17-08-2011 08:41
The euro dropped against the dollar in early Tokyo trade on Wednesday following talks between the leaders of France and Germany on the eurozone debt crisis.
23-07-2020 08:47
The Paris Olympics might be scheduled for 2024, but they are already feeling the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic that has seen this year's Tokyo Games postponed by a year to 2021.
13-07-2020 08:49
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday, extending rallies on Wall Street on fresh hopes for coronavirus treatments.
25-03-2020 14:04
Japan on Wednesday (Mar 25) started the unprecedented task of reorganising the Tokyo Olympics after the historic decision to postpone the world's biggest sporting event due to the coronavirus pandemic that has locked down one third of the planet.
27-03-2020 10:09
Athletes who had already qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before they were postponed will keep their places when the showpiece takes place in 2021, sources told AFP on Thursday (Mar 26).
15-10-2019 10:09
Roger Federer announced Monday (Oct 14) he will compete at next year's Tokyo Olympics in a bid to claim the men's singles gold medal, the only major prize he has yet to win.
09-09-2019 08:50
A powerful typhoon with potentially record winds and rain battered the Tokyo region early Monday (Sep 9), sparking evacuation warnings to tens of thousands, widespread blackouts and transport disruption.
19-07-2019 10:29
Tokyo is facing a shortage of accommodation when Olympic fans pour into the Japanese capital for next year's Games so officials are looking offshore - to moored cruise ships operating as floating hotels.
12-06-2019 08:25
Tiger Woods is setting his sights on next year's Olympic games, driven on by the knowledge that he may not get many more chances to add a gold medal to his bulging trophy cabinet.
22-07-2018 17:10
The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday (Jul 22).
03-07-2018 08:00
As dawn broke in Tokyo, Japan fans had dared to believe their team was about to make World Cup history. But a few short minutes later, the dream was over.
01-05-2018 17:59
Japan's iconic Mount Fuji could paralyse Tokyo with ash if it erupted, choking roads and halting water supplies, according to a government disaster planning study, a news report said Tuesday (May 1).
29-03-2011 16:34
Shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co. plunged 18.67 per cent on Tuesday as concerns over its ability to manage a crisis at its stricken Fukushima nuclear plant continued to unnerve investors.
27-12-2017 09:17
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell on Tuesday (Dec 26) on late profit-taking, with investors keeping to the sidelines as major global markets remained closed for the Christmas holidays.
13-12-2017 09:43
TOKYO: Pregnant women struggling to bag a seat on the famously packed Tokyo subway could find their salvation in a new app connecting them with nearby passengers willing to give up their coveted perch.