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The United States faces Italy for the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic softball program at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, July 20 (7/20/2021) at 11 p.m. ET. Softball is one of the sports that begins before the official Olympic ceremonies on Friday. Six teams will compete against each …

EXCLUSIVE: In an intriguing partnership that signals the continuing trend of high-profile international collaborations in the film and television industry, Japan’s leading multiplatform entertainment company Nippon TV is teaming up with London-based premium media company Envision Entertainment to form a common list. The first will be a series inspired by …

By YURI KAGEYAMA Business Writer AP TOKYO (AP) – Toyota will not broadcast any Olympic-themed commercials on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games, despite being one of the IOC’s main commercial sponsors. The extraordinary decision from the country’s largest automaker underlines just how polarizing the Games have become in Japan …

TOKYO, July 19 (Reuters) – Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota will not air Olympics-related TV commercials in Japan amid lackluster public support for the Olympics, two-thirds of Japanese people doubt organizers can secure the Games safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a local media survey. Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) general …

HEALTH FDA recalls asthma drug The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday ordered a recall of a batch of a prescription drug used to treat severe asthma, due to a potential quality defect. The recall of Nucala Solution for Injection is due to be completed by August 8, after a …

Japanese company Neurowear makes a new version of its Necomimi headband, a portable device that reads your brain waves to … move robotic cat ears. You can think of them as a mood ring for nerds and uh, anyone who feels like replaying Cats (2019). Necomimi comes from Japanese words …

London (AFP) Virtually all pandemic restrictions were lifted in England on Monday, but ‘Freedom Day’ has sparked deep concern from scientists as coronavirus cases escalate across the country – and around the world. Fueled by the more infectious Delta variant, cases are increasing in Asia-Pacific, parts of Africa and Europe, …

What is that? The British and Irish Lions face world champions South Africa in the first test at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town. The Lions will have had five warm-up games to prepare for this game – six if you include the pre-Tour game against Japan at Murrayfield – …

New York State reported more than 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 in one day for the first time since mid-May, as cases increased due to slowing vaccination rates, the spread of Delta variant and relaxation of social measures. Authorities reported 1,156 new positive cases, representing a positivity rate of 1.39% …

Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology has reportedly set a new world record for the world’s fastest internet speed at 319 terabytes per second. This is almost double the last record for the fastest internet speed in the world held by researchers at the University College of London. …