Month: February 2024

[ad_1] Thousands gathered outside of Tokyo Dome on a chilly Wednesday afternoon ahead of pop superstar Taylor Swift’s first show on the Tokyo leg of her world tour. They snapped photos of each other sporting Swift-inspired outfits and exchanged homemade friendship bracelets.“There are so many songs of hers I can relate to,” Mathilde, a French fan living in Tokyo, said just after swapping bracelets with a Japanese Swiftie. “They’ve reflected […]

[ad_1] The “Swiftonomics” effect — or the economic impact of Taylor Swift — on Japan from her four days of shows in Tokyo that kicked off Wednesday is estimated to reach around ¥34.1 billion ($230 million), according to a report compiled by the Economic Impact Research Laboratory.Tickets are sold out for some 220,000 seats for the 34-year-old Grammy award-winning international pop star's Asia run of The Eras Tour at the […]

[ad_1] SoftBank Group swung to its first profit after four straight quarters of losses, backed by a rebound in the value of Vision Fund’s public holdings and a windfall from T-Mobile U.S. shares.The Tokyo-based technology investor reported a net income of ¥950 billion ($6.4 billion) for the December quarter, reversing a ¥783 billion loss for the same period a year ago. It’s the Japanese company’s first profit since September 2022, […]

[ad_1] A record 46.7 million viewers in Britain tuned in to watch women's sports on TV in 2023, eclipsing 2019's mark by almost a million, according to research published by the Women's Sport Trust on Tuesday. The FIFA Women's World Cup final, which England lost 1-0 to Spain at Stadium Australia, was 2023's most-watched women's sports event on TV with 38.4 million viewing hours. The figures, which reflected viewers tuning […]