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[ad_1] BERLIN – German coach Juergen Klopp has been appointed head of global soccer for Red Bull, which owns several clubs, including RB Leipzig and New York Red Bulls, the company said on Wednesday, in his first job since leaving Liverpool earlier this year.Klopp, who ended his successful nine-year stint with Liverpool at the end of last season, will be starting on Jan. 1, 2025."After almost 25 years on the […]

[ad_1] ClassPass is betting that more people in Japan want to go to the gym and that more visitors to the country want to maintain their fitness routines.The New York-headquartered company, which provides access to gyms globally on a membership basis, started operating in Japan on Sept. 19. It has signed up 200 gyms and fitness studios in the country, mainly in Tokyo.“I think there's the potential for Japan to […]

[ad_1] Former Prime Minister Taro Aso has once again found himself at the center of controversy over Taiwan on Wednesday, after delivering remarks a day earlier that referred to the island as an important “country” for Japan — despite Tokyo's lack of formal diplomatic ties with Taipei.In his remarks at an event in Tokyo celebrating Taiwan’s National Day, which Taipei was set to mark Thursday, Aso called the democratic island […]

[ad_1] Yokohama – Japan should establish a new industry-academia chip research institute in the Keihin area between Tokyo and Yokohama to revitalize the country's semiconductor industry, Fumihiro Inoue, an associate professor at Yokohama National University, said in a recent interview."Technological innovation led by companies is necessary for the semiconductor industry to regain momentum," said Inoue, 38, who researches technologies in the assembly and testing process of chip production.Inoue called for […]