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Reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women’s singles badminton event at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Hong Kong’s NY Cheung in a group J match here on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Johnny Weir, a two-time Olympian representing Team USA in figure skating at the 2006 Turin Games and the 2010 Vancouver Games, has come back to Japan as a star Olympic reporter for U.S. broadcaster ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's capital reported a daily case count of 2,848, according to government health data. The number exceeds its earlier record of 2,520 daily cases, which was set Jan. 7 ... ( read original story ...)

With the Olympics still digesting U.S. gymnast Simone Biles's stunning exit from the team event, champion women made a splash in Tokyo on Wednesday as Australian Ariarne Titmus, American Katie Ledecky ... ( read original story ...)

Ripple, the leading provider of enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions for global payments, announced today the launch of RippleNet’s first live On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) service ... ( read original story ...)

The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday, (July 27) formally signed an additional P116-billion (JPY253 billion) loan package to finance the building of the country’s first underground railway. The second ... ( read original story ...)

A continuing recovery in Bitcoin has put the largest cryptocurrency on course for its longest winning streak this year. ( read original story ...)

Rolex Rings mopped up Rs 219.3 crore from 26 anchor investors on 27 July 2021. The Rs 731-crore IPO will open for subscription on Wednesday, 28 July 2021, at a price of Rs 880-900 per share. The issue ... ( read original story ...)

During the Parade of Nations of the Tokyo Olympics’ opening ceremony, the athletes entered the stadium as the PA system said their country’s name first in French, then in English, and finally in ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) inaugural Strategy on Climate Change, released in July 2021, may increase the availabili ... ( read original story ...)

Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday that the Bank of Japan is ready to modify the steps it is rolling out on climate change as needed ... ( read original story ...)

Coach Lucas Guillermo Saucedo held a sign asking fencer Maria Belen Perez Maurice to marry him after her 15-12 loss at the Tokyo Olympics ... ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers appeared unconvinced cryptocurrencies would make a good solution to the existing and very flawed financial system. ( read original story ...)

Japanese equities rose on Tuesday, tracking overnight gains in Wall Street as investors cheered upbeat corporate earnings, though caution ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting kept ... ( read original story ...)

Katie Ledecky could make history as first woman to win Olympic gold in 1,500-meter freestyle, and gymnastics will crown the men's all-around champion. ( read original story ...)

Three of the mainstays of the American Olympic effort -- women's gymnastics, softball and soccer -- all struggled at the same time in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)