Grand Slam champion Roger Federer insists the relationship between players and the media needs to evolve. This past French Open, former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka drew lots of attention to herself after ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles On Why She ‘Should Have Quit Way Before’ the Tokyo Olympic Games
Simone Biles sent shockwaves around the world this summer after she withdrew from several Olympic events to focus on her mental health. And while she did compete in the balance beam final, adding a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to End COVID State of Emergency, First Easing of Restrictions in Over 6 Months
"Lifting of the emergency doesn't mean we are 100 percent free," Dr. Shigeru Omi, top medical adviser for the Japanese government, said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Study explores remarkable negative thermal expansion seen in layered ruthenates
A formerly unnoticed monoclinic distortion in Ca2RuO4 explains its enormous negative thermal expansion (NTE) over a wide range of temperatures, discover researchers from Tokyo Tech. The work promises ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka feels ‘itch’ to make tennis return ‘soon’
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she will return to tennis soon after feeling the “itch” to play again. Osaka said earlier this month she planned to take an indefinite break from the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka to team up with MGM Resorts-led group to bid for casino resort
The consortium is planning an initial investment of about ¥1.08 trillion ($9.7 billion) to open a casino complex in Osaka Bay in the late 2020s if selected for a government permit. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games CEO: Official costs known early next year
Toshiro Muto, the chief executive officer of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, said on Tuesday he was not ready to say if the cost of the Games would go higher than the official budget figure of ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles says she ‘should have quit way before’ Tokyo Olympics
Simone Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast, said she should have quit competing "way before" the Tokyo Olympics, where she had to withdraw from several events due to mental health ... ( read original story ...)
Simon Biles: I should have quit gymnastics way before Tokyo Olympics
The four-times Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles has said she should have “quit way before” the Tokyo Games.The American, widely regarded as the one of the all-time great gymnasts, withdrew ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to end all COVID-19 states of emergency nationwide this week
Japan will emerge from a persistent state of COVID-19 emergency for the first time in six months, government officials in Tokyo said Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles admits she should have quit a long time before Tokyo 2020
The four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has said the trauma of abuse by Larry Nassar was ‘too much’ going into the Tokyo Games ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles: I should have quit before Tokyo Olympics
Four-times Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles told New York Magazine that she should have quit gymnastics "way before Tokyo," where she suffered from a case of "twisties" that derailed her attempt at ... ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles says she ‘should have quit way before Tokyo’
(CNN)Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles says she "should have quit way before Tokyo." Arguably the greatest gymnast of all time, the 24-year-old endured mental health battles and the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Festival Sets Asia-Heavy Competition Section
The Tokyo International Film Festival’s competition section will skew heavily towards Asian titles, festival organizers said on Tuesday. The festival announced the full lineup for its 34rd ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to lift coronavirus state of emergency restrictions
Japan’s coronavirus state of emergency restrictions are set to lift on Thursday, allowing restaurants and bars to resume more flexible hours in an effort to jump-start the country’s economic recovery ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Off-Highway Tires – India Is Now Great Place to Work-Certified™!
MUMBAI - Yokohama Off-Highway Tires (YOHT) announced today that its India entity, Alliance Tires Company, has received the Great Place to Work (GPTW) Certification. This prestigious award is based ... ( read original story ...)