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Man City complete signing of Risa Shimizu
90min· 20 hours agoManchester City have confirmed their second signing of the summer transfer window with the addition of Japan international Risa Shimizu. The defender...
Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data centre
Reuters· 3 days agoA group of residents in Tokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive...
Tokyo governor declares win after exit polls show her clinching third term
Al Jazeera· 5 days agoWith about 40 percent of the votes counted, Koike, 71, on Sunday led by more than 1.29 million...
Women in politics: How far has Asia come? – DW – 07/10/2024
Deutsche Welle· 4 days agoTokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, the first woman to lead Japan's capital, clinched a third term on...
Olympic softball's divided experience: What playing in OKC instead of L.A. means for 2028
New York Times· 20 hours agoIn the 1996 Atlanta Games, softball was hosted in Columbus, Ga., approximately 100 miles...Olympic...
Tokyo residents seek to block building of massive data centre
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 3 days agoThe petition by more than 220 residents of Akishima city in western Tokyo follows a successful bid in December in Nagareyama city to ...
Cat Macario to miss Olympics with knee injury
ESPN.co.uk· 16 hours agoForward Lynn Williams, who participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the 2023 World Cup, will replace Macario on the USWNT's 2024 Olympic roster....
Paris to bring Olympics back to the people with opening ceremony like no other
Wandsworth Guardian· 1 day agoOnly with the benefit of three years of hindsight are we able to fully appreciate the extent of the restrictions in Tokyo – 17 days of quarantine threats and daily saliva ...
Tokyo Faces Tight Power Supply on Scorching Heat, Outages
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance UK· 5 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Hotter-than-normal summer temperatures are stretching the Tokyo grid, prompting the...
My first visit to Japan left me in culture shock, but I wish the US would adopt some of its norms
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 14 hours agoAs soon as I arrived in Tokyo to a near-silent Narita Airport, I knew I was in for a bit of culture...