Tag: sapporo

Naomi Osaka believes now is the time to speak up. The 22-year-old Osaka has been more vocal on social issues lately, and that’s by design. Osaka said she felt compelled to “speak my mind more” as a ... ( read original story ...)

Lord North ran out an impressive winner of the Prince of Wales's Stakes for jockey James Doyle at Royal Ascot. The 5-1 chance, trained by John Gosden, burst clear in the closing stages to win day ... ( read original story ...)

Next April's London Marathon will be Scottish Olympic hopefuls' only chance to earn places in the event in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Everyone has a vote and a say, I think it’s really weird that athletes get told to just stick to sports,” Osaka said at Wednesday’s TIME100 Talks. “You would never go up to a barber and say just stick ... ( read original story ...)

Paralympic champion Sophie Thornhill has retired from cycling after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Games. The 24-year-old, who is visually impaired, won tandem kilo gold at Rio 2016 with. She is a ... ( read original story ...)

Visitors eager to attend the annual Sapporo Snow Festival next year will not be able to see the iconic, towering snow sculptures that often rise higher than 10 meters. Organizers ... ( read original story ...)

A man who admitted to stealing a mug from an outlet of popular cafe chain Komeda's Coffee for his "collection," has been arrested on suspicion of theft, police said on June 16. The suspect, Shinjiro ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will take all possible measures to ensure surveillance of the areas around disputed islands in the East China Sea, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is drafting a proposal to attract high-skilled workers from abroad for Tokyo's financial sector, the lawmaker heading the LDP's committee on foreign labourers ... ( read original story ...)

SpaceJet chief development officer Alexander Bellamy, a former Bombardier C-Series executive, has been let go after four years and four months with Mitsubishi's regional jet program. ( read original story ...)

Artisan Kenji Yamada transforms tatami into dazzling flooring designs that might just keep the Japanese artistic tradition alive. ( read original story ...)

Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui has said that a clinical trial of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus will begin at a hospital in the city on June 30. The vaccine was developed by AnGes Inc., a ... ( read original story ...)

Nothing says Royal Ascot like The Queen and Frankie Dettori and First Receiver could give Her Majesty a 24th winner at the meeting. ( read original story ...)

Izumi Devalier of Bank of America Global Research says it will take a long time for Japan's economy to get back to pre-pandemic levels, despite forward-looking data suggesting an improvement. She also ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's exports fell in May at the fastest pace since the 2009 global financial crisis as U.S.-bound car shipments plunged, bolstering expectations for a deep contraction in the world's third-largest ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s exports sank 28% in May, while imports dropped 26% as the coronavirus pandemic slammed global trade. The provisional Ministry of Finance data, ... ( read original story ...)