Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive at the heart of a widening corruption scandal over games sponsor selection, and one of his closest business partners allegedly shared a bribe from an advertising company, a sourc…
Main events scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 29
Main events scheduled in Japan for Thursday, Sept. 29: — 50 years since normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations, with official ceremony in Tokyo to begin at noon.
Tokyo stocks open modestly lower on U.S. Dow fall
Tokyo stocks opened modestly lower Wednesday, dragged down by an overnight decline on the U.S. Dow Jones index, but buying in technology issues supported the market. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 76.19 poin…
Basketball: Japan ends World Cup with 71-54 loss to host Australia
Japan wrapped up its FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup campaign Tuesday with a 71-54 loss to host Australia. The Tokyo Olympic silver medalist exited the tournament in Sydney after finishing fifth in Group B with a 1-4 record. Japan’s fate was sealed a…
Ex-Tokyo Olympic exec faces new charge in growing bribery scandal
Prosecutors served a fresh arrest warrant Tuesday on Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive, for allegedly accepting bribes from an advertisement agency in a growing corruption scandal over the selection of Summer Gam…
Main events scheduled for October
Main events scheduled in Japan for October: In early October — Bank of Japan to release quarterly Tankan survey. Oct. 1 (Sat) — 10th anniversary of deployment of Ospreys at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture. Oct. 2 (Sun) — …
Japanese ex-PM Abe’s state funeral to begin despite public opposition
A state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to be held in Tokyo later Tuesday, with more than 4,000 mourners in attendance, despite mounting opposition to the controversial ceremony for the country’s longest-serving leader. Ahead of the…
Baseball: Hawks book ticket to postseason with win over Marines
Masaki Mimori scored with a stolen base and Kenta Imamiya broke a 1-1 deadlock with his RBI single as the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks punched their ticket to the postseason Monday with a 2-1 win over the Lotte Marines. The victory at Fukuoka’…
Basketball: Japan loses 3rd straight at World Cup against France
Japan took its third straight loss of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Monday, going down 67-53 to France following a final-quarter scoring drought. The result leaves Tokyo Olympic silver medalist and world No. 8 Japan fifth in Group B with a 1…
Main events scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 27
Main events scheduled in Japan for Tuesday, Sept. 27: — State funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to be held in Tokyo at Nippon Budokan.