AstraZeneca Plc will license Japanese biotechnology company JCR Pharmaceutical, to produce some 90 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to help Japan avoid shortages and delays, the Nikkei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
AP Interview: All 33 sports ‘unanimously’ want Tokyo Games
The IOC is adamant the Tokyo Olympics will be held this year despite the pandemic. So, too, are Japanese organizers. Now hear it from the man who represents the track and ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Castle wall unearthed after 400 years
Unlike the walls of the new Osaka Castle, built with processed rocks stacked up to around 30 meters high, the excavated wall mainly uses unprocessed rocks. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 member says Games going ahead ‘is up to U.S.’ – WSJ
Whether the beleaguered Tokyo Olympics begin as planned this July could come down to support from the United States and its new president, the Wall Street Journal quoted Tokyo Organising Committee ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s Young Believers Stoke a Craze for Bitcoin Penny Stocks
Marko Vulicevic, just 19 years old, has accounts on eight different trading platforms, spends his free time reading blockchain whitepapers, and has a portfolio of ETFs, crypto coins and cannabis ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Exchanges: Slow Shift to Classic Financial Industry Regulations?
Ever since Bitcoin saw the dawn of the day in 2008, the crypto industry has come a long way. Over a decade later, there are hundreds of different ... ( read original story ...)
Over 80% of people say Tokyo Olympics should be called off or won’t happen
The future of the Tokyo Olympics is in question after Japan ... pushes U.S. toward more genomic sequencing Bumble files for IPO, to list on Nasdaq under the 'BMBL' ticker symbol Tesla’s new ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stock Rally Defies Foreign Sales Thanks to BOJ, Banks
Japan’s equity rally last year in the face of foreign selling is challenging conventional wisdom that purchases by overseas investors are necessary for the market to keep rising. And that breakdown in ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan has about $125 bil. in unrealized profits from ETF buying
The Bank of Japan has roughly 13 trillion yen ($125 billion) in unrealized profits from its holdings of exchange-traded funds after s ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido group surveys homeless population in freezing night temperatures
The spread of the coronavirus has had a major impact on people's lives and activity everywhere. People living on the streets here in Japan' ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic Official Seeks Biden’s Help to Save Tokyo Games: ‘It’s Up to the U.S.’
The organizers of the Summer Olympics hope a positive message from the U.S. would be influential with a skeptical Japanese public and reassure other countries that aren’t sure about sending athletes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Biz, Labor Leaders Far Apart over Wage Hikes
A perception gap between the leaders of a major business organization and the umbrella group of labor unions in Japan over pay hikes turned out to be wider than in usual years, as this year's "shunto" ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Business Federation, labor organization chiefs see need for wage hikes
The leaders of Japan's largest business lobby Keidanren and labor organization Rengo on Wednesday shared the importance of pay hikes ... ( read original story ...)
5.2-magnitude quake hits 31 km ESE of Chitose, Japan — USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 31 km ESE of Chitose, Japan at 05:06:53 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 123.84 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate yet deep 5.4 quake hits near Tomakomai, Tomakomai Shi, Hokkaido, Japan
A intermediate magnitude 5.4 earthquake was reported early afternoon near Tomakomai, Tomakomai Shi, Hokkaido, Japan. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on ... ( read original story ...)
On this day in 1700, the ‘really big one’ — a magnitude 9.0 earthquake — hit Western Washington
The last huge earthquake, the last really "Big One" to hit the Pacific Northwest coast, struck around 9 p.m. on Jan. 26, 1700 — 321 years ago today. Japanese sources document the event, as do Indian ... ( read original story ...)