Tag: Nagoya

Japan’s Toho gas is the latest Japanese company to receive a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo that has had its emissions offset by carbon dioxide (CO2) ... ( read original story ...)

Today, she’s aiming for gold all while working to get the sport in front of more eyes. “Around the world, it’s quite big almost everywhere else. New Zealand has a huge culture there based solely ... ( read original story ...)

Photograph: Getty Last modified on Mon 12 Apr 2021 15.05 EDT As coronavirus swept the globe last spring, Japan portrayed the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics until this summer as an ... ( read original story ...)

More than 70% of people in Japan said in a poll they are opposed to holding the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. A local poll taken from March 10 to 12 showed 39.2% of respondents said they would support the ... ( read original story ...)

He made the cut at the Masters as a 19-year-old amateur. He won the Japan Golf Tour money title as a rookie. When he played in the Presidents Cup at age 21, he had more wins that year than anyone on ... ( read original story ...)

By winning the Masters, the publicity-shy golfer will face a news media spotlight that trails every move of Japanese athletes abroad. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA, Japan - In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian figure skaters will have one last chance to compete at this week’s World Team Trophy in Osaka, Japan. Nam Nguyen and Roman ... ( read original story ...)

After the 1971 World Table Tennis Championships in Nagoya, Japan, the US ping-pong team became the first American delegation to visit the People's Republic of China by invitation. The Chinese team ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka/Tokyo, April 12 (Jiji Press)--The prefectural government of Osaka, western Japan, is considering asking the national government to declare yet another state of emergency in the prefecture over ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is expected to announce plans to release hundreds of thousands of tons of leftover cooling water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the Pacific Ocean, prompting almost 200,000 people to ... ( read original story ...)

Like Yu Darvish in baseball and Naomi Osaka in tennis before him, Matsuyama is hoping that his victory can bring a bright future for golf in Japan. "I hope it will affect golf in Japan in a good ... ( read original story ...)

The daily number of new coronavirus cases in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, came to 603 on Monday, hitting a record high for a Monday, although it was below 700 for the first time in a week. You are ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 70% of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled or delayed as the coronavirus pandemic rolls on, a Kyodo News poll showed on Monday, just over 100 days ahead ... ( read original story ...)

Hideki Matsuyama's victory at Augusta National will resonate throughout the whole of the Far East after he became the first Japanese man to win a major, writes Iain Carter. ( read original story ...)

(AP) — Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters. It was a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, disasters that killed thousands and destroyed much ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Led by Japan’s prime minister, the country celebrated golfer Hideki Matsuyama’s victory in the Masters — the first Japanese player to win at Augusta National and pull on the famous ... ( read original story ...)