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Women wearing face masks, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walk past a store of Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo fashion chain at a shopping complex in Beijing, China on May 24 2020. REUTERS / Florence Lo TOKYO, July 15 (Reuters) – Japanese firm Fast Retailing (9983.T), owner of clothing brand Uniqlo, …

TOKYO, July 14 (Reuters) – A subcommittee of Japan’s Ministry of Labor on Wednesday recommended that the national average minimum wage be raised from around 3% to nearly $ 8.50 an hour this fiscal year, said a government official. His recommendation follows repeated calls by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to …

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith apologized on Monday for his comments on Shohei Ohtani after receiving backlash for criticizing the Angels star’s use of an interpreter to speak to the media. “Let me apologize right now,” Smith said in a tweet. “As I watch things unfold, let me say that …

The Matilas have officially arrived in Japan for their pre-game training camp in Nara, with Elise Kellond-Knight speaking to the media ahead of their final tune-up. “The process actually went pretty well and everyone looks pretty fresh today,” Kellond-Knight said of the Matilda’s transition from Sweden to Japan. “Japan is …

Hello everyone, here is another article on the 2020 Olympics in general and basketball, but it is not on a single subject. I have three of them, one on fans going to games and the other two on 3×3 basketball. No fans are allowed at the Tokyo Olympics Yesterday, the …

Kenya volleyball team players (left to right) Jane Wacu, Lorine Chebet, Gladys Ekaru and Edith Wisa presented their official travel kit for the Olympics yesterday provided by NOC partner brand Tusker -K. [Courtesy] The Malkia Strikers Women’s National Volleyball Team is expected to arrive in Japan on July 9 at …

History links CINCINNATI –Former University of Cincinnati volleyball star Jordan Thompson has met the media to discuss his route to Tokyo and his selection for the United States Olympic volleyball team. At just 24, she is one of the youngest members of the United States volleyball team and one of …

Heritage. This is something that Wallabies have struggled to imprint on the minds of young boys and girls for years. Losing does that. But ahead of Wednesday night’s opening test against France at Suncorp Stadium, it’s the change in rhetoric coming from Wallabies captain Michael Hooper that could see a …

Shortly after the first Olympic campaigns finally began to appear in Japanese prime-time TV slots in early summer, advertising giant Dentsu told investors it expected a huge windfall of $ 800 million. Unfortunately for the company – historically considered to be one of the most powerful in Japan – the …

SINGAPORE: A table tennis player and team manager from Singapore participated in a pre-Olympic interview attended by a Japanese cameraman who later tested positive for COVID-19. The national team departed for Japan on June 27 and are based in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture, as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. …