The cost of the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is estimated to be just under $2 billion. Japan’s Kyodo news agency and the Yomiuri newspaper both reported the figure Sunday, citing ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games organizers reportedly estimate Covid countermeasures to cost $960 million
Japanese media had reported a day earlier that the total costs of delaying the Games for a year would run to 200 billion yen. ( read original story ...)
Japan factory output grows for fifth month, retail sales surge
Japan's industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October and retail sales in the same month grew the most in over a year, signalling the economy was recovering further from the damage ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka inspires own manga character
Japan's three-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka has inspired a new manga character to appear in an issue of Nakayoshi magazine next month, the publishers announced on Sunday. ( read original story ...)
Japan October factory output rises for fifth month, retail sales jump
Japan's industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October, fuelled by stronger machinery and car production, suggesting the economic is recovering further from the damage caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Karolina Pliskova Appoints Ex-Naomi Osaka Coach Sascha Bajin Ahead of 2021 Season
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova has appointed Naomi Osaka’s former coach Sascha Bajin as her new coach for the 2021 season. Pliskova split with coach Daniel Vallverdu earlier this month ... ( read original story ...)
Reports: Cost of Tokyo Olympic delay put at about $2 billion
TOKYO (AP) — The cost of the one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics is estimated to be just under $2 billion, or about 200 billion yen. Japan’s Kyodo news agency and the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s lesson on ageing gracefully
In the three decades since Japan’s real estate bubble burst in the early 1990s there has been little overall economic growth or inflation. The easiest monetary policy in the world — interest rates ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea see surge of suicides among young women, raising new questions about pandemic stress
There are no comprehensive studies of suicide rates and lockdowns, but the data from East Asia has added to the debate. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 organisers estimate Games postponement cost $1.9 billion: media
This year's postponement of the Tokyo Olympics because of the novel coronavirus cost about 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion), organisers have estimated, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, citing ... ( read original story ...)
Will Australia’s ‘hydrogen road’ to Japan cut emissions?
A joint Canberra-Tokyo effort is designed to create a cost-effective supply chain for an elusive source of clean energy ... ( read original story ...)
Perreira adapting to AFC Champions League schedule as Shanghai SIPG overcome Yokohama F. Marinos
Shanghai SIPG head coach Vitor Perreira remained pragmatic as his side collected the three points in a 2-1 win over Yokohama F. Marinos despite a gruelling schedule that has seen them play four 2020 ... ( read original story ...)
Delayed Tokyo Olympics To Cost Additional $1.9bn: Report
The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Olympics could cost $1.9 billion more than its original budget of $13 billion, a 15 percent increase, a report said Sunday. The Olympics organisers will formally decide ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics to Cost Extra $1.9 Billion, Yomiuri Says
The organizing committee for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics estimated the additional costs for postponing the events to the summer of 2021 to be about 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion), the Yomiuri ... ( read original story ...)
Suga asks Osaka, Sapporo residents to avoid traveling
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has called on people in Osaka and Sapporo to refrain from travel outside the cities, where novel coronavirus cases are rising. Trips to the two cities had already been ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai SIPG edge Yokohama F. Marinos in crucial AFC Champions League showdown | Football | News | AFC Champions League 2020
Guangzhou Evergrande beat Vissel Kobe to get back on track in AFC Champions League | Football | News | AFC Champions League 2020; Shanghai SIPG edge Yokohama F. Marinos in crucial ... ( read original story ...)