Tag: sapporo

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 ...)

While elated over his forces’ victory at Pearl Harbor, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, knew unfinished business lay ahead. His dive-bombers and torpedo ... ( read original story ...)

A fire broke out on one of Japan’s largest cruise ships on Tuesday, though the cause of the blaze has yet to be determined. The Asuka II, which was docked in Yokohama with 153 crew members onboard, ... ( read original story ...)

The annual snow festival held in Sapporo in February will be scaled down next year with the sculpting of large-scale ice statues canceled due to the ongoin ... ( read original story ...)

A fire broke out on a cruise ship docked at a port near Tokyo on Tuesday, with crew members and dozens of firefighters and coast guard personnel taking hours to extinguish it. ( read original story ...)