Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 39-year-old ma who is suspected of stealing recorders from a middle school in Nagoya ... ( read original story ...)
Kanagawa cops seize 50 illegal pachinko machines from Yokohama parlor
Kanagawa Prefectural Police have seized more than 50 illegal pachinko machines from a parlor in Yokohama City, reports NHK (June 9). Early Wednesday, police raided parlor Lucky in Naka Ward and ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese sponsors think twice about associations with Tokyo Olympics
Corporate sponsors of the Tokyo Olympics have brought in marketing consultants to determine whether a direct association with the Games would damage their brands. According to people working directly ... ( read original story ...)
‘Claims could run into billions’: the interests at stake if Olympics in Japan were cancelled
IOC officials have avoided any mention of the commercial forces driving the Tokyo Games towards their 23 July opening date ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wholesale prices rise at fastest pace in 13 years on commodities surge
Japan's wholesale prices rose 4.9% in May from a year earlier to mark the biggest increase in 13 years, data showed on Thursday, indicating that higher commodities costs could hit companies slowly ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Is ‘Wild West’ Needing Consumer Protections, Warren Says
The U.S. government needs to step up oversight of the digital currency market and find ways to protect consumers from scams stemming from the rapid rise of cryptocurrencies, Massachusetts Democratic ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Finally Has a Reason to Exist
The future of cryptocurrency may well depend on the future of decentralized finance, which is uncertain but growing. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suga to compile big stimulus package around summer – Nikkei
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration will compile a large-scale economic stimulus package before calling a snap election in September, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic worries and bigger climate goals — who wants what at this week’s G7 summit
Boris Johnson This summit is the prime minister’s first big chance to show what he means by global Britain and prove its mettle as a post-Brexit force on the world stage. He wants to broker agreements ... ( read original story ...)
Proud mum Helen Glover: Earning Tokyo spot is biggest achievement of my career
Helen Glover has described reaching the Tokyo Olympics as the biggest moment of her career after being confirmed in Great Britain’s 45-strong rowing squad for next month’s Games.Glover, 34, quit elite ... ( read original story ...)
Miss Bitcoin presents Non-Fungible Tokyo 2021
Mai Fujimoto is recognized around the world as Miss Bitcoin. For the past four years, she has been organizing nonfungible token conferences in Japan, having founded it in 2018. Time: 11:40 am – 7:30 ... ( read original story ...)
Coinseed crypto app shutters after New York AG Letita James investigation
James alleged the cryptocurrency trading app was operating illegally in New York. Coinseed CEO: I'm the victim here. ( read original story ...)
The CEO of DraftKings says he’s looked into adding crypto as a form of payment, but regulations are preventing it
"As of now, crypto is not an approved payment type in any of the states where we're live," Robins said. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin is legal tender in El Salvador. What does it mean for the broader crypto market? Some bulls think ‘it could be huge’
Bitcoin is officially legal tender in El Salvador, a country in Central America with a population of 6.5 million and a gross domestic product of about ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific Shares Mixed; China PPI Higher than Expected, Japan’s Nikkei Weighed Down by US CPI Worries
China stocks ended higher on Wednesday after data showed producer prices in May grew at their fastest annual pace in more than 12 years. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka has pulled out of another tournament, which could be a sign that she won’t be at Wimbledon
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open, citing mental health. After opting out of a tournament in Berlin, it's possible she won't go to Wimbledon. ( read original story ...)