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Share on Twitter When Tsurigasaki Beach in Ichinomiya, Chiba prefecture was selected as the surfing venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, residents of the small town of just over 12,000 people were ecstatic. Surfing plays a major role in the town's economy, with over 60,000 surfers visiting each year to catch the best waves in Japan. Ichinomiya’s “surfonomics” or surf economy from the Olympics was estimated to be around 10 billion yen or over $124 million (AUD). But things are looking a lot different now. The ongoing states of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic and ...

How Asians Became the Most Vaccinated Group in New York City Sixty-eight percent of the city’s adult Asian population has received at least one dose, despite many New Yorkers of Asian descent facing language barriers and a fear of violence. Phung Nguyen, 77, relied on the help of Michelle Bounkousohn, an organizer, to get vaccinated. Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times May 5, 2021Updated 3:51 p.m. ET Since last year, Phung Nguyen, 77, feared the worst would happen if she fell ill with Covid-19. She lives alone in the Bronx, lost contact with her daughter years ago and only speaks V...