International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach canceled his trip to Japan this week as COVID-19 cases surge in the country.
Seven-Eleven Japan Selects Google Cloud to Advance Competitive Data Cloud Strategy
Seven-Eleven Japan is advancing its digital transformation strategy with Seven Central, its data cloud platform built on Google Cloud that consolidates and analyzes data from its 21,000 stores across …
IOC’s Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus cases
IOC President Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday in a statement. Bach was to visit …
In embarrassment to IOC, Thomas Bach cancels trip to Japan because of surging COVID-19 cases
With the Olympics opening in just over 10 weeks, the postponement is not a good look for the IOC and local organizers — all of whom have remained adamant that the games will not be canceled.
Symbiotic Coral Thought Extinct for 273 Million Years Found In Waters Around Japan
This might not look like much, but it’s an extremely rare find– a creature thought to have been extinct for millions of years. This specimen, found in the Pacific waters surrounding Japan, is …
The Latest: Japan to purchase antibody cocktail for COVID-19
TOKYO — Japan’s government said Monday that it has agreed to purchase an antibody cocktail to be produced and marketed for COVID-19 treatment by a Japanese drug maker Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. which …
What the United States Wants From Japan in Taiwan
Argument: What the United States Wants From Japan in… When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga became the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Joe Biden in the White House last month, …
IOC President Thomas Bach postpones trip to Japan amid spike in coronavirus case
IOC President Thomas Bach postponed a trip to Japan, site of the Summer Olympics in a little over two months, because of a continued surge in coronavirus cases that has caused a state of emergency to …
Olympics-Amid opposition, Japan PM says has “never put Olympics first”
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that he has never “put the Olympics first”, as an opinion poll showed nearly 60% of people in Japan want the Games cancelled with fewer than …
Japan Business Federation chief to step down due to ill health
Hiroaki Nakanishi, the head of the Japan Business Federation known as Keidanren, will step down at the beginning of June owing to ill health, local media quoted sources close to the matter as saying …