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2020 Olympic Women’s Basketball Field: Team-by-Team Summaries Date: 1. USA : No. 2 in the world / No. 1 in FIBA Asia Olympic Record vs. USA: The USA is 7-0 all-time against Australia at the Olympics and 34-4 all-time in major international events, including at the junior level and excluding exhibitions and invitationals. Road to Tokyo: Australia finished third at the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup; first at the 2019 FIBA Asia Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament; and first in its group at the 2020 FIBA Olym...

When to view cherry blossoms: Flowering – 21 March; full bloom – 29 March 2. Fukuoka When to view cherry blossoms: Flowering – 21 March; full bloom – 31 March 3. Hiroshima When to view cherry blossoms: Flowering – 23 March; full bloom – 1 April 4. Okayama When to view cherry blossoms: Flowering – 25 March; full bloom – 2 April 5. Nara Where to view cherry blossoms: Nara Park, Nara Himuro-jinja Shrine, Wakakusa-yama, Koriyama-jo Castle Ruins, Further afield – Yoshino When to vi...

For International Exposure on a Budget, Check Out These 3 DWS Funds February 1, 2021 ETF investors looking for international exposure may leery of the price of admission for funds around the globe. DWS offers ETFs with international exposure and extremely low cost. Xtrackers MSCI Kokusai Equity ETF (KOKU): tracks an index of large- and mid-cap stocks in developed markets outside of Japan. KOKU could be used as a core global equity holding for investors who believe Japanese equities will under...

Date Time Tokyo Olympics plan is tempting disaster The International Olympic Committee’s push for the Tokyo Olympics to proceed in July despite Japan’s massive third wave of COVID-19 defies public health logic writes Professor Mike Toole AM in the Fairfax media. OPINION By Michael Toole The International Olympic Committee’s announcement that “there is no Plan B” for the Tokyo Olympics and they will proceed in July, despite Japan’s massive third wave of COVID-19, defies public health...

Matsuya restaurant chain debuts Massaman Curry Jan. 31 06:29 am JST Jan. 31 | 06:31 am JST TOKYO While Japan’s own sweet, mild curry is making a splash on distant shores, one of the country’s homegrown restaurant chains, Matsuya, is taking a leaf from various other countries’ curry cookbooks. Though Matsuya serves a perfectly adequate spicy curry of its own– the Gorogoro Chicken Curry — it’s a seasonal item and is cycled out frequently like most of Matsuya�...

Moonlight Nagara train service ends, leaving a hole in overnight rail travel Feb. 1 05:58 am JST Feb. 1 | 06:54 am JST TOKYO While Japan’s shinkansen (bullet trains) get all the limelight on the international stage, where they’re loved for their punctuality, speed and spick-and-span interiors, there are plenty of other Japanese trains equally deserving of attention. The Moonlight Nagara is one such train, reliably ferrying passengers across the land on long-haul ...

updated: Jan 30 2021, 02:31 ist Earlier this month, in a historic ruling, a South Korean court ordered the Japanese government to pay compensations to a group of former ‘comfort women’, a euphemistic way to refer to the women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II. It is estimated that more than 200,000 girls and women were turned into sexual slaves for the Japanese army during the war, often through abduction, coercion and deception. Military brothels (called ‘C...

World January 14, 2021 GENEVA: The coronavirus mutation first found in Britain has now spread to 50 territories, according to the World Health Organisation, while a similar South African-identified strain has now been found in 20. The UN body also noted a third new coronavirus "variant of concern" found in Japan may impact upon immune response and needs further investigation. "The more the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads, the more opportunities it has to change. High levels of transmission mean that ...

Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Japan are among those that won’t start vaccinating for months, in part to see how other populations react to the jab

As Japan heads on holiday, health care staff keep working Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ Health care workers hold vials at the coronavirus testing center set up at Fujimino Emergency Hospital in Miyoshimachi, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 9. | BLOOMBERG JIJI Dec 29, 2020 While Japan has entered the year-end and New Years holiday period, medical workers con...