BATTEN Records, Private music label of BATTEN Girls, announced that this Stardust Promotion's Japanese girls group is going to release a new dance video "OiSa Volumetric Video ver." on March 24, 2021 ... ( read original story ...)
Papers sent on Youtubers for allegedly livestreaming Osaka marijuana trafficking
The Osaka Prefectural Police sent documents on several male YouTubers in their 20s from Tokyo to prosecutors on March 23 on suspicion of viol ... ( read original story ...)
LaSalle Japan property fund sees assets reach US$1.4 billion
LaSalle Investment Management has acquired 10 more properties in Japan for 35 billion yen (US$321 million). The latest acquisitions bring the total assets under management of its flagship open-end ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay stirs mixed emotions ahead of its Fukushima start
By Kiyoshi Takenaka, Ju-min Park and Elaine Lies FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO (Reuters) - When Shusaku Sagi was 19, he watched his soccer training centre at J-Village in Fukushima morph into a base for workers ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo torch relay set to provide test run for holding COVID-safe Olympics
The Olympic torch relay is usually just a sideshow for the real thing; the prelude, the buildup, the warm-up act that could be skipped. Not this time. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei share average opens down 0.79 pct
TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average ... news provider reaching more than one billion people every day. Reuters provides trusted business, financial, national, and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Man, woman slash realtor during property visit, make off with ¥200
Tokyo police are hunting for a man and a woman who stabbed a female real estate agent during as property visit in Koto Ward on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Man arrested on suspicion of stealing $1.4M from Tokyo condo-buyer
Police here arrested a 33-year-old on March 21 on suspicion of stealing some 150 million yen (about $1.4 million) from a man he had asked to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shies away from sanctions on China over Xinjiang
As Europe, the U.S. and other major Western economies hit China with a spate of sanctions over alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang, Japan has so far stood pat, because of both a lack of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s factory activity picks up in March on growing output, orders – flash PMI
An expansion of Japan's factory activity gathered pace in March, a private sector survey showed on Wednesday, helped by the prospect of a global economic recovery as an increasing number of countries ... ( read original story ...)
BofA says Covid crisis will delay India overtaking Japan as third-largest economy by 3 years
India is set to overtake Japan as the world's third-largest economy behind the U.S. and China by 2031, according to a new report from BofA Securities. The investment banking division of Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Mulls Closing Another Door to Refugees
A new amendment would make Japan’s strict immigration policies even stricter. Using Washington’s nuclear arsenal to protect its allies no longer makes any sense. Why is the United States still ... ( read original story ...)
How Mobility Is Being Harnessed In Japan For Safer Smart Cities
From drug discovery to weather forecasting, big data analytics and artificial intelligence have been changing the way we understand our increasingly complex world. ( read original story ...)
Biden administration will host Japan and South Korea for North Korea discussions
The White House will host security officials from Japan and South Korea in Washington, DC next week for “intensive consultations” on North Korea, senior Biden administration officials told reporters ... ( read original story ...)
Cherry blossom viewing in Japan is curtailed for a second year.
Japan’s world-famous cherry trees are expected to be in full bloom in most of the country this week, but once again the coronavirus pandemic will keep the usual crowds away. Spring in Japan has long ... ( read original story ...)
Beeple’s latest crypto art just sold for $6 million to the same tech executive who was outbid at the last minute for the record-breaking $69 million auction
The sale was Beeple's first crypto art drop since he shattered digital art records earlier this month. Justin Sun was outbid at the last auction. ( read original story ...)