Tag: Nagoya

Prior to this year's Roland Garros, the 23-year-old announced that she intended to refrain from doing interviews to 'protect her mental health'.Osaka then felt it neccessary to walk out of the ... ( read original story ...)

"I actually think you can do everything you can to drive the Japanese to the right place...we ought to absolutely do more with Taiwan. We tried to do that we made some progress. We didn't get all the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's top government spokesman rejected South Korea's protest over a map posted by organisers for the Tokyo Olympics, which marked a set of disputed islands as Japanese territory. ( read original story ...)

A post-coronavirus pandemic world could offer an opportunity for Japanese firms to raise prices and help the central bank achieve its 2% inflation target, Bank of Japan board member Seiji Adachi said ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to pledge an additional $800 million to the World Health Organisation's COVAX programme, which provides COVID-19 vaccines to countries in need, the ... ( read original story ...)

Yuya Yanagi narrowly missed out on a no-hitter but threw a gem Tuesday to help the Chunichi Dragons maintain their fine interleague f ... ( read original story ...)

Venus Williams seemed to take the cake Tuesday with her response to the uproar surrounding Naomi Osaka ’s press boycott at the French Open. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam winner, withdrew from the ... ( read original story ...)

Ships and aircraft from the USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted integrated operations that concluded Saturday, according to the Navy. ( read original story ...)

Making herself vulnerable, she joins other noteworthy athletes in pushing the once-taboo subject into the open. ( read original story ...)

Like Naomi Osaka, who decided to exit the French Open, Mardy Fish once stepped away from a successful tennis career because of mental health issues. ( read original story ...)

The only government-issued vaccine passport in the U.S. is New York’s Excelsior Pass. It has been downloaded over a million times, but a vast majority of businesses are not requiring any proof of ... ( read original story ...)

The world No 2 has been treated as a threat, a familiar reception that black athletes receive when they step outside the box ... ( read original story ...)

It should be possible to have concern for Naomi Osaka's well-being and also understand that media accessibility to players is important to tennis. ( read original story ...)

The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments reacted Tuesday to tennis star Naomi Osaka’s stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players’ concerns about mental health. The ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka's withdrawal will reverberate throughout sports and could prompt the powers that be to rethink how athletes and the press interact. ( read original story ...)

Taekwondo star Lauren Williams joins Jade Jones on the plane to Tokyo 2020 - nine years after the double Olympic champion inspired her to take up the sport. ( read original story ...)