The chief executive of SBI Holdings, the financial conglomerate that owns Japan’s biggest online brokerage, said he plans to pull his company’s operations out of Hong Kong because “without freedom, ... ( read original story ...)
International Women’s Day: Ten Team GB debutants set to tear up Tokyo 2020
The tables have turned and for the first time ever at Tokyo 2020, women are set to outnumber men on Team GB, writes Tom Harle. ( read original story ...)
Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard says he plans to play for Team USA during Tokyo Olympics
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard said he plans to play on Team USA during this summer's Tokyo Olympics. In other news, Paul George said his health is good. ( read original story ...)
International Women’s Day: Ten new names set to rip up Tokyo 2020
The tables have turned and for the first time ever at Tokyo 2020, women are set to outnumber men on Team GB, writes Tom Harle. ( read original story ...)
Tennis Star Naomi Osaka Hid Her Relationship With Rapper Cordae for a Year Before Her ‘Awkward’ Moment on ‘Ellen’
Most notably, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka once appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the host wasted no time trying to set her up with a handsome actor — without realizing that Osaka was actually ... ( read original story ...)
Man who stabbed girl in Nagoya park at her request later broke into her residence
A 31-year-old man who stabbed a girl in Nagoya last year after at her request broke into her residence after carrying out the act ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s innovators seek their lost mojo
Japan’s finance ministry has decided to tackle one of the great unanswered questions of innovation and finance. Can $100bn buy a nation back its mojo? In an effort to reignite Japan’s flame, the ... ( read original story ...)
After Japan’s 2011 Tsunami a City Is Rebuilt—Now It Needs People to Survive
The future remains precarious for Rikuzentakata, where more than 1,700 people died in the disaster, as many survivors have settled elsewhere and swaths of downtown lie unused. ( read original story ...)
The Bank of Japan Is Sitting on a Pile of Profit but Isn’t Sharing the Wealth
Making a $130 billion profit in the stock market isn’t as fun as it seems—at least if you’re the Bank of Japan. ( read original story ...)
A City Rebuilt After Japan’s 2011 Tsunami—to Survive It Needs People
The future remains precarious for Rikuzentakata, where more than 1,700 people died in the disaster, as many survivors have settled elsewhere and swaths of downtown lie unused. ( read original story ...)
Soccer: Olympic hopeful Maeda hits double to secure draw for Marinos
Tokyo Olympic hopeful Daizen Maeda netted twice as Yokohama F Marinos salvaged a 3-3 draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J-Lea ... ( read original story ...)
Christine Ohuruogu warns disrupted preparations will affect Tokyo Olympics
The former 400 metres gold medallist hopes International Women’s Day can give a boost to the next generation of elite athletes. ( read original story ...)
A decade after Fukushima nuclear disaster, contaminated water symbolizes Japan’s struggles
Japan says it’s safe to release 1.25 million tons of treated water into the sea. But trust is in short supply. ( read original story ...)
Yuki Soma’s Late Goal Helped Nagoya Grampus To Beat Consadole Sapporo
Yuki Soma's goal in the late second half helped Nagoya Grampus to beat Consadole Sapporo 1-0 in the second match week J League encounter on Saturday at the Toyota Stadium, Nagoya. ( read original story ...)
Anti-Olympics protesters march in Tokyo
The protest march started from National Stadium where the Game's opening ceremony is planned to be held, and went through the busy shopping street of Omote Sando. Protesters held banners and shouted ... ( read original story ...)
Controversy still lingers over 2019 Aichi art show
The Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival appears to live on in infamy. When it opened in Nagoya, it was immediately blasted for a section entitled “After ‘Freedom of Expression?,’” which duplicated a ... ( read original story ...)