Top honors at the 2020 Tokyo Game Show went to "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" The game was recognized in part due to the role it played during the pandemic It was among several recipients of the ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank brings food service robot to labour-strapped Japan
SoftBank's robotics arm said on Monday it will bring a food service robot developed by California-based Bear Robotics to Japan as restaurants grapple with labour shortages and seek to ensure social ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Broker Sees Users Drawn to Bots to Beat Volatile Trading
A fledgling Chinese brokerage is betting that investors will flock to bot trading to capitalize on the price swings in the $300 billion cryptocurrency market. ( read original story ...)
The Biggest Story in Crypto: The Stablecoin Surge and Power Politics
Nic Carter appears on the Opinionated podcast to discuss the $20 billion stablecoin phenomenon and its implications for the financial system. ( read original story ...)
Japanese chipmaker Kioxia postpones $3.2 billion IPO plan
Kioxia Holdings Corp , the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips, on Monday shelved plans for what would have been Japan's largest initial public offering (IPO) this year, as U.S-China ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall Street’s lead, dividend buying
Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday following Wall Street's upbeat lead late last week, with dividend buying for the first half of the business year also lifting the market. As of 9:15 a.m., the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on Wall St. gains, buying for dividends
Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday, taking their cue from gains late last week in U.S. shares while buying to secure dividends for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese chipmaker Kioxia postpones $3.2 bln IPO plan
The move came after Kioxia earlier this month set a tentative price range for an IPO in Tokyo that put the market value lower than 2 trillion yen ($18.94 billion), the price that ... ( read original story ...)
Kioxia Delays Plan for IPO on Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Bloomberg) -- Kioxia Holdings Corp., the memory chipmaker spun out of Toshiba Corp. in 2018, said it will postpone its plans for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Kioxia had ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s outdated stamp tax unintentionally driving banking digitalization
A senior official of Japan's Finance Ministry commented, "It is a tax with problems that have been pointed out for quite some time, and there are many aspects that do not conform with the modern age." ... ( read original story ...)
Laughing the best medicine to avoid higher nursing care risks: Japan researchers
The effect a chuckle has on an individual's physical and mental health has been scientifically examined from various angles and one central J ... ( read original story ...)
Japan leads battery tech race with third of patent filings
Japan remains a powerhouse of battery innovation, with Panasonic, Toyota Motor and other names applying for more than one-third of international patents in the field, a new report shows. Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Regulation is coming, Uniswap controversy, how many use crypto worldwide: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 21–27
The latest news, the best (and worst) quotes and other highlights on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies this week from Cointelegraph ... ( read original story ...)
Japan FY2021 budget requests likely to top ¥100 tril
Budget requests by government ministries and agencies for fiscal 2021 will likely exceed 100 trillion yen ($947 billion) for the seventh straight year, a Kyodo News tally shows, with the possibility ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese chipmaker Kioxia delays IPO amid US-China tensions
The world’s second-largest maker of flash memory chips, Kioxia is considering delaying Japan’s biggest initial public offering (IPO) as tensions between the United States and China ramp up. Earlier ... ( read original story ...)
atelierco architects splits ‘brass house’ in tokyo in two symmetrical halves
atelierco architects has split the ‘brass house’ in tokyo in two symmetrical halves, topped with two distinct roofs hanging over a central ridge. designed for a client who was yearning for open spaces ... ( read original story ...)