National Nov 25, 2020
Miho Imada was chosen for her contributions as one of the few female chief brewers in Japan in taking over the art of making sake.
World / Crime & Legal Jan 20, 2020
Document trove shows how 'Africa's richest woman' stole fortune
An award-winning investigative team published a trove of files Sunday allegedly showing how the daughter of Angola's former president — dubbed Africa's richest woman — syphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of public money into offshore accounts. The New York-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ...
TV Jan 15, 2020
Aoi Okuyama: From Hokkaido to the mean streets of London
by Matthew Hernon
Japanese actor Aoi Okuyama makes her debut in BBC-Netflix yakuza series 'Giri/Haji,' earning acclaim from the British media.
More Sports / Track & Field Jan 10, 2020
Mo Farah wishes he had known earlier that coach Alberto Salazar faced doping ban
Olympic champion Mo Farah said on Thursday he would have been "the first one out" had he known that his former coach Alberto Salazar faced a ban from track and field for doping violations. Salazar stopped coaching Farah, double Olympic champion at both 5,000 and ...
Stage Jan 8, 2020
Yuriko Kotani: The Japanese comedian laughing her way through dark days in the U.K.
by J. J. O'Donoghue
Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani journeys back from her adopted U.K. for a series of live shows, in which she discusses the quirks of the British and their language.
World Dec 31, 2019
I wouldn't have wasted my time on Trump, says Greta Thunberg
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said Monday that talking to U.S. President Donald Trump at a United Nations summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention. In an interview with BBC radio’s "Today" ...
Business Dec 19, 2019
Britain's new government is taking aim at the BBC, accusing it of bias in reporting the recently concluded elections that gave Prime Minister Boris Johnson a sweeping mandate. The row over perceived partiality from the corporation and ensuing threats about its license fee funding have ...
World / Politics Dec 6, 2019
U.K.'s Labour accuses BBC of bias over its election coverage
Britain's opposition Labour Party wrote to the head of the BBC on Thursday to complain about its coverage of campaigning ahead of next week's election, accusing the publicly funded broadcaster of bias. Labour's co-campaign coordinator, Andrew Gwynne, said they had recorded numerous examples where his ...
Business Dec 2, 2019
Facebook Inc. removed seven Conservative Party social media ads on Sunday after the British Broadcasting Corp. complained they distorted the perception of the news service's impartiality. "We have removed this content following a valid intellectual property claim from the rights holder, the BBC," a Facebook ...
National Oct 17, 2019
Two Japanese make BBC's list of world's 100 most influential women
Two Japanese women, one behind a campaign against women being forced to wear high heels at work under corporate rules and the other a collegiate sumo wrestler, were included in British broadcaster the BBC's 2019 list of 100 influential women from around the world ...
Business Jun 11, 2019
Pensioners in Britain who have watched television programs such as "Blue Planet" and "Doctor Who" for free will have to start paying after the publicly funded BBC said it would scrap free licenses for people over 75 years old. The BBC, which is funded by ...
Soccer Apr 18, 2019
Nadeshiko's Saki Kumagai a finalist for BBC honor
by Dan Orlowitz
With over 100 international caps and six seasons of service for women's soccer titan Olympique Lyonnais, defender Saki Kumagai is already recognized by those in the know as one of the sport's top players. Now the rest of the world will have a chance to ...