Last week, a Naomi Osaka Barbie doll was released by Mattel. The doll was an instant hit, selling out within a few hours after it was released on Monday. “I first teamed up with Barbie in 2019,” Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis Great John McEnroe Expresses Support For Naomi Osaka: ‘I Can Relate’
"It's extremely important, probably more so than ever because of this pandemic," McEnroe said of how outspoken Osaka has been about her mental health. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Spectators: What Will the Games Look Like Without a Crowd?
The Olympics spectator ban comes amid rising COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, where a state of emergency was declared for the fourth time since the pandemic began. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Biggest Sponsor Withdraws as Games in Crisis Before Opening Ceremony
The Tokyo Olympics has been thrown into crisis in the last few days with a spike in coronavirus cases in the Japanese capital. ( read original story ...)
Book now! Luxury hotels in Hokkaido for the Sapporo Snow Festival
Why don't you enjoy the snow in Hokkaido this winter? We'll introduce popular hotels where you can enjoy a luxurious stay, perfect for the Sapporo Snow Festival and skiing in Niseko. Even the hotels ... ( read original story ...)
Missing Ugandan Olympic athlete spotted on camera at Nagoya Station
A man believed to be a Ugandan athlete who went missing last week from his pre-Olympic training camp in western Japan has been spotted on surveillance camera at JR Nagoya Station, about 200 kilometers ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: Philip Doyle on Game of Thrones, working in the NHS and the Olympics
Irish rower Philip Doyle tells NI about his role in Game of Thrones, working for the NHS as a trainee doctor during the Covid-19 pandemic and his Olympic hopes ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: guide to the venues for the delayed Olympic Games
From Beatlemania in the Budokan to the origami-inspired Aquatics Centre via perhaps the greenest Olympic stadium ... ( read original story ...)
Prison terms in Japan for 2 Americans in escape of ex-Nissan chief
Michael Taylor and son Peter helped Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon hidden in a big box. Ghosn is accused of financial misdeeds. ( read original story ...)
Japan girds for a surreal Olympics, and questions are plenty
After a yearlong delay and months of hand-wringing that rippled across a pandemic-inflected world, a Summer Games unlike any other is at hand. It's an Olympics, sure, but also, in a very real way, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan maintains economic assessment in July report
Japan kept the overall assessment of its economy unchanged for a second straight month in July, retaining the view that conditions remain severe due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court sentences US pair to 20 and 24 months over Ghosn escape
A US special forces veteran and his son have been jailed for helping Nissan’s former chairman to flee criminal charges in Japan by hiding him in a luggage box on a plane that flew out of the country. ( read original story ...)
Japan court sentences American father and son to prison over Carlos Ghosn’s escape
Americans Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor were given prison sentences by a Tokyo court Monday for helping former Nissan chair Carlos Ghosn escape Japan in a box aboard a plane in 2019, per the Wall ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court hands down jail time for US duo over Ghosn escape
A Japan court on Monday sentenced an American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee the country to between 20 months and two years in prison. ( read original story ...)
American father, son sent to Japan prison in Ghosn escape
A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan. Michael Taylor was ... ( read original story ...)
US father and son jailed in Tokyo for helping Carlos Ghosn flee Japan
US army special forces veteran Michael Taylor was sentenced to two years and his son Peter for one year and eight months ... ( read original story ...)