the governing ... ( read original story ...)

The "Japan B2B Payment Services Voice of Customer, 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Japanese government encourages a shift toward cashless through initiatives such ... ( read original story ...)

April household spending up 13.0% y/y vs f’cast +9.3% * Household spending up 0.1% m/m in April vs f’cast -2.2% * Spending surges after taking heavy hit in April last year (Adds analyst comments) ... ( read original story ...)

Many people are deeply perturbed with tennis player Naomi Osaka. How had she the gall to refuse time with the press when that was part of the contract with the French Open? Why wasn’t she performing ... ( read original story ...)

Citing mental health concerns, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka refused to attend post-press conferences. If you ran the French Open, what would you have done? ( read original story ...)