Tag: Yokohama

The first seven members of the Team GB athletics squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been confirmed. Trials winners Chris Thompson and Stephanie Davis have been selected alongside Ben Connor, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan designated Osaka and two other areas for new virus control steps on Thursday as infections in those areas rise less than four months before the Tokyo Olympics. Osaka, neighboring Hyogo ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets and U.S. futures rose Thursday after Japan and South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic data and President Joe Biden announced a $2.3 trillion U.S. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — The governor of Osaka prefecture said on Thursday that he wants to cancel the torch relay legs going through Osaka later this month, less than four months before the the opening of the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Osaka prefectural governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said on Thursday the Olympic torch relay in the city of Osaka should be cancelled amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, Kyodo News ... ( read original story ...)

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Thursday after Japan and South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic data and President Joe Biden announced a $2.3 ... ( read original story ...)

Kato, previously head of the BOJ’s branch in Nagoya, central Japan, joins five other executive directors who assist the bank’s decision-making board headed by Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. The 56-year-old ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA - Nissan's former top lawyer, who led an internal investigation into alleged financial misconduct by Carlos Ghosn, said he endured retaliation, demotions and even corporate surveillance of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is set to designate Osaka and two other prefectures for new virus control steps Thursday as infections in those areas rise less than four months before the Tokyo Olympics. Osaka, neighboring ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Thursday that emergency response measures would be taken in the Osaka area to prevent spread of the coronavirus. The measures would last from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment is growing optimistic, a closely watched economic survey by the Bank of Japan showed Thursday, as the world’s third-largest economy continues to grapple with the damage ... ( read original story ...)

For those who want to extend their cherry blossom season, sakura season in Hokkaido starts around the end of April in Hakodate. It then proceeds to Sapporo in early May, before reaching Nemuro in late ... ( read original story ...)

“I did it due to accumulated job stress,” the suspect told police. Kanome lives in Yokohama City’s Tsurumi Ward. At the time, he was employed at a utility company. The girl lives alone. Naoki Kanome ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka’s 23-match winning streak came to a surprising end with one of the most one-sided defeats she has suffered in recent years. The world No 2 from Japan was uncharacteristically out of sorts ... ( read original story ...)

Naomi Osaka 's time in the Miami Open has reached its end after the Australian Open champion fell to Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose in early trading Thursday, the first day of the new fiscal year, on improved and better-than-expected results of the Bank of Japan's Tankan business survey ... ( read original story ...)