Hiroshi Sasaki had proposed that plus-size entertainer Naomi Watanabe appear at the opening ceremony as a pig. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics hit by another scandal over sexist comment
Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning comments about a well-known female celebrity. It is yet another setback for the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki resigns over derogatory remark
Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki said he has resigned after making a derogatory comment about a popular female Japanese entertainer, in the latest controversy over insensitive remarks ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens up 0.78 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened up 0.78 percent at 30,148.48 on Thursday, while the broader Topix gained 0.58 percent at 1,995.48. T Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is ... ( read original story ...)
A Nikkei milestone is less than it seems
The Nikkei 225 passed 30,000 on Monday, the first time in over three decades that Japan’s blue-chip stock market index crossed that threshold. The long-awaited event was spurred by a series of ... ( read original story ...)
POLL-Japanese firms want BOJ to keep bond yields, ETF purchases steady
Two thirds of Japanese firms expect the Bank of Japan to curb rises in long-term interest rates and keep them steady, a Reuters poll found, ahead of the central bank's review this week on how it will ... ( read original story ...)
TABLE-Japan firms want BOJ to keep policy steady as COVID pain lingers
TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Two thirds of Japanese firms expect the Bank of ... and answers in the poll conducted for Reuters by Nikkei Research during March 3-12. Answers are denoted in percentages. ( read original story ...)
Laura Muir believes delay to Tokyo Olympics has helped her chances of glory
The Scot insists she is now more “robust” ahead of the rescheduled Games in Tokyo this summer. Her 2019 season was disrupted by calf and Achilles problems and she finished fifth in the 1500m ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to lift Tokyo area state of emergency as planned on Sunday: minister
The Japanese government's advisory panel on coronavirus countermeasures on Thursday approved a plan to let the state of emergency expire in the Tokyo area as scheduled on March 21, Health Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to probe Line after reports it let Chinese engineers access user data
Japan's government said on Wedneseday it would investigate messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp's Z Holdings Corp, after Japanese media reports that it let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)
Aditya Birla board approves IPO of Birla Sun Life AMC
Sun Life has operations in various markets worldwide, including Canada, the US, the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Japan. At present, HDFC AMC, UTI AMC, Nippon Life India AMC and Shriram ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sumitomo Is Said in Talks to Buy ABN Amro’s Commodity Loans
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. is in talks to buy a portfolio of commodity loans from ABN Amro NV as the Dutch lender exits the industry, according to people familiar with the matter.A potential ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Bond Takes Away Investor Reward for Missing ESG Goals
So-called sustainability-linked bonds have been controversial because they often effectively reward investors when the issuer misses green or social performance goals. One Japanese firm is trying to ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games creative head Sasaki resigns over derogatory remark – Kyodo report
Hiroshi Sasaki, the head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies at this year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, has stepped down after making a derogatory comment about a woman, Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga hints at ending COVID-19 curbs as scheduled
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga suggested on Wednesday that he planned to let state of emergency curbs imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus expire on schedule on Sunday. The ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan’s carmaking heavyweights could be facing an electric shock
Japan’s traditional carmaking giants need to raise their game in the race to develop pure, battery-driven electric vehicles or risk being left behind by Chinese, American and European producers, ... ( read original story ...)