Kuala Lumpur: Gamba Osaka have parted company with head coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, the 2021 AFC Champions League participants announced on Friday following a disappointing run of results in the ... ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: Why Japan has been slow to roll out vaccinations
Japan's rollout of COVID-19 vaccines began belatedly in mid-February, months behind the United States and many other countries. Officials blamed a shortage of Pfizer Inc. vaccine from Europe as the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Q2 economic growth forecasts cut sharply on coronavirus restrictions: Reuters poll
Japan's economy is set to grow much slower than previously hoped this quarter, hobbled by extended emergency measures put in place to halt a rise in coronavirus infections, a Reuters poll showed. It ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: Japan prefectures to declare emergency; calls for ‘surge vaccinations’ in UK
Japan will declare a state of emergency in three more prefectures; Greece launches tourism season; UK shadow health secretary calls for ‘surge vaccinations’ as India variant cases double ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps more than 2%; Alibaba shares in Hong Kong plunge 4%
Shares in Japan led gains among the region’s major markets. The Nikkei 225 jumped 2.33% in afternoon trade. That followed a more than 2% plunge seen on Thursday. The Topix index gained 2.08%. South ... ( read original story ...)
Chinatown in Yokohama has a feng shui pay toilet so we dashed over to use it right away
Feng shui has been popular in contemporary culture on a smaller scale, especially in terms of vacation spots or to make the bedroom a more relaxing space. However, when we heard that there was a pay ... ( read original story ...)
Center court with Naomi Osaka’s trainer: The importance of massaging muscles
Yutaka Nakamura, 48, is a personal trainer to 23-year-old tennis star Naomi Osaka. In the following article, Nakamura discusses the importance of mass・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
In surprise move, Japan to add 3 more prefectures to state of emergency
Japan has decided to add three more prefectures hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic to a state of emergency, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday, in a surprise move reflecting ' growing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps more than 1% as Asia-Pacific markets rise following overnight Dow bounce
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 400 points overnight as stocks stateside rebounded from sharp losses in the previous session. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Eases Mask Rules; Japan May Curb More Regions: Virus Update
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration took its biggest step yet toward declaring victory over the pandemic -- announcing that fully vaccinated Americans can ditch their masks in most settings, ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis-Japan Inc squeezed by surging costs and frugal consumer fears
At his factory in Tokyo, Shigeki Kato has a grim strategy to deal with rising costs that threaten profit margins: grin and bear it. Kato's Orion Industry Corp supplies precision steel sheets to ... ( read original story ...)
CEOs Criticize Japan’s Slow Vaccine Push, Saying Growth at Risk
Business executives in Japan are starting to voice concerns over what they see as an unacceptably slow vaccine rollout in one of the world’s richest countries, a rare chorus of warnings over ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc braced for fresh hostile bids
Hostile takeovers used to be so rare in Japan that most companies could comfortably assume they would never happen. A powerful taboo kept the vast majority of listed businesses untouched by these ... ( read original story ...)
Vavic gets ready for Tokyo in water polo as dad awaits trial
Marko Vavic was in Mexico when it happened. He had just flown to Cabo San Lucas to spend spring break with a group of friends. When Vavic woke up, there were several text messages on his phone. ( read original story ...)
Dina Asher-Smith lays down Tokyo marker with 200m win
The British sprinter powered to victory in Savona, Italy, in her first 200m race since winning world championship gold in Doha in October 2019 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s gaming giants report big financial earnings
Video game publishers Capcom and SquareEnix did very well last year, according to newly released financial reports.Why it matters: Gaming companies in Japan are no longer as dominant in the global ... ( read original story ...)