While Macau casino firm Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd will not take part in the Japanese city of Yokohama’s request-for-proposal (RFP) process concerning its search for a commercial partner for a ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber: Funds from HQ sale to “support aggressive investment in strategic domains”
Yokohama Rubber sold its headquarters building in central Tokyo. The company is now preparing to shift its headquarters functions to its Hiratsuka factory, which is located some 40 miles south of ... ( read original story ...)
Jeremy Lin back in New York – joins Naomi Osaka in Times Square ad for Asian-American NGO campaign
The 32-year-old tagged Osaka and others who appear in the advert: actor Daniel Dae Kim, Fareed Zakaria and Lisa Ling. He also used the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month hashtag. Lin’s fans were ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo doctors association calls for Olympics cancellation
A Japanese doctors' group has urged the cancellation of the Olympics, even as Games organisers reported a surplus of applications from medics to volunteer at the virus-postponed event. ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Shaken After a Detainee, Wasting Away, Dies Alone in Her Cell
Critics of the country’s immigration system say the death reveals an opaque and capricious bureaucracy with nearly unchecked power over foreigners caught inside it. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy slumps back into decline
Japan's economy shrank in the first three months of 2021, as new COVID-19 infections and a slow vaccine rollout hit consumer confidence.Much of Japan is still under a state of emergency and deaths ... ( read original story ...)
Special delivery: man donates $550,000 in cash to Japan city
An elderly Japanese man has anonymously donated his life's savings -- in cash -- to a city outside of Tokyo, an unexpected financial windfall as the economy reels from the fallout of the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Yo-Yoing Economy Shrinks as Virus Spreads and Vaccinations Lag
The country has experienced cycles of growth and contraction in domestic consumption as the pandemic has waxed and waned. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy shrinks more than expected in first quarter as Covid hits consumption
Japan's economy shrank more than expected in the first quarter as the slow vaccine rollout and a resurgence in Covid-19 infections hit consumption. ( read original story ...)
Japanese athletes being drawn into expanding battle over Tokyo Olympics
The Japanese government, Tokyo organizing committee and sponsors are on one side with the political power and money behind them defending the event, while the anti-Olympics contingent is on the other ... ( read original story ...)
Galaxy Entertainment Withdraws from Yokohama IR Project
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd., which operates casinos in Macau, said Monday that it has dropped a plan to be part of the initiative to set up a casino-featuring integrated resort in the city of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Shrinks in Emergency, Raising Double-Dip Fears
Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.Japan’s economy shrank more than expected during the first three months of the year, raising the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19
A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympics amid surge in COVID-19 infections
A top medical organization has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo medical association calls for cancellation of Tokyo Olympics due to spike in Covid cases
A top medical organization has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed with a surge in Covid cases. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus live news: India suffers record daily deaths; Tokyo doctors call for Olympics to be cancelled
India deaths rise by record 4,329 in 24 hours; Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association warns Tokyo hospitals ‘have almost no spare capacity’; strikes destroy Gaza’s only Covid testing site ... ( read original story ...)