Tag: sapporo

Billie Jean King says the future for women's tennis is "dynamite" on and off the court thanks to young stars like Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka. ( read original story ...)

Naomi and Mari Osaka have used their creative talents to design a limited edition face mask, which is being sold to benefit under-served youth in Japan. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Central Japan Railway Co. on Friday effectively gave up on opening a high-speed maglev train line between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027 after failing to secure approval to begin ... ( read original story ...)

A Turkish jet executive on trial over Carlos Ghosn's dramatic escape from Japan told a court on Friday that the former Nissan boss spoke about Hollywood making a movie of his getaway as he flew in a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s newest giant Gundam is being erected near Yokohama’s Chinatown in the Yamashita Futo harbor in a special area that will be called The Gundam Factory. ( read original story ...)

A Japanese performance group is starting a run of drive-in horror shows for people who are scared of catching the coronavirus but still want to get close-up frights from ghouls and zombies. Audience ... ( read original story ...)

A day before the restart of the season, J.League champions Yokohama F･Marinos head coach Ange Postecoglou said his team is "excited starting again". ( read original story ...)

A woman of South Korean origin in Japan, who endured mental health issues after documents with discriminatory content were repeatedly distrib ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's household spending and machinery orders likely extended declines in May, providing further evidence that the coronavirus crisis is hurting the economy. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s soccer league is back in action this weekend after a four-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic. The resumption on Saturday comes as Tokyo reported ... ( read original story ...)

A Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau detainee's thumb was dislocated when six staff members forcibly moved him to another cell after he initially refused. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike looks set cruise to victory in her bid for re-election on Sunday, buoyed by approval of her handling of the novel coronavirus even as a recent rise in infections triggers ... ( read original story ...)

Ageing population in the spotlight as of the more than 17,000 people with the illness who went missing last year, the whereabouts of 245 remains unknown ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo prosecutors said Friday that a request for extradition of two Americans arrested in the U.S. for allegedly helping Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan, flee Japan ... ( read original story ...)

There is no need to reintroduce a state of emergency, Japan's top government spokesman said on Friday, the day after coronavirus cases in Tokyo rose to a two-month high. New daily cases in the capital ... ( read original story ...)

Ginjiro Sumitani's two-run fourth-inning double broke up a scoreless tie, and right-hander Toshiki Sakurai (1-0) allowed a run over eight innings for t ... ( read original story ...)