Tag: sapporo

Naomi Osaka will be on the hunt for her maiden Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles over the next two months as she looks to complete the career Grand Slam. The 23-year-old has won four of the last six ... ( read original story ...)

A new analysis from Japan's biggest economic research firm predicts that canceling the Tokyo Olympics would cost the country about $16.5 billion. ( read original story ...)

The Yubari melons were sold at the first auction of the new season at a market in Sapporo in Japan. They are renowned for their high quality and sweet taste. ( read original story ...)

Organizers and Japanese officials have been adamant that the Games can go ahead safely, with restrictions, amid the pandemic, but Japan's residents aren't buying it. ( read original story ...)

California to see 50,000 fewer births in 2021. The U.S. raised Japan to the level of "do not travel" ahead of the Games. Latest COVID-19 news. ( read original story ...)

The CDC is warning all Americans to avoid travel to Japan because of its latest jump in COVID-19 cases. The advisory will not keep U.S. athletes out of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, but organizers are ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still ironing out details of a policy by which national teams fly in additional medical staff for the Tokyo Olympics so as not to burden Japan which is ... ( read original story ...)

The call comes in the week of new revelations about the spread of the virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan and criticism that authorities there have not been forthcoming. ( read original story ...)

The US government warned against all travel to Japan amid a Covd surge just months before the country hosts the Olympic games. The alert issued by health officials and Joe Bidens ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — An international rights group on Tuesday urged Japan to change a law that it says puts “abusive and outdated” burdens on transgender people seeking to have their gender change legally ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama has announced that it is to move its company headquarters from Tokyo to its production facility in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, 35 miles southwest of the capital. A spokesperson for ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Prefecture said Tuesday it will ask the Japanese government to extend its COVID-19 state of emergency for the western prefecture, currently set to run through Monday. You are now viewing Nippon. ( read original story ...)

Come July, Takahiro Katsumi's home city of Saitama is on deck to host some of the Summer Olympics' most prominent events, including basketball, soccer and golf.It's an alarming prospect for Katsumi, a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: In what might be the unlikeliest indicator of a post-pandemic recovery, a pair of premium Japanese melons have sold for $24,800 at auction, over 22 times more than last yea ... ( read original story ...)

Want to be a part of the iRacing Rallycross All-Star Invitational presented by Yokohama for next Tuesday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway? The Time Attack for the final iRX invitational of the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo was quick to deny a U.S. warning for Americans to avoid traveling to Japan would have an impact on Olympians ... ( read original story ...)