The Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online is scheduled for September 23-27 The in-person event of the TGS was canceled in May due to COVID-19 TGS2020 Online will also stream eSports tournaments and round-table ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘izakaya’ pubs hurt as drinkers stay home
Business Japan's 'izakaya' pubs hurt as drinkers stay home. Posted . Japan's traditional izakaya pubs used to thrive in every corner of the country. But now their often cramped co ... ( read original story ...)
Binance Gives Back: How The World’s Largest Crypto Exchange Is Using Blockchain For COVID Relief
Binance Charity launches a "fully transparent" giving campaign, facilitating more than $4 million donations to COVID-19 hotspots all over the world including China, India, Italy, Japan, South Africa, ... ( read original story ...)
Record IPO brightens outlook for BTS label Big Hit
South Korean drug firm SK Biopharmaceuticals made a record-breaking Initial Public Offering (IPO) this week, brightening the outlook for other big-name companies in the waiting. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: New cases on the rise as Tokyo gears up for election
TOKYO - Tokyo recorded 48 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, exactly one month after Japan lifted a national state of emergency decree and one week since the full easing of domestic travel restrictions and ... ( read original story ...)
REvil Hackers Threaten To Expose Secrets Of LeBron James, Nicki Minaj In Crypto Ransom
REvil claimed the data, which is over 1TB in size, contained documents of celebrities including Lebron James, Nicki Minaj, and Mariah Carey. ( read original story ...)
Insurer Lemonade Seeks to Raise $286 Million in IPO
Insurance startup Lemonade Inc., which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp., said on Thursday it was looking to raise up to $286 million in its U.S. initial ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-Backed Lemonade Plans to Raise Up to $286 Million in IPO
Insurance startup Lemonade Inc, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp, said on Thursday it was looking to raise up to $286 million in its U.S. initial public offering (IPO), as the IPO market gains ... ( read original story ...)
Sequoia Capital on hunt for Japanese digital-tech startups
TOKYO -- Sequoia Capital plans to bring its checkbook to Japan by the end of the year as ... 150 billion yen ($279 million to $1.3 billion), Nikkei has learned. The Menlo Park, California venture ... ( read original story ...)
NTT and NEC eye ‘made-in-Japan’ 5G as US-China tensions grow
TOKYO -- Japanese telecommunications group Nippon ... The tie-up was first reported by Nikkei on Wednesday. The partnership comes as China's Huawei, a leading telecommunications carrier and ... ( read original story ...)
Court rules state land deal non-disclosure illegal
The Osaka District Court in western Japan has ordered the state to pay damages for destroying, or intentionally withholding records related to a controversial sale of state-owned land to a private ... ( read original story ...)
China Warns Japan On Hosting US Missiles As War Boats Hold Drill
China is quite content to have Japan remain as a country without a means of launching a military offense. The Communist superpower is understandably concerned when the U.S. steps in with no such ... ( read original story ...)
Kansai Electric apologizes to shareholders, vows reforms
Directors of Kansai Electric Power Co. began its June 25 shareholders’ meeting by apologizing for a gift-giving scandal that has ensnared dozens of senior officials and led to lawsuits against former ... ( read original story ...)
Kansai Electric chief apologizes to shareholders for bribery scandal
Kansai Electric Power Co. President Takashi Morimoto apologized to shareholders in Osaka on Thursday for a scandal in which the forme ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online Event Scheduled for September 23-27
The official website for the Tokyo Game Show 2020 event announced on Thursday that the event will be held online from September 23-27. September 23 will be a business day for business discussions only ... ( read original story ...)
Japan confirms plans to scrap U.S. missile defense system
Japan’s National Security Council has endorsed plans to cancel the deployment of two costly land-based U.S. missile defense systems. ( read original story ...)