Sports Mole provides team news, predicted lineups and a full preview of Saturday's pre-season friendly between Yokohama F Marinos and Manchester City. Manchester City continue their pre-season ... ( read original story ...)
2025 Osaka Expo to publicly solicit ideas for event emblem
Yumeshima is an artificial island in Osaka Bay. This was his first news conference since he assumed the role in May. A former Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry official, Ishige had served as ... ( read original story ...)
In digital era, Chelsea’s tie-up with Yokohama Rubber blazes new trail in Japan
If shorter videos result in more views, that’s even better news for Yokohama Rubber. Official videos featuring the Chelsea shirt were viewed over 550 million times in 2018, and the number is only ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Tokyo 2020 medal designer basks in sudden fame
TOKYO (Reuters) - Designer Junichi Kawanishi was still coming to terms with his sudden fame on Thursday, a day after his design for the medals to be awarded at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was unveiled ... ( read original story ...)
1 year to go: Japan, IOC challenged to show world Olympics are viable
But for the most part, Tokyo's countdown to the Olympics has happened without the daily drumbeat of controversy and bad news. For the first time in a ... really want in Tokyo and in Japan, definitely. ... ( read original story ...)
The Japan-South Korea dispute could push up the price of your next smartphone
That’s bad news for their customers, which include large tech companies such as Apple and Huawei. The latest escalation in tensions between Japan and South Korea has ignited fears that the important ... ( read original story ...)
More than 100 people protest in Tokyo against 2020 Olympics
protest leaders told a news conference that the Olympics harmed vulnerable groups and argued that the money spent on the Games would be better used elsewhere. The latest budget figures for Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics unveil gold, silver and bronze medals
With exactly one year to go until the Tokyo Olympics open, organizers marked the day by unveiling the gold, silver, and bronze medals that will symbolize the 2020 Games. Thousands of politicians, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan utility to scrap 4 more reactors in Fukushima
TOKYO - The operator of the nuclear plant wrecked by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami said Wednesday that it will decommission four more reactors in northeastern Japan in addition to those already being ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Year before Games, Tokyo better prepared than any city before – IOC
TOKYO (Reuters) - A year before hosting the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is better prepared than any other city in the past to host the Games, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. International ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Organizers unveil Tokyo 2020 medals a year before Games
TOKYO (Reuters) - The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled on Wednesday with exactly one year to go until next year’s Games. The unveiling of the medals, designed by Junichi ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020: Who will replace Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt as Olympic stars?
Someone will take advantage of that glaring void in star power and emerge as the face of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Which athlete is best positioned to capture the public’s fancy next summer the way ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo marks one year until 2020 Olympics
TOKYO: Tokyo on Wednesday entered the final leg ... Download The Times of India News App for Latest Sports News. ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea slanging match over tiny islands dragged again into Olympic arena
Japan’s top government spokesman dismissed South Korea’s protest. “We communicated (to South Korea) that their position is absolutely unacceptable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea tussle over disputed islands spreads to Olympics, again
Japan’s top government spokesman said South Korea had lodged ... that their position is absolutely unacceptable,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference, adding that the state ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe says will make every effort to reduce tension with Iran
During his news conference, Abe also called for debate on revising Japan's post-war, pacifist constitution, saying Sunday's election result showed it was what voters wanted. Abe's Liberal Democratic ... ( read original story ...)