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Japan to draft human rights guidelines for companies

A government survey last year found that 29% of companies do not have a corporate policy for preventing human rights abuses from happening through business ...
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Japan to set out human rights guidelines for companies

A government survey last year found that 29% of companies do not have a corporate policy for preventing human rights abuses from happening through business ...

Move aside Eileen Gu, here comes Su Yiming — teenager wins ‘insane’ Games gold

Su scorched to the Big Air title with a runaway score of 182.50 to win his second medal at the Games.

Japan loses to Great Britain in women’s curling

Japan, the bronze medalist at the 2018 Olympics, could not respond to a strong start from Great Britain, which showed good accuracy from the early ...

Japan’s team pursuit title defense ends with fall on final bend

Japan was on course for the gold, but disaster struck with the finish line in sight when Nana Takagi lost her footing coming around the ...

Novak Djokovic will skip Grand Slams if COVID-19 vaccine is required

The 20-time Grand Slam winner said he was ready to sacrifice his shot at the milestone over the "freedom of choice" but he was keeping ...

Takefusa Kubo forces dramatic winner as Mallorca downs Bilbao

The 20-year-old's effort cannoned off the woodwork and into the back of diving Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon's head before finding the back of the net.

Mathilde Gremaud wins slopestyle skiing gold as Eileen Gu settles for silver

Gremaud, who won slopestyle silver at Pyeongchang 2018 and bronze in last week's Big Air event, held back her firepower until her second run, which ...

Kokomo Murase takes women’s big air snowboard bronze in Beijing

The 17-year-old became Japan's youngest female athlete to medal at the Winter Olympics, scoring 171.50 to finish on the podium.

Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier to be replayed after farce

The match was halted after five minutes when Brazilian health officials invaded the pitch, accusing Argentina's England-based players of breaching the country's COVID-19 quarantine rules.