Tag: Yokohama

A-League championship-winning mentor Kevin Muscat is reportedly set to succeed Ange Postecoglou as coach of Japanese club Yokohama F. Marinos. ( read original story ...)

With about a month to go until Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games, Japan kept its economic assessment for June largely intact, sticking to its view that the economy remained impacted adversely by the ... ( read original story ...)

Emperor Naruhito is concerned holding the Games will fuel covid-19 infections in Japan, the head of the Imperial Household Agency said. ( read original story ...)

Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 29-year-old man who had a teenage girl sign a contract to be his slave before paying her for sex ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Emperor Naruhito appears "concerned" about the possibility the Olympic Games could cause the coronavirus to spread as feared by many in the public, Kyodo News quoted an official at the ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's top court on Wednesday threw out a challenge by three couples who wanted to keep their own surnames after marriage, ruling that laws stipulating Japanese couples must choose one family name ... ( read original story ...)

President and CEO Jeff Barna announced two management changes effective July 1. Stan Chandgie was promoted from vice president of consumer sales to executive vice president of sales and support; and ... ( read original story ...)

The International Olympic Committee and Japanese officials are adamant that beginning July 23, they can host the games not only safely, but successfully. ( read original story ...)

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, a 2017 World Health Organization report noted Japan was facing a "critical shortage of doctors." ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is the only country in the world known to have such a law on surnames. An attempt was made in 2015 to challenge the law, but that failed too. ( read original story ...)

A man who was infected with the coronavirus and had been recuperating at a hotel in this city has disappeared from his sixth-floor room, the ... ( read original story ...)

Five shooters to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: The 41-year-old Korean has already secured his place as the Olympics’ most successful individual shooter with four golds, including three 50m ... ( read original story ...)

Five table tennis players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: FAN ZHENDONG (CHINA) World number one and former Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics champion Fan Zhendong will make his Olympics debut and ... ( read original story ...)

After a four-year hiatus, two 15-year-old giant pandas at last found the mood and added a new draw for one of Tokyo’s biggest tourist attractions. ( read original story ...)

Fifteen anti-Olympics groups held a joint protest in Tokyo last night to mark a month until the opening of the Games, amid fears that it will become a super-spreader event.Organisers, who are ... ( read original story ...)

But USA Basketball is not wanting for elite talent. Even without some of the league’s most recognizable names, Team USA tentatively put in place a mostly starry, 12-man roster Wednesday, according to ... ( read original story ...)