Olympic sports bodies want talks with IOC on threats from adding cricket and others to 2028 programThe umbrella group of current Summer Games sports, known by the acronym ASOIF, said Monday the decision to increase to a record 36 sports "...
13 Nov, 2023, 07.36 PM IST
Stricter screening considered for Tokyo Olympics arrivalsHidemasa Nakamura, a senior Tokyo 2020 Games official, said that it is "highly probable that people will come into close contact with an in...
27 Jun, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics looking more and more like fan-free eventThe prospect of empty venues at the postponed Olympics became more likely when the Japanese government decided Friday to extend a state of ...
28 May, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Japan's Covid-19 vaccine booking system crashes, compounding woesThe online system to book a Covid-19 vaccine crashed in many places, including parts of Tokyo and the western city of Minoh, because of a g...
12 May, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
Tokyo Olympics might yet be cancelled due to COVID-19 - Japanese officialJapan is grappling with rising coronavirus infections, with numbers trending higher in Tokyo after the government ended a state of emergenc...
15 Apr, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
IOC, Tokyo Olympics to unveil rule book for beating pandemicOrganizers and the International Olympic Committee are finally going public with their planning, hoping to push back against reports the Ol...
27 Jan, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
80% say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won't happenTokyo is battling a surge of COVID-19 cases that prompted the national government last week to call a state of emergency. In declaring the ...
11 Jan, 2021, 08.37 PM IST
Nissan's Carlos Ghosn re-arrested, chances of imminent bail dashedThe re-arrest means he could be detained for at least another 10 days in a Tokyo jail, where he has been confined since he was arrested las...
21 Dec, 2018, 09.18 AM IST
“I spoke out because someone had to” Japan’s face of the #MeToo movementYamaguchi, a former Washington bureau chief for Tokyo Broadcasting System and someone considered close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was ac...
13 Dec, 2018, 09.50 AM IST
Ex-Nissan worker arrested for corporate secrets theft from Japanese automakerKenichi Okamura, who was working at the company's office in Atsugi when the alleged incident occurred, denies involvement, NHK added.
13 May, 2014, 10.55 AM IST
- New 5.9 quake jolts Japan; Zeolite dropped in Pacific
Japanese engineers began dumping zeolite mineral to check sea water contamination, even as desperate efforts were launched to combat surge ...
16 Apr, 2011, 09.04 PM IST
- Japan steps up efforts to cool reactors at quake-hit N-plant
The choppers dumped four loads before leaving the site. Yesterday, they were forced to abort a similar operation due to concerns over high ...
17 Mar, 2011, 03.36 PM IST
- Hydrogen blast at Japan's Fukushima N-plant
Radiation risks mounted in Japan after a second hydrogen explosion rocked the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant today leaving 11 workers in...
15 Mar, 2011, 10.47 AM IST
- Millions stuck in Tokyo as quake shuts down subways
Seismologists say that the "Big One" - a huge quake below or near Tokyo, forecast to kill thousands - is, statistically speaking, long over...
11 Mar, 2011, 06.14 PM IST
- Google webcasts news programs of TV Asahi, TBS via YouTube
Google concluded license agreements with two Japanese commercial broadcasters - TV Asahi Corp and Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings - to w...
29 Sep, 2009, 06.28 PM IST
- Wal-Mart considers taking full ownership of Seiyu
US retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc is preparing to take full ownership of its Japan unit to speed up management changes and reverse its laggin...
22 Oct, 2007, 12.30 PM IST
- Japanese TV phones click well, but don't rake it in yet
The 53-year-old managing director at an investment firm bought it so he could watch business news, follow his baseball team and tune in to ...
10 Jul, 2006, 12.11 AM IST