Tag: sapporo

Organizers announced in June that domestic fans would be allowed, despite concerns that the Games could be a superspreader event. A sudden rise in cases upended those plans. ( read original story ...)

Japan's currency in circulation and bank deposits hit a record high for the fourth straight month in June, data showed on Friday, as households and companies continued to pile up savings on ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has a friend and supporter in Duchess Meghan. In a new personal essay written for TIME, the tennis star further explained her decision to take a break from the court to focus on and ... ( read original story ...)

The COVID-19 death rate among artificial dialysis patients in Hokkaido was as much as 2.7 times higher than the national average. ( read original story ...)

A controversial art exhibition in central Japan featuring works with purported anti-Japan messages was discontinued Thursday two days after it opened following repeated threats, the local government ... ( read original story ...)

Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka opened up about her mental health struggles and her decision to drop out of the French Open in an essay published Thursday in Time magazine, saying "it's O.K. to not be O. ( read original story ...)

Sports ruling bodies expressed their disappointment at the decision of Olympics organisers ban spectators from the July 23-Aug. 8 Tokyo Games but understood Japan's need to take drastic action to curb ... ( read original story ...)

Games organisers agree to hold events without fans; Greece to unveil plans to mandate vaccination for specific professional groups next week ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 organizers do not want any spectators along the course for the Olympic marathon and race walk events being held in Sapporo. The decision to ask the public to refrain from coming out and ... ( read original story ...)

Organizers dropped a plan for local fans to attend events after Japan declared a new state of emergency that will continue through the end of the Games due to a rise in Covid-19 infections. ( read original story ...)

Japan had said it would allow limited numbers of domestic fans to attend but changed its mind after coronavirus infections rose. ( read original story ...)

Osaka specifically thanked Michelle Obama and Meghan Markle for their support. Tennis star Naomi Osaka is speaking out in-depth for the first time about her withdrawal from this year's French Open due ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese tennis superstar broke her silence after the French Open controversy by opening up about her mental health: "it's O.K. to not be O.K." ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka has a friend and supporter in Duchess Meghan. In a new personal essay written for TIME, the tennis star further explained her decision to take a break from the court to focus on and ... ( read original story ...)

In a Time magazine essay, Naomi Osaka said, "It's O.K. not to be O.K," and discussed the support she received from Novak Djokovic and Meghan Markle, among others, after she withdrew from the French ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka thanked Meghan Markle for support in her French Open tennis battle—which touches on a subject where the duchess may have specialist experience. ( read original story ...)