LOOKAHEAD TO THURSDAY Serena Williams will play Victoria Azarenka in one women’s semifinal -- a rematch of the 2012 and 2013 U.S ... ( read original story ...)
IOC, Tokyo officials say Olympics must go on in 2021 ‘at any cost’
International Olympic Committee officials and Japan's Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto pledged that the Games in Tokyo will take place next summer despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Use the power of your wishes to help light up Yokohama Marine Tower
This month your wishes can send a beacon of light and hope across Yokohama. A special website has been set up by the city of Yokohama in order to raise the awareness of suicide and suicide prevention ... ( read original story ...)
IOC’s Thomas Bach says vaccines won’t be ‘silver bullet’ for staging Tokyo Olympics
Amid uncertainty about planning the Tokyo Olympics, IOC president Thomas Bach said Wednesday that progress with vaccines and rapid testing for COVID-19 would not be the complete answer for staging the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo officials vow Olympics will go on ‘at any cost,’ even if coronavirus remains in 2021
American wrestler Jordan Burroughs said he's "excited because now I know surely that I have something that I can truly prepare for." ... ( read original story ...)
IOC confident of safe Tokyo Games, too early for deadlines: Bach
The International Olympic Committee has confidence in its preparations and in Japanese government support for next year's Tokyo Olympics, but said all scenarios would be discussed in the coming weeks ... ( read original story ...)
Takisada-Nagoya Co. Ltd has officially signed a supplier agreement with Polygiene AB
Nagoya is a leading textile company in Japan. Founded in 1864 the annual turnover is approximately USD 590 Million. They will sell treated fabrics with all the Polygiene brands from ViralOff to ... ( read original story ...)
Establishment of a rapid synthesis method for useful organic fluorine compounds
Molecules (WPI-ITbM) research team of Professor Cathleen Crudden, Designated Lecturer Masakazu Nambo, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Yuki Maekawa and Associate Professor Daisuke Yokogawa have developed a ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka says messages from Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery’s parents brought her to tears
"I tried to hold it in on set but after watching these back I cried so much. The strength and the character both of these parents have is beyond me," Osaka said. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka receives messages from Trayvon Martin’s mom, Ahmaud Arbery’s dad after US Open
Osaka was surprised after her quarterfinal win with video messages from the mother of Trayvon Martin and the father of Ahmaud Arbery thanking her for honoring them during the tournament. "God bless ... ( read original story ...)
The black victims honoured in Naomi Osaka’s US Open masks
Naomi Osaka has been making a statement with her face coverings while competing in the US Open: for every round, she wears a new mask bearing the name of a black victim of alleged police or racist ... ( read original story ...)
They rap about growing up in Japan. But they are labeled outsiders because their families left generations ago.
They rap about poverty, their neighborhood and their dreams of making it big. Seldom noted, but underlying their songs: the confusing limbo of being viewed as foreigners, as outsiders, in a country ... ( read original story ...)
Hako in Lakewood Will Have Sushi Lovers Fondly Remembering Sapporo on East 6th, With Good Reason
Sapporo was the ace-in-the-hole for downtown workers and residents in search of a fresh alternative to gut-busting burgers, subs and slices. ( read original story ...)
Late Taichi Hara goal seals Tokyo comeback over Yokohama FC
After first-half goals by Yuya Minagawa and Kyosuke Tagawa, it was a stunning late effort by Taichi Hara that had fans clapping at Ajinomoto Stadium on Wed ... ( read original story ...)
Parents of Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery thank Naomi Osaka in video after U.S. Open win
Naomi Osaka, the tournament's 2018 champion says, I "feel like a vessel to spread awareness" as she wears the names of victims of violence on her masks. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka advances at U.S. Open, poised to show all 7 masks for racial justice
Naomi Osaka brought seven masks to the U.S. Open to highlight racial injustice and on the basis of her impressive showing the quarter-finals on Tuesday, Flushing Meadows looks destined to see them all ... ( read original story ...)