The Nikkei share average added 0.31 per cent to 28,642.19, extending its recovery from a four-month low hit earlier this month, but it faced multiple resistances around the current levels, including ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s electronics chain Nojima to end partnership with Suruga Bank
TOKYO -- Japanese electronics retailer Nojima is set to begin procedures for selling its 18.52% stake in the embattled Suruga Bank, Nikkei has learned. The two companies have clashed over the ... ( read original story ...)
One COVID-19 Case Found During Olympic Test Event Period: Tokyo 2020 Chief
Tokyo 2020 president said on Wednesday that one positive case for coronavirus was found during Olympic test events late April, but there was no further outbreak. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto ... ( read original story ...)
Japan newspaper sponsoring Tokyo Olympics joins cancellation chorus
The call comes with public opinion in Japan firmly against holding the Games this summer, and after prominent business leaders voiced their concern in recent weeks. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Dubbed ‘Rings of Fire’ on Scorching Heat Threat
Covid-19 isn’t the only danger at the Tokyo Olympics. Climate change is adding another risk as intense heat and high humidity threaten the health and performance of athletes, according to a U.K.-based ... ( read original story ...)
IOC, not Japan’s government, has the power to cancel Tokyo Olympics: Expert
Jules Boykoff of Pacific University says the upcoming Tokyo Olympics should not go ahead. Boykoff is political scientist who studies the Olympics. ( read original story ...)
‘It’s wild out there’: crypto firms lure top bankers in price boom
Huge gains in digital asset values are helping crypto firms to poach previously out-of-reach executives from some of the biggest companies in mainstream finance. Among high profile executives ... ( read original story ...)
Defiant Ghosn pins hopes on French probes to clear his name
Auto magnate-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn is campaigning to clear his name, and hopes a visit by French investigators to his home in exile in Lebanon will be his first real opportunity to defend ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Ruling Party Heavyweight Calls for $239-Billion Extra Budget
Japan's government is expected to compile an extra budget in October or November, senior ruling party lawmaker Kozo Yamamoto said on Wednesday, calling for spending of around $239 billion to cushion ... ( read original story ...)
Barring Armageddon, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, says IOC committee member Dick Pound
The Tokyo Olympics will go ahead as planned unless struck by an unprecedented “Armageddon”, according to leading International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. Already foreign spectators have been ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ruling party heavyweight calls for US$239-billion extra budget
Japan is likely to proceed with the Tokyo Olympic Games as planned this summer even if there are no spectators, senior ruling party official Kozo ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota’s ‘hydrogen engine’ car roars through 24-hour enduro
NAGOYA: A sports car developed by Toyota Motor flew across the finish line to become the first vehicle running on a hydrogen engine, and not merely fuel cells, to complete a 24-hour endurance test. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama opposition prepares to stop casino
Ahead of the August mayoral election, anti-casino forces are preparing to support a mayoral candidate who will oppose the Yokohama, Japan, IR development and to ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Osaka Pref.’s medical system is collapsing, and we need to know why
The surge in COVID-19 cases in Osaka Prefecture is threatening to break the local health care system, and the prefecture has decided to formally reque ... ( read original story ...)
American on trial in Japan gets support from ex-boss Ghosn
Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has backed American lawyer Greg Kelly's insistence he is innocent of any wrongdoing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper calls for Tokyo Olympics to be canceled
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. ( read original story ...)