The Polish spiker Bartosz Kurek emphasized that "he is happy and ready for the new challenge" in an interview for Polish media on Tuesday after the Japanese side Wolfdogs Nagoya has confirmed his ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics could help Sapporo land 2030 Winter Games
The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee says the city of Sapporo could be in good standing to hold the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games likely to be pared down, says JOC chief
The rearranged Tokyo Olympics are likely to be a pared-down version of recent editions of the four-yearly Games, Japanese Olympic Committee chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Defense white paper: Japan within range of North Korea missiles
Japan said Tuesday in a new defense white paper that North Korea has the capability to launch an attack against Japan with a nuclear warhead, a first-time admission in official documents as tensions ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan wearing a mask is habitual – can the UK follow suit?
Japan has avoided Covid-19 disaster and people here accept masks – making the debate in the UK even more bewildering ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Tokyo Games likely to be pared down, says JOC chief
The rearranged Tokyo Olympics are likely to be a pared-down version of recent editions of the four-yearly Games, Japanese Olympic Committee chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Enlists Nightclub Workers for Q&A-Style Videos to Fight Coronavirus
An online Q&A session between a specialist doctor and young workers who entertain at host and hostess clubs, which have been major hotspots of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says China is using the coronavirus crisis to gain strategic superiority
Japan's government says China is using the coronavirus crisis to expand its influence and take strategic superiority. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: UK’s two-year government borrowing cost slips as low as Japan’s
Investors increasingly speculate BoE may set negative rates, US states reverse reopening efforts, UK GDP inches up after historic fall. ( read original story ...)
Japan: US military coronavirus policy has multiple problems
Japan's defense minister said Tuesday that officials have discovered "a number of problems” with U.S. military measures to guard against the coronavirus among service ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka issues ‘yellow’ alert as virus spreads among the young
The city's landmark tower is being lit up in yellow in a call for vigilance against the coronavirus, as cases rise in Osaka Prefecture. The visual warning comes after the prefectural government ... ( read original story ...)
UAE’s Mars orbiter launch from Japan delayed by weather
The liftoff of the United Arab Emirates’ Mars orbiter has been postponed until Friday due to bad weather at the Japanese launch site ... ( read original story ...)
Kurek signs with Wolf Dogs Nagoya
Polish opposite Bartosz Kurek with his Japanese fans at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Lausanne, Switzerland, July 13, 2020 – 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship MVP Bartosz Kurek ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka towers lit up in yellow as coronavirus infections climb
Landmark towers in Osaka were illuminated in yellow Sunday, as the prefectural government announced the confirmation of 32 additional cases of the novel coronavirus. Tsutenkaku Tower was ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says coronavirus adds to security threat by China
China is pushing harder to make territorial claims in the regional seas and even using the coronavirus pandemic to expand its influence and take strategic superiority, posing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan accuses China of pushing territorial claims during coronavirus pandemic
Japan's annual defence review accuses China of pushing its territorial claims amid the coronavirus pandemic and suspects Beijing of spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid ... ( read original story ...)