Wan Hai Lines has set out to expand further with a new war chest and a lease deal for a terminal in Yokohama, Japan’s container port, crowned as the world’s most efficient box facility in this year’s ... ( read original story ...)
US Embassy in Tokyo warns foreigners of suspected police racial profiling
Earlier this month, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo unexpectedly warned foreigners of an increase in suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police. ( read original story ...)
How robotic power suits are helping workers in Japan
"The Edge" visits Japanese tech company Atoun and sees how its robotic power suits, which were used by ground staff at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, are transforming the way we do manual ... ( read original story ...)
US Embassy in Tokyo warns foreigners of suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police
Earlier this month, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo unexpectedly warned foreigners of an increase in suspected racial profiling cases involving Japanese police. ( read original story ...)
China-Japan ties under reconsideration on National Memorial Day
A ceremony is held to commemorate Nanjing Massacre victims on December 13, 2021, the eighth National Memorial Day for the more than 300,000 victims who were brutally killed by Japanese troops after ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Lesson for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us
Rethinking Japan’s global relevance in the 21st century. Japan affords a preview of what the future of the United States, Australia, and Western Europe will become unless meaningful steps are taken to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced for 2021, and it’s a familiar choice
This isn’t the first time for this character to be chosen as the representative for the year, and it probably won’t be the last either. ( read original story ...)
Japan announces $4.35 million grant to support Pakistan’s polio virus eradication
Islamabad: Japan has announced a $4.35 million (Dh 15.97 million) grant for Pakistan to procure essential oral polio vaccines. The grant is part of the Japanese government’s continued support to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business sentiment cautious as Covid pandemic concerns linger
Japan's major manufacturers remain cautious about the economy’s trajectory, with business sentiment flat for the quarter as concerns about the pandemic linger, a key survey showed on 13. Among major ... ( read original story ...)
No ghosts spotted ‘yet’ as Japan’s most famous haunted house finally gets a new occupant
Prime minister Fumio Kishida says he 'slept soundly' despite rumours of the previously abandoned home being home to restless spirits ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Bonds Are Coming – What Potential Investors Should Consider
The announcement of a $1 billion bond issuance – with significant proceeds to be allocated to purchasing bitcoin – has certainly made headlines, but in the context of broader blockchain and ... ( read original story ...)
Equity Monday: Crypto hacks and a scuttled AI IPO
The SenseTime IPO is on hold after the US government "added SenseTime Group Limited to the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List," per the company. The AI listing's delay is not a ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto gaming giant Dapper Labs takes its next shot with Genies NFT platform ‘The Warehouse’
As they near the end of a blockbuster year for NFTs that saw more than $10 billion in transaction volume, today’s NFT project developers are finding themselves facing an impasse — whether to chase ... ( read original story ...)
MapmyIndia IPO subscribed whopping 154.71 times
The IPO received bids for over 108.98 crore shares against over 70.44 lakh shares on offer, as per an update on the NSE. ( read original story ...)
MUFG trust bank chief sees return of foreign firms to Tokyo market
Japan is ripe for a revival in stock listings by foreign firms, the trust banking arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc said on Tuesday, with more than a dozen in the pipeline for Tokyo's start-up ... ( read original story ...)
Japan accepting workplace booster applications
More than 50,000 medical workers in Japan have now gotten a third jab of a coronavirus vaccine. And the health ministry has begun accepting applications from businesses and universities that want to ... ( read original story ...)