激動の東アジアニュースを各国のメディアからお伝えします
Dentsu Group charged after arrest of Tokyo 2020 committee official accused of rigging Games-related tendersJapan’s biggest advertising agency and five other companies have been indicted for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption sca…
Read MoreJapanese official says corruption claims could damage Sapporo’s chances of hosting 2030 eventMore than a year after the Tokyo Olympics were held in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, their legacy has been overshadowed by a bribery scandal that threat…
Read MoreNancy Yu, AKA Asia One is drawing on the hip-hop movement’s activist roots to help a group of artists and their families escape the TalibanA veteran of the hip-hop scene and internationally celebrated breakdancer, Nancy Yu – AKA Asia One – has her fair…
Read MoreThe international context and mood music are very different 14 years after the Beijing Summer GamesSpectacular fireworks lit up the summer sky and the air filled with the smell of sulphur as trails of smoke descended on the crowds in Tiananmen Square. …
Read MoreAlmas Nizamidin, whose wife has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Xinjiang, says a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics is not enoughWhat Almas Nizamidin knows of his wife’s arrest and disappearance is second-hand: the harried reports relayed by…
Read MoreIdentity in focus ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics after Hong Kong’s most successful summer Games inflamed old tensionsIn July, more than 5,000 people gathered along the sides of the APM shopping centre in Hong Kong on a Monday night. They waved flags …
Read MorePublic support for Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet dipped below 30%, despite widespread support for going ahead with the GamesPublic support for the government of Japan’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has slumped to an all-time low, despite evidence that mo…
Read MoreFlight comes after the athlete refused to board a plane home on Monday and sought protection at Polish embassyBelarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was due to leave Japan for Poland on Wednesday after seeking refuge at the Polish embassy in Tokyo…
Read MoreKrystsina Tsimanouskaya is expected to head to Poland amid fears she would be punished if she went homeThe Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is “safe” after arriving in Austria from Japan, where she had refused her team’s orders to return to …
Read MoreVictory in Tokyo has reignited debate over a decades-old compromise with the island’s goliath neighbourIn the hours between Taiwan winning gold and silver in Olympic badminton on the weekend, local courts in Taipei were packed with enthusiastic young p…
Read MoreThe men’s gold and women’s bronze medals meant everything to Fiji, which has the highest per-capita Covid infection rate in the worldWhen the Fijian men’s sevens team beat New Zealand to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, the entire nation ce…
Read MoreMan allegedly also waved colonial-era flags while watching fencer Edgar Cheung’s medal ceremony at a mallHong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of insulting the national anthem, after he allegedly booed the Chinese national anthem while watc…
Read MoreLGBTQ+ rights in Japan | Literary incorrectness | PMQs | A marital palindrome | Cross wordsMany congratulations to Tom Daley on his magnificent win with Matty Lee. Probably worth pointing out, though, that while your article is correct in saying that s…
Read MoreWatching an Afghan refugee in the Olympics is a source of inspiration to many women in a country where riding a bike is seen as a political statement and the Taliban are gaining groundWhen Masomah Ali Zada makes her Olympic debut at the women’s cycling…
Read MoreAfter a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want as infections rise againThe joy and anticipation that greeted the International Olympic Committee’s decision in 2013 to award the 2020 Games …
Read More