Tag: Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers are pushing ahead with the Japanese leg of the torch relay despite the threat of the spreading coronavirus. The Olympic flame, which is due to arrive on Friday from…
TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Wednesday he has received an apology from an executive board member who said the 2020 Games should be delayed a year to two…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government today opened part of the last town that had been off-limits due to radiation since the Fukushima nuclear disaster nine years ago, in a symbolic move showing the region’s recovery…
TOKYO (AP) — You might have heard that the fear of a new virus from China is spreading faster than the actual virus. From earnest officials trying to calm a building panic. From your spouse.…
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — About 500 passengers left the cruise ship Diamond Princess on Wednesday at the end of a much-criticized two-week quarantine aboard the vessel, docked in Japan, that failed to stop the spread…
BEIRUT (AP) Nissans fugitive ex-boss, Carlos Ghosn, said today that his arrest in Japan, from which he escaped last month, was a plot against him and described his detention conditions as a travesty against…
The U.S. is moving toward a rupture with two important allies, South Korea and Japan. Already, President Trump has reportedly demanded a fivefold increase in the amount South Korea pays toward the cost of stationing…
TOKYO (AP) A fire broke out early today and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japans southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters battled the blaze for about…
TOKYO (AP) Novak Djokovic reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Wednesday by beating Japanese wild-card entry Go Soeda 6-3, 7-5. Djokovic, who is attempting to win a title on his tournament debut…
President Trump has been fixated on Japans alleged exploitation of the United States for decades. Starting in the mid-1980s, he criticized Japan for protecting its markets unfairly against U.S. products while this country helped protect…
