Tennis champion Naomi Osaka is partnering with LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s entertainment development and production company SpringHill to enter the entertainment world with her own media ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Teams Up With LeBron James for New Media Company
Naomi Osaka and LeBron James are teaming up for an exciting new venture! On Tuesday, the 24-year-old tennis champion announced the launch of her full-service media company, Hana Kuma, a platform to ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka launches prodco with SpringHill Company, preps “Mink!”
Tennis star, entrepreneur and activist Naomi Osaka, along with her longtime agent and business partner Stuart Duguid, is launching a media company called Hana Kuma in partnership with LeBron James and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan raps China, Russia warships’ ‘show of force’ during Asean meeting
Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi warned against such actions, calling them ‘sabre-rattling tactics’ against his nation, and expressed concerns about Chinese warplanes in Taiwan’s air zone. ( read original story ...)
Qualifying begins at Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Race week kicks off Tuesday for The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, with two divisions making qualifying runs. All three sections of the course were open to drivers making their ... ( read original story ...)
Children of the Discordance
There is always a slight air of nostalgia to Children of the Discordance. For spring, this was made apparent by Hideaki Shikama’s inspiration, the Japanese city of Yokohama where he was born and ... ( read original story ...)
LeBron James and Naomi Osaka team up to launch media company
Osaka said the new media venture aims to give a bigger platform to “culturally specific” stories on “important social issues.” ... ( read original story ...)
United announces flights between Nagoya and Fukuoka will resume following pandemic-caused pause
United Airlines is relaunching the Nagoya-Guam and Fukuoka-Guam nonstop services in August. This follows other announcements expanding the airline’s non- stop service and capacity between Japan and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 final cost of JP¥1.4tn more than double original estimate
Tokyo 2020 originally projected to cost US$7.3bn at the time Organisers say Games’ final outlay was US$213m less than December 2021 prediction The organising committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games’ eye-watering final bill revealed
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021 after being postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, cost 1.42 trillion yen (£8.5bn), nearly double the figure quoted in the city’s bid for the Games ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 2,329 new cases of coronavirus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 2,329 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital on Wednesday. The figure is up 314 from a week ago, for a fifth straight day of week-on-week increase. The ... ( read original story ...)
2,329 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Tokyo on June 22
TOKYO -- The Japanese capital registered 2,329 coronavirus infections on June 22 after marking 1,963 cases the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced. One COVID-19 death was ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Delayed Tokyo 2020 Games cost double original estimate
The final price tag for last year's Tokyo Olympics was more than double the city's original 2013 estimate after a one-year coronavirus postponement added to the already hefty bill. ( read original story ...)
Japan tracks eight Russian and Chinese warships near its territory
At least eight Russian and Chinese warships have been spotted in the seas near Japan this week, another sign of the apparent pressure the two partners have been putting on Tokyo as relations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top court clears government of liability for Fukushima disaster
Japan's highest court on 17 June dismissed claims that the government should pay damages in cases involving some 3,700 people seriously affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the ... ( read original story ...)
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka plans donor conference with China, India and Japan
Sri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance to find a way out of its worsening economic crisis, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ... ( read original story ...)