Olympics Aug 8, 2021
Priceless? Even Olympic medals can be had for the right price
by Neil Vigdor
As the Tokyo Games come to a close, collectors will gain a new opportunity to begin adding to their own medal hauls.
Olympics Jul 10, 2019
The recycled metal needed to produce next summer's 5,000 Olympic and Paralympic medals has been collected and refined, the Tokyo Games organizing committee said Wednesday. The collection campaign for obsolete mobile phones and other small electronic devices ran from April 2017 through this past March. ...
National Feb 16, 2017
Your old cellphone could be destined for Olympic greatness. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Thursday started accepting unwanted digital devices to make medals for the 2020 Games. A box has been installed at City Hall in Shinjuku Ward to collect nine types of devices including cameras ...
National | CHUBU CONNECTION Sep 12, 2016
Renet Japan Group Inc., a major dealer in second-hand goods based in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, is stepping up efforts to collect and recycle mobile phones and computers so it can forge Olympic medals out of recycled goods. Similar moves in the private and public sectors ...
National May 27, 2016
Double foreign winners of Japanese decoration and medals: panel
A government panel reviewing Japan's decoration and medal award system has proposed almost doubling the number of foreign awardees to 300 per year in a phased approach. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is expected to revise the system from this fall's awards based on Thursday's ...
National Apr 28, 2016
The government said Thursday it will award medals or honors to 704 people and 26 groups this spring, including movie director Masayuki Suo, for their distinguished performances and contributions to society. Suo, 59, known for "Shall We Dance?" and other works, will be one of ...
National Nov 2, 2015
'Rakugo' storyteller Shinosuke, novelist Kirino among medal awardees
Rakugo comic storyteller Tatekawa Shinosuke and novelist Natsuo Kirino are among 755 people and 15 groups receiving this fall's medals of honor for distinguished performances and contributions to society, the government said Monday. Along with Shinosuke and Kirino, Kyoto University professor Mitsuo Sawamoto, 63, and ...
National Nov 2, 2014
Musician Kuwata, sushi chef Ono among autumn decorations recipients
Southern All Stars frontman Keisuke Kuwata and world-renowned sushi chef Jiro Ono are among the 755 recipients of this year's autumn decorations, government officials said Saturday. The Medal with Purple Ribbon, for contributions to academia, the arts and sport, has been awarded to eight men ...