Tag: business

The rash of cancellations across the sports landscape is sending a very loud message and advancing a crucial conversation. ( read original story ...)

Osaka, and countless other athletes, are boycotting games to protest the police shooting of Wisconsin native Jacob Blake. ( read original story ...)

New public toilets recently installed in two Tokyo parks are spacious and pristine – a welcome sight for any passer-by in need of relief. The only catch: the walls are entirely made of transparent ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka hits the ball while playing Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the Western & Southern Open. The world's highest paid female athlete is dropping out of one of the first tennis tournaments in the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo marked another grim milestone on Aug. 27 as the metropolitan government announced 250 new COVID-19 infections, pushing the total in the capital past 20,000. The count marked ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 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 ...)

In an effort to show the cleanliness and availability of a public bathroom, bathrooms with transparent walls have been created. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A Four Seasons luxury hotel opening ... The hotel will host weddings, business meetings and other functions on the third floor of the tower. Along with multiple meeting rooms that can ... ( read original story ...)

Vanguard Group will close its Hong Kong office and its sales and client service office in Tokyo over the coming six to 24 months, the firm said Wednesday. The move follows a decision made earlier this ... ( read original story ...)

The startup, which is aiming to commercialize a single-passenger vehicle that flies with propellers, has formed a capital and business partnership with Yoshimasu Seisakusho, a Tokyo-based producer ... ( read original story ...)

The U.S. president has repeatedly voiced disdain for the existing alliance system, calling allied countries freeloaders that should pay more of its costs. ( read original story ...)

Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) announced today that Marc Ganzi, CEO of Colony Capital, Inc., and Jon Mauck, Managing Director of Digital Colony, Co ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition on Aug. 25 unveiled the event's official logo, in which various googly-eyed red cells are ... ( read original story ...)

The company, formerly known as Toshiba Memory Holdings Corp., is about 40 percent owned by machinery and electronics giant Toshiba Corp. ( read original story ...)