Little Tokyo restaurateur Kenji Suzuki was nervous about a pandemic with too many unknowns. Adding to his anxiety: he's in partial remission from leukemia, meaning the cancer is still there, just less ... ( read original story ...)
Global Covid-19 wrap: Growth in cases worrying, says WHO; Tokyo Olympics head assures safe conduct of games
Vietnam's health ministry called for the acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Friday as the expiry date of the Southeast Asian country's first batch of jabs supplied through the COVAX ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Companies Need to Pay Attention: Regulatory Changes Are Coming From Biden
Japanese companies need to pay attention; things are going to change. President Biden chaired the Judiciary Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee while in the Senate, and those are two areas ... ( read original story ...)
Rare 1980 Mitsubishi Sapporo Heads to Auction
A rare Mitsubishi Sapporo will head to auction this weekend at no reserve, offering bidders a chance to pick up this coupe with low miles. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama OHT adds severe-duty solid tire to Galaxy brand
Yokohama Off Highway Tire America Inc. is adding a severe-duty solid tire designed for use indoors or out, the LHD 510 SDS, to the business' Galaxy-brand product portfolio in North America. Do you ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama claims world’s first technology that enables production of butadiene from biomass
Yokohama claims to have developed the world’s first technology to enable the efficient production of butadiene from biomass. The breakthrough is said to have been achieved at the Bio-monomer ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea decries Japan’s decision on Fukushima water release
North Korea denounced a Japanese decision to released treated radioactive water into the sea, calling the decision an "unacceptable crime." ... ( read original story ...)
Japan raises coronavirus alert level near Tokyo months ahead of Olympics
Japan decided to raise the coronavirus alert level in the capital’s three neighbouring prefectures and a fourth area in central Japan on Friday to allow tougher measures as a more contagious ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Craze Fuels Dogecoin Rise From Joke Token to $50 Billion
While Coinbase Global Inc. captured the headlines with its market debut, the frenzy around digital tokens is taking its zaniest turn yet in the price of a token created as a joke. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Dogecoin Investor Becomes Millionaire After Putting Life Savings Into Meme Crypto
The cryptocurrency started off as a joke but has soared in value recently. One investor tells Newsweek how he made almost $2million. ( read original story ...)
What the Mainstreaming of Crypto Means for Normies
Is it fair to say that between Coinbase, the surprising durability of bitcoin, and the cropping up of other currencies, crypto is now pretty mainstream? Jen: I think you said that exactly right — if ... ( read original story ...)
SafeMoon Crypto Raises $700,000 for New Exchange With Sights on $1m
The team behind a new cryptocurrency known as SafeMoon claims to have raised over $700,000 from donors to help build a new token exchange. A fundraising page on the project's official website says the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo will rekindle hope like 1920 Games after war, Spanish flu: governor
Aug. 8 Games after they were pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed more than 3.1 million people worldwide. "We are approaching the newest edition of the games at a time when ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: F Marinos down Consadole, extend unbeaten run to 8 games
Yokohama F Marinos stretched their unbeaten run to eight games on Friday with a late 3-1 comeback win at Consadole Sapporo in the J-League first division. Onaiwu Ado deftly steered a low cross from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants U.S. Back in the TPP. It Will Likely Have to Wait.
The Biden administration in no rush to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership as it reviews inherited trade policies and focuses on its domestic agenda. ( read original story ...)
Xinhua Commentary: Japan’s decision to dump nuclear wastewater into sea reveals a selfish nature
The image of Japan is now being questioned at home and abroad after the government announced its decision to discharge radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Prefecture into the sea. For years, the ... ( read original story ...)