Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has been unveiled as a brand ambassador for French fashion house Louis Vuitton. The financial terms of the agreement were not made public, but The Action Network’s ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Evessa at Niigata Albirex BB $9
While everyone is focused on the NFL, NBA, College Basketball, and the return of the NHL, our resident Asian sports expert Tokyo Brandon over the past 7 days has made his clients +36.88%, behind a 68. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo or bust for some Olympic hopefuls as uncertainty continues
Alice Dearing says that the contradictions she read on her Twitter feed on Friday was “the straw that broke the camel’s back”. The GB open-water swimmer, who is hoping to compete at her first Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake 5 km south of Matsubase, Japan
Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Matsubase, Uki Shi, Kumamoto, Japan. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Sunday 24 January 2021 at 12:57 am local time, at a shallow ... ( read original story ...)
Why people are so obsessed with bitcoin: The psychology of crypto explained
Aside from the technical aspects of the cryptocurrency, why are people drawn to bitcoin? Experts explain how human behavior plays into the hype. ( read original story ...)
Japanese car subscription startup Nyle secures up to $50M via equity and loans
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Nyle, the company behind a car subscription service called Carmo, announced on Monday that it has secured about 3.7 billion yen (about $35.7 ... ( read original story ...)
Rocket Staff, startup behind free manga apps, acquired by Japan’s largest anime retailer
Wikimedia Commons / Rocket Staff See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Rocket Staff, known for its “all-you-can-read for free manga” app called Manga King ( iOS ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake 54 km east of Iwaki, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred late at night on Saturday 23 January 2021 at 10:12 pm local time near Iwaki, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, Japan, as reported by NIED. According to preliminary data, ... ( read original story ...)
How the pandemic lifted the lid on the ‘Darwinian world’ of Japan’s sumo
Japanese sumo wrestler Kotokantetsu was uneasy. Coronavirus was raging through Tokyo and ripping through the sumo wrestling fraternity, whose lives are controlled by trainers and handlers. One ... ( read original story ...)
Light tremor of magnitude 4.2 just reported 30 km southeast of Ōfunato, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Ōfunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan, was reported only 11 minutes ago by NIED, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the ... ( read original story ...)
‘Frothy Squared’: Crypto Firms Are Lining Up to Tap Market Mania
The IPO fever whipping up animal spirits in the stock market has spilled over into the crypto-sphere. After watching investors pour millions into blank-check companies and seeing the likes of JFrog ... ( read original story ...)
An early bitcoin investor says the best time to buy is when nobody’s talking about it – and warns this isn’t the first crypto bubble
An early bitcoin adopter says the best time to buy is when no one's talking about it.He started out with an initial purchase of 2.5 bitcoins in 2013, when the token was trading around $100. The buyer, ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate yet deep magnitude 5.3 quake hits 30 km east of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan early afternoon
Japan was shaken near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 only 12 minutes ago, NIED reported. The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 111.3 km beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 5.3 earthquake at 111 km depth
Japan was shaken near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 only 12 minutes ago, NIED reported. The quake hit at an intermediate depth of 111.3 km beneath the ... ( read original story ...)
With six months to go, the Tokyo Olympics are swimming against a tide of doubt
Organizers acknowledge risks but insist meticulous preparations are being made to ensure the Games can be staged safely. ( read original story ...)
AnyMind Group acquires Tokyo-based cross-border marketing firm Engawa
See the original story in Japanese. AnyMind Group (previously known as AdAsia Holdings), the startup developing and offering AI-based marketing solutions in Japan and other Asian countries, announced ... ( read original story ...)