Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday night the government will temporarily suspend an arrangement allowing business travelers from 11 Asian countries and regions to enter Japan, effectively ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake 96 km southeast of Hamamatsu, Japan
Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Saturday 16 January 2021 at 8:43 pm local time, at a great depth of ... ( read original story ...)
Sun Life Financial unit pays $700M for Tokyo office tower
The unit of Canadian insurance giant Sun Life Financial agreed to pay $693 million for an 18-story Tokyo office building, according to the news outlet Mingtiandi. The building is the headquarters of ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Swings Undermine CFO Case for Converting Cash to Crypto
Wall Street finance executives who were thinking of plunging some of their company’s cash reserves into Bitcoin got a heat check this week. Chief financial officers, not generally known as a ... ( read original story ...)
Warren Buffett blasted Bitcoin as a worthless delusion and ‘rat poison squared.’ Here are his 16 best quotes about crypto.
"People buy and sell them because they hope they go up or down just like they did with tulip bulbs a long time ago." ... ( read original story ...)
eToro warns users crypto trading may become limited due to ‘unprecedented demand’
Major exchange platform eToro has warned users that waning liquidity could see limitations placed on their trading abilities this weekend ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s suicide rate rises 16% in second wave of Covid, study finds
Rise in July to October, particularly among women and children, contrasts with decline in first wave ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s suicides jump 16% in COVID-19 second wave after fall in first wave: study
TOKYO (Reuters) - Suicide rates in Japan have jumped in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women and children, even though they fell in the first wave when the government ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes near Miyako, Miyako-shi, Iwate, Japan
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Miyako, Miyako-shi, Iwate, Japan, was reported only 12 minutes ago by NIED, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world ... ( read original story ...)
Popular pub chain shuts 20% of its Tokyo locations due to pandemic
The owner of several popular pub chains said it was shutting down 20% of its bars in Tokyo, saying the latest lockdown measures made it difficult to keep them open. Monteroza, which owns the Shirokiya ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 1,809 new daily coronavirus infections
Tokyo reported 1,809 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, its government said. Japan expanded a state of emergency in the capital area to seven more prefectures on Wednesday to stem a surge ... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs Explores Entering Crypto Market, CoinDesk Reports
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is looking into investing in digital assets, the latest move by a U.S. bank to enter the world of cryptocurrency, website CoinDesk reported. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Exchange Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Americans
The U.S. has sentenced a cryptocurrency exchange owner to 10 years in prison. He "knowingly and intentionally engaged in business practices designed to both assist fraudsters in laundering the ... ( read original story ...)
Surging Virus in Japan Tanks Nintendo Theme Park Opening
The addition to the Universal Studios Japan amusement park, located near Osaka, won’t open on Feb. 4 as planned and has been put on indefinite hiatus in accordance with the government’s urging ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific Stock Market Recap: Japan’s Nikkei, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Outperform Amid Robust Buying Spree
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei share average reached a fresh three-decade high last week with drug makers leading the charge. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo court rules defunct eugenics law unconstitutional but denies damages
The ruling was the fourth in a series of lawsuits regarding the forced sterilization of people with intellectual disabilities filed with nine district courts and their branches across Japan. ( read original story ...)