Tag: property

The director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been fired over comments about the Holocaust he made during a comedy show in 1998.The Games’ organising committee president, Seiko Hashimoto, ... ( read original story ...)

The World Health Organization on Wednesday (Jul 21) sought to reassure pharmaceutical companies that a proposal to suspend patent rights on ... ( read original story ...)

One company will invest US$10b in Japan, 70% of which will be invested in office buildings. According to the bi-annual investor survey conducted by the Japan Real Estate Institute (JREI) in April 2021 ... ( read original story ...)

Top Japanese Olympic sponsors, Toyota are skipping the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020 and scaling back their advertising ambitions as deep public opposition renders the Games a "toxic" proposition. ( read original story ...)

The floods may have buried his medal, but the memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics remain. As the Games return to Japan, Hans Kaupmannsennecke recalls his unique journey from novice shooter to crack ... ( read original story ...)

Top Japanese Olympic sponsors are skipping the opening ceremony and scaling back their advertising ambitions as deep public opposition renders the Tokyo Games a "toxic" proposition. Auto giant Toyota ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — It’s an Olympics like no other — and the ... The company behind the project, Bluewater Property Group, is eyeing approximately 4 million square feet of property to house the facility, ... ( read original story ...)

Tuesday, Osaka prefecture said it had received request-for-proposal (RFP) materials from MGM Resorts and Orix, according to information collated by GGRAsia’s Japan correspondent. The RFP materials ... ( read original story ...)

An American gymnast and a Czech beach volleyball player were added to the tally Tuesday of people accredited for the Tokyo Olympics who have tested positive for COVID-19 this month. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s business visa programme offers foreigners a long-term route to citizenship, making Okinawa an option for Hongkongers seeking to leave the financial hub. ( read original story ...)

The imminent Olympics include Coca-Cola and the Dow Chemical Company as worldwide partners. As a previous producer of weapons, including napalm and ... ( read original story ...)

Goldman Sachs will expand investments in alternative assets like office buildings and data centers in Japan, consolidating various investment operations into a new merchant banking division capable of ... ( read original story ...)

REBECCA ADLINGTON is now part of the BBC’s punditry team for the Tokyo Olympics. The Olympic champ retired at the age of just 23 in 2013 – here’s what we know about the double ... ( read original story ...)

Discover spherical algae balls, majestic sea eagles, giant salamanders and more in Akan-Mashu National Park and Daisen-Oki. ( read original story ...)

He leads a team of 150,000. He is tasked with defending Japan from foreign invasion, at a time when tensions are rising in the Indo-Pacific in unprecedented ways. He is also the first chief of staff ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's Digital Transformation Minister Takuya ... 2006 stock purchase on financial statements as required under property disclosure rules for Diet members. He first disclosed the ... ( read original story ...)