Tag: Nagoya

The current yokozuna defeated the yokozuna-in-waiting in a dramatic Day 15 finale to earn his record-extending 45th championship and first since March 2020. ( read original story ...)

Keigo Oyamada, who uses the stage name "Cornelius" once described his abuse in graphic detail. He now apologizes. ( read original story ...)

Extreme weather over the past week drove home a harsh reality: Climate disasters can hit wealthy nations, too. Once-in-a-millennium floods swept Germany, and fires and heat wav ... ( read original story ...)

Aisling Bea’s pitch-perfect, bittersweet comedy is back; behind the scenes of Naomi Osaka’s recent troubles; and David Olusoga digs into NHS racism ... ( read original story ...)

Scottish swimmer Duncan Scott says he has "nothing to lose" at the upcoming Olympics and feels unaffected by the event's year-long delay. ( read original story ...)

Japan men's captain Maya Yoshida has questioned the decision to hold the Olympic Games behind closed doors ahead of Friday's opening ceremony. ( read original story ...)

Two athletes in Tokyo's Olympic Village have tested positive for Covid-19, organizers confirmed Sunday, just days before the Games were set to begin. ( read original story ...)

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka revealed she was targeted with racial backlash for her decision to represent Japan in the 2021 […] The post Naomi Osaka opens up about receiving racist backlash for ... ( read original story ...)

After a year’s delay, the Olympic Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want as infections rise again ... ( read original story ...)

Keigo Oyamada, a Japanese composer whose music is part of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, has apologized for bullying a classmate during his childhood ... ( read original story ...)

Kazunori Takishima has been traveling the world to support Japan at every Olympic Games for the past 15 years, so it was a dream to see the event in his home city of Tokyo. But when a ban on ... ( read original story ...)

The head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has defended Japan’s progress on corporate governance following a high-profile scandal at Toshiba, rejecting accusations a market overhaul due next year was ... ( read original story ...)

The strangeness of Tokyo’s huge head is amplified by the prevailing strangeness of these games — an event that has polarised the difference between success and failure like no other and now teeters ... ( read original story ...)

As you snake through the Olympics arrivals process at the airport in Tokyo, showing forms and waiting for the requisite Covid test, you pass a discreet door next to the toilets. A sign in Japanese and ... ( read original story ...)

A foreign inhabitant of the Tokyo Olympics athletes’ village has tested positive for Covid-19 in the first infection at the site where most of the 11,000 competitors will stay.The case has stoked ... ( read original story ...)

Whether we are investing for a marathon or a sprint, the Olympic Games that begin in Tokyo on Friday provide a topical reminder of just how shocking stock markets can be. With sport and shares, high ... ( read original story ...)