Tag: Nagoya

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 ...)

Tokyo’s dreams of a trouble-free run-up to Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony have been shattered by a tally of Covid-19 infections, an alleged rape, a bullying scandal and a vanished weightlifter. ( read original story ...)

South Korea launched its own food program for its athletes and delegates in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, over fears they may be served radioactively contaminated ingredients. ( read original story ...)

Plans to hold the first in-person summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea have hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president, the latest ... ( read original story ...)

Officials in Tokyo are nervously eyeing the waters at a major Olympic venue where an unwanted visitor has cost $1.28m (£0.93m) in emergency repairs. The Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay which will ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's stock market may be lagging other Asia-Pacific markets, but two of the index's high performing stocks are powering ahead amid a global shipping boom. Got a confidential news tip? We want to ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Olympics open this week after being delayed a year by COVID-19. Japan last hosted the Summer Games in 1964 - a moment of triumph for the country. Lucy Craft shows times have changed. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean President Moon Jae-in are set to hold their first in-person summit meeting on Friday, coinciding with the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

The father-son team that smuggled Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a large musical-equipment case are set to be sentenced Monday for helping Nissan Motor Co.’s former chairman flee trial in 2019. ( read original story ...)

China’s capabilities in artificial intelligence are “much closer than I thought” to catching up to the US, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt told Nikkei Asia, stressing that America would not ... ( read original story ...)

Kevin Muscat has stressed he'll build on the progress Ange Postecoglou achieved in Japan after being confirmed as the new coach of Japanese club Yokohama F.Marinos ... ( read original story ...)

American tennis hopeful Cori "Coco" Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter Sunday she tested positive for Covid-19. The 17-year-old is currently the 25th ranked woman in the ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Olympian Coco Gauff announced she tested positive for COVID-19 and won't play in the Tokyo Games, which start this week. ( read original story ...)

Russia is competing under another new name at the Tokyo Olympics, the latest fallout from the Games' longest-running doping saga. ( read original story ...)

Two players on the South African soccer team have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Olympic village, and they aren't ... ( read original story ...)

Gauff was set to become the youngest Olympic tennis player since 2000 but instead joins a number of the world's top players who have already pulled out of the Tokyo Games. "I'm disappointed to share ... ( read original story ...)