Tag: Japan
She overcame adversity with faith and is heading to the Paralympics...
In the world event, the young athlete will represent Argentina, entrusting herself to God and wearing a "bracelet with a cross”
Olympics director fired over Holocaust comments on eve of opening ceremony
Kentaro Kobayashi, show director for the Games' opening event, was fired due to a joke he made about the Holocaust in a comedy act in 1998
ILO-Japan initiative targets safe return to work for small enterprises in...
The one-year project with US$2.2 million funding from Japan aims to help improve the safety and health of workers in MSMEs
Athletes, visitors not allowed in Tokyo churches during Olympic Games
Tokyo entered a new state of emergency on Monday, less than two weeks before the Games begin
Spectators to face Olympic ban as Tokyo declares coronavirus emergency –...
If confirmed, the ban on spectators would mark the latest blow to the troubled Olympics, delayed by a year because of the pandemic
‘Sad, lonely feeling’: Tokyo man evicted twice, 50 years apart, for...
Across from the gleaming stadium, and just uphill from the site of his now-destroyed former home, is a small park with a set of Olympic rings
Experts express concern as Japan reboots 44-year-old Mihama nuclear reactor
The reactor is the oldest to be restarted since the 2011 Fukushima disaster
Freed Japan reporter calls on Tokyo to take ‘concrete action’ against...
Myanmar authorities arrested Yuki Kitazumi, a freelance reporter, and charged him with spreading false information
South Korea court dismisses ‘comfort women’ lawsuit, contradicts earlier ruling
The court recognized Japan's right to state immunity from overseas lawsuits
Osaka cancels Olympic torch run, declares COVID-19 medical emergency
Health authorities fear a virus variant is unleashing a fourth wave of infections just 107 days before the Tokyo Olympics begins
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