Australia's jobs data for September are expected to be out at around 8:30 a.m. HK/SIN. China's consumer price index and producer price index for September are also set to be out at about 9:30 a.m. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens down 0.33 pct
Japan's benchmark Nikkei average opened down 0.33 percent at 23,548.45 on Thursday, while the broader Topix shed 0.26 percent at 1,639.61. TOKYO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average ... ( read original story ...)
G-20 agrees on 6-month extension of debt relief for poor nations
Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies agreed Wednesday to extend their debt relief program for poor nations by six months ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Dentsu lobbied for and funded campaign for Tokyo games, documents show, despite Olympics contract
Dentsu Group Inc donated more than $6 million to Tokyo's successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, according to bank records seen by Reuters, and it lobbied members of the International Olympic ... ( read original story ...)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s Full Yokohama Map Looks Significantly Larger Than Kamurocho
Like a Dragonis going to bring about a massive shift for the franchise. Having wrapped up Kazuma Kiryu’s story in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, the series is ... ( read original story ...)
Notable New Hotels To Visit In Japan Once Travel Opens Up
Overall, the new property combines influence taken from Japanese culture and tradition with EDITION’s drive to create something that’s never been seen before. Inspiration taken from Buddhist temples ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese-inspired mansion belonging to Dave Brubeck hits the market in Connecticut for $2,750,000
Dave Brubeck tapped architect Beverly David Thorne to design the Japanese-inspired Wilton, Connecticut, home. It was completed in 1963. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Conversation: Ethereum Shines, Too
But Ethereum is the one everyone is using. Ethereum was the first cryptocurrency to introduce a blockchain system that could also facilitate all sorts of “decentralized applications,” or dApps. It ... ( read original story ...)
OECD Encourages Regulators To Form Uniform Crypto Tax Regulations
A recently issued report by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), suggests a framework that regulators can use to come up with effective tax rules for cryptocurrency ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Vision Fund Seeking Cash for Blank-Check Company: Source
SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund is targeting external funding for a blank-check company it plans to launch, a person familiar with the matter said, in a return to marketing its investing ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka’s At-Home Strengthening Exercises Are a Real Grand Slam
Naomi Osaka shared her go-to exercises she does at home to build strength like single-leg Romanian deadlifts and dumbbell step-ups. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Internet Jesus Uses Secret Creed to Command 101 CEOs
Masatoshi Kumagai was a high school dropout whose conglomerate now dominates cloud computing in Japan—and he has an unusual approach to management. ( read original story ...)
Japan launches first of its new class of submarines
The new submarine, which has been named the Taigei, is the first of a successor class to Japan’s current Soryu-class boats. ( read original story ...)
Episode 68: Naomi Osaka — seven matches, seven masks, seven names
News editor Joel Tansey discusses the impact of Naomi Osaka’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement both in the U.S. and Japan, and what a new wave of activism in sports might mean for next ... ( read original story ...)
Morgan Lake on Tokyo 2020, Black Lives Matter and juggling high jump with university
Not for the first time in her life, but certainly the first time she was left anxious of the world around her. Tokyo was no longer 2020, though the uncertainty of whether it might go ahead while Lake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finmin stresses importance of transparency for G20 in debt relief
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso urged G20 financial leaders on Wednesday to maintain transparency in extending debt relief for poor countries by six months to mid-2021 and drawing up basic ... ( read original story ...)