Attackers behind the malicious Ursnif banking trojan have been stepping up spam campaigns in Japan to deliver malware, security researchers have discovered. According to IBM's X-Force team, hackers have been leveraging Ursnif, also known as Gozi, against ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese girl sues government after school forces her to dye her hair black
Internet Photo used only for representation. A Japanese teenager is suing the government of Osaka, saying her public high school repeatedly forced her to dye her naturally-brown hair black or be banned from attending school, local media reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo marks 1,000 days to go before start of 2020 Olympics
TOKYO (AP) -- Tokyo marked 1,000 days until the 2020 Olympics on Saturday with a ceremony that included a demonstration of new sports that will debut at the Summer Games. Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa were among the ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda likely on deck for another term
TOKYO -- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda looks favored to steer monetary policy for another five years after his current term runs out in April. This month's election victory by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party essentially ... ( read original story ...)
Banking on speed, Japan aim for new ‘heights’
BENGALURU: Basketball is not as popular in Japan as it is in China. It comes a distant third after baseball and football. But with the latter two are mainly male-dominated sport in Japan, women have taken a keen interest in basketball. To top that, there ... ( read original story ...)
Kuroda looks favored to get second term as Bank of Japan chief: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda looks favored to get a second five-year term when his current one ends in April, the Nikkei business paper reported on Saturday. Following last week’s landside election win for Prime Minister ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s New Dissenter Under Microscope
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A new Ursnif Banking Trojan campaign targets Japan
Crooks continues to target Japanese users, now the hackers leverage the Ursnif banking Trojan, aka Gozi, to hit the country. According to researchers at IBM X-Force group, cyber criminals are delivering the infamous malware via spam campaigns that began ... ( read original story ...)
Tokai Tokyo Financial : The Notice of Resolutions Regarding the Share Repurchase and Treasury Share Retirement
(This is the decision making process regarding Share Repurchase that is to be effected in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation of Tokai Tokyo Financial Holding, Inc., pursuant to Paragraph 2, Article 165 of the Company Law of Japan, and regarding ... ( read original story ...)
Geisha-Loans Bank Outshines Japan’s Behemoth Lenders
Lending is based on borrower’s personality rather than metrics Kikuno Kashima, a Tokyo geisha, couldn’t get a bank loan to open a club for her patrons and select guests until a tiny credit union agreed to lend her the money. Now she’s part of a ... ( read original story ...)
Checkout the coolest and craziest cars from the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show
For decades, the Tokyo Motor Show was the premier show in Asia. But with the rise of China as one of the world's largest auto markets, the spotlight has been shifting towards shows in the Middle Kingdom. In reaction to this shift, Tokyo has turned itself ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Nikkei has cleared major resistance. $NK_F $JNK_F $NKD_F Target for double bottom is 29483
11:58a JAPAN: Nikkei rips another +1.2% = up for 18 of the last 19 days 11:09a Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.24% 10:32a APAC Closing Prices: #ASX 5903.157 -0.22% #NIKKEI 22008.45 +1.24% #HSI 28438... 09:18a? ? ? THAILAND Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Subaru Admits Inspection Failings, in Another Blow to Japan’s Carmakers
“The checks are a formality, and it would not be an exaggeration to say they require no special know-how,” Hisao Inoue, a veteran Japanese automotive journalist, wrote on the website of the magazine Gendai Business after the initial admission by Nissa ( read original story ...)
Japan: How foreign workers help, and hurt, economy
And that presents a clash between Japan’s short-term and long-term goals — trying to raise wages to help spur spending and growth while expanding the workforce. Business leaders and economists in Japan have called for more immigration, saying it is the ... ( read original story ...)
Scandal-hit Japan automakers eye return to ‘golden age’
Repeated quality scandals, stiff foreign competition and lagging technology have knocked Japan's auto giants off pole position but analysts say the once world-beating sector could yet steer itself to a comeback. Toyota, Nissan and small-car maker Suzuki ... ( read original story ...)
City of Tokyo Announces Blockchain Startup Accelerator
Announced this week, Tokyo Metropolitan Government is working with Japanese think tank Nomura Research Institute (NRI) on the "Blockchain Business Camp Tokyo," the third iteration of a series of accelerator programs that have focused on emerging technologies. ( read original story ...)