Japanese companies were targeted by a cyber hacking group called APT40, government spokesperson Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday, adding "the Chinese government is highly likely" behind the attack. The ... ( read original story ...)
Kara Eaker’s Dad Says ‘Hope Is Gone’ for Gymnast at Tokyo Olympics After Positive COVID Test
Kara Eaker 's dad has lost hope that the Team U.S. women's gymnastics team alternate will be able to compete in this month's Tokyo Olympics. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee announced on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Okinawa or London? Hongkongers see Japan as an option in their emigration plans
Japan’s business visa programme offers foreigners a long-term route to citizenship, making Okinawa an option for Hongkongers seeking to leave the financial hub. ( read original story ...)
Cops Literally Steamroll Crypto-Mining Computers
As Dayak Daily reports Yes, I know those computers could have been recycled or put to better use. Yes, I know this is a petty and public show of police dick-swinging. Yes, I know it’s going to take ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin heads toward lowest level in 2021 as crypto’s slide continues with stock-market rout
Bitcoin trades under pressure Monday, with the world's No. 1 crypto trading near its lowest level since Jan. 1, according to data compiled by Dow ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bourse overhaul spurs prime market push for Japanese firms
Tighter requirements to stay on the Tokyo bourse's prestigious main board are forcing Japanese companies to cease long criticised practices such as cash-hoarding and cross shareholdings, even as some ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan’s core inflation hits 15-month high on energy costs
Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.2% in June from a year earlier to mark the fastest annual pace in over a year, data showed on Tuesday, a sign the impact of global commodity inflation was gradually ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. middle-distance runner Cole Hocker heading to Tokyo unvaccinated as Olympics grapple with COVID-19
Some Team USA athletes, who had planned on competing in Tokyo, have been forced out of the Olympics because of COVID-19. ( read original story ...)
Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads in Japan
Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC’s top corporate sponsors. The extraordinary decision by the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s core inflation hits 15-month high on energy costs
Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.2% in June from a year earlier to mark the fastest annual pace in over a year, data showed on Tuesday, a sign the impact of global commodity inflation was gradually ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota pulls Japanese advertising from Tokyo Olympics amid national backlash to Games
With polling continuing to show a majority of Japan's population opposed to the upcoming Olympics, Toyota is sitting the Games out on the advertising front. In its home country, at least. The ... ( read original story ...)
Ellen White reveals Olympic love affair as she looks to power Team GB to glory
Prolific England striker has been a huge fan of the Games since watching Kelly Holmes strike gold in Athens all those years ago ... ( read original story ...)
Missing Ugandan athlete spotted on camera at Nagoya Station
A man believed to be a Ugandan athlete who went missing last week from his pre-Olympic training camp in western Japan has been spotted on a surveillance camera at JR Nagoya Station, about 200 ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka fires back at Megyn Kelly for mocking recent magazine covers: ‘Do better’
Naomi Osaka called out Megyn Kelly on Monday after the journalist cast doubt on the tennis professional's mental health struggles. In a now-deleted tweet, Osaka told Kelly to "do better" and stop ... ( read original story ...)
Megyn Kelly, Clay Travis Question Naomi Osaka’s Magazine Covers After Wimbledon Withdrawal
Osaka fired back at critics who questioned her magazine covers in the wake of her tournament withdrawals, saying she shot the images months earlier. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka calls out Megyn Kelly after host criticizes magazine covers
Naomi Osaka has fired back at Megyn Kelly after she criticized the tennis star’s latest promotional efforts ahead of the Summer Olympics. ( read original story ...)