China is set to release a slew of economic data, including industrial production and retail sales for October, at 10:00 a.m. HK/SIN. ( read original story ...)
Japanese giant Toshiba to break up into three companies
Toshiba Corporation announced on November 12 that it will divide its business into three entities, a conciliatory move aimed at placating shareholders seeking a major revamp of the company following ... ( read original story ...)
Ticket to ride: Shizuoka Prefecture shifts gear on turning Izu Peninsula into Japan’s cycling mecca
Despite its relatively small land mass, the peninsula is replete with a plethora of natural, cultural and historical attractions ... ( read original story ...)
Small Luxury Hotels of the World signs first property in Sapporo
Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has signed its first property in Sapporo. The Chalet Ivy Jozankei is located in Sapporo’s hot spring resort town of Jozankei, on the banks of Toyohira River and ... ( read original story ...)
Smart Japan: Society 5.0 and AI, or if Japan could restore its technological supremacy
Japan had all the resources and potential to become a technological superpower. In 2013 we had proposed to the Japanese government the Smart Japan National Strategy, receiving no due reaction from its ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s One Advantage Crypto Has Over the Stock Market, According to Bloomberg Strategist Mike McGlone
Bloomberg Intelligence's senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone says crypto may have one big advantage over the stock market. The closely followed strategi ... ( read original story ...)
Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds New Feature Allowing Users To Share Portfolio With Others
Crypto exchange titan Coinbase is adding new features to its trading platform. According to a company blog post, Coinbase is launching a way for users to sha ... ( read original story ...)
Shiba Inu Senate candidate Shannon Bray: Crypto should be ‘part of our politics’
Shannon Bray's status as a Shiba Inu holder has made him something of an overnight celebrity in crypto circles. ( read original story ...)
Weak magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 90 km depth
Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Cement lays foundation for additional 1 million MT manufacturing expansion
PLC recently laid foundation for a factory expansion project in Trincomalee, to increase its manufacturing capacity by a further one million metric tons. The project scheduled to be completed by early ... ( read original story ...)
11/14 NJPW REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE REPORT FROM TOKYO, JAPAN
Results from New Japan’s World Tag League 2021 from Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Japan: Yuto Nakashima vs. Kosei Fujita. Both men wrestle to a draw. World Tag League 2021 Match ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s former princess Mako arrives in New York after giving up title
Japan's former princess Mako has arrived in the US with her new "commoner" husband, Kei Komuro, after leaving the royal family. There was minimal pageantry as the college sweethearts, who wed last ... ( read original story ...)
After giving up royal status, former Japan Princess Mako and husband head to United States
Mako Komuro, the former Princess Mako, arrived at JFK Airport Sunday as her husband, Kei Komuro, has a job at a New York law firm. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s former princess leaves for U.S. with commoner husband
The departure of the former princess and her husband Kei Komuro, both 30, was carried live by major Japanese broadcasters. See Boston.com ... ( read original story ...)
Asia week ahead: Japan GDP and Chinese activity data in focus
It looks like growth in Japan has been far weaker than we had previously expected. Movement restrictions that were put in place ahead of the postponed Olympics to combat rising daily case numbers had ... ( read original story ...)
Preserving an ancient legacy – The Japanese approach to family business succession.
An old Chinese proverb says that "wealth cannot be inherited beyond the third generation". Poor succession planning, lack of financial education of the children, family conflicts or lack of trusted ad ... ( read original story ...)