ForePaaS, provider of the unified end-to-end platform that accelerates machine learning and analytics projects, was chosen by ClassNK, a company responsible for the safety of persons and property at ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan trims COVID-19 funding support, maintains easing policy
The Bank of Japan decided Friday to trim its COVID-19 funding support for large companies but will keep a scaled-back version to assi ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ Decides to Taper Corporate Debt Buying, Scale Back Pandemic-Relief Funding
The Bank of Japan on Friday decided to taper its corporate debt purchases to pre-pandemic levels and scale back some of its emergency funding scheme upon reaching the March 2022 deadline. As widely ... ( read original story ...)
SK networks signs an MOU with T-GAIA the largest mobile phone retailer in Japan on ICT business development.
SK networks, the headquarters and subsidiaries, has been engaged in ICT business including ICT device distribution, communications network operation and ICT idle asset management. The company is now ... ( read original story ...)
Fire breaks out in Osaka building, dozens feared trapped
A fire broke out at a building in Osaka on Friday, with firefighters saying around 20 people are feared trapped. ( read original story ...)
Osaka Specialties! 5 Recommended Konamon Dishes in Osaka
Osaka, home to a wide variety of delicious dishes, is a place that is filled with all sorts of specialty dishes! Within all these dishes, the ones that mainly use komugiko (wheat flour) are called ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida Presses Pfizer CEO for Vaccines as Omicron Looms
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the CEO of Pfizer Inc. to seek faster delivery of coronavirus vaccines, TV Asahi reported Friday, as the country braces for the spread of the omicron ... ( read original story ...)
China’s high-tech push is a Japan’s big challenge down the road: Economist
Izumi Devalier of BofA Global Research discusses the bank's outlook for Japan's economy, and cites the impact of China's efforts to "internalize" high-tech manufacturing as a trend they're closely ... ( read original story ...)
Informa Hires Kulego to Oversee Business Development, International Growth
Before Liberty, Kulego launched the International Business Development Department at UBM, Informa’s predecessor, in 2016 and spearheaded the launch of MAGIC Japan, now known as Project Tokyo, in 2017. ( read original story ...)
The Crypto Market Pullback Is Far From Over
Lower trading volumes and measures to control inflation add to signals that Bitcoin and other digital assets could be headed for a reckoning. ( read original story ...)
What You Missed in Crypto Today: Michael Jordan’s HEIR, Jerome Powell, Crypto Ad Ban
In the latest Crypto Minute, Ross Mac dived into Michael Jordan’s step into the crypto space, Fed chair Jerome Powell and a U.K. watchdog’s targeting of some crypto ads. ( read original story ...)
Millennial millionaires plan to add more crypto in 2022, CNBC Millionaire Survey finds
Most millennial millionaires have the bulk of their wealth in crypto, and they're planning to add more in 2022 despite the recent price declines, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. Fully 83% of ... ( read original story ...)
Kishida asks Pfizer to expedite Japan vaccine supply
Japan is looking to move up the third round of shots by revising the planned eight-month interval between second jabs and boosters. ( read original story ...)
‘Don’t insult Japan!’: Miss Universe 2021 Japan’s national costume is all wrong according to netizens
Social media critics took issue with the outfit's not-so-subtle “cool Japan” aesthetic, which included a kimono style that seems to take inspiration from “Sailor Moon cosplay, sleeves adorned with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s agricultural exports exceed ¥1 tril for 1st time
The annual value of Japan's food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries exports exceeded 1 trillion yen ($8.7 billion) for the first time in 2021, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama to launch Advan UHP tire updates in 2022
New versions of the Advan Sport UHP and Advan Neova street sports tire lines to debut initially in Japan ahead of launches in other markets, including North America. ( read original story ...)