News; Strong Quake Hits Japan's Ogasawara Islands; Strong Quake Hits Japan's Ogasawara Islands. News from Japan. Society Jan 4, 2022 ... ( read original story ...)
Annual New Year’s Fire Review to be held at Tokyo Big Sight on Jan 6
New Year’s Fire Review, called dezomeshiki, will take place at Tokyo Big Sight on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. This elaborate event is a spectacular demonstration of fire and disaster ... ( read original story ...)
There’s a Tokyo vending machine that sells love in a can (or a shot at it)
Japan has so many vending machines that they hardly register in the minds of most people walking down the street. However, an array of vending machines in Tokyo’s Kamata neighborhood has been catching ... ( read original story ...)
From beer bar to pizza oven, Tokyo’s public baths try new initiatives to lure customers
Amid declining numbers of Japanese public baths, which have long been social places where bathers can exchange their ... ( read original story ...)
I’m an American who visited Japan for the first time. Here are 13 things that surprised me the most.
I went from the US to Japan for the first time in 2018 and some things surprised me. In Japan, it is not the norm to eat or drink on the subway or while you walk. Indoor smoking laws in Japan are ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Bay, Japan: Off-limits for years, an abandoned island fortress is now a tourist attraction
In the middle of Tokyo Bay sits an innocuous man-made island in the shape of a boomerang. It is a former gun battery base, built more than a century ago by the Meiji government for the protection of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reports more than 600 COVID-19 cases, First time since mid-October
NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Japan reported 673 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, the first time the daily total topped 600 in the country since October 14, 2021. In Tokyo, ... ( read original story ...)
World’s Oldest Living Person, Kane Tanaka, Celebrates Her 119th Birthday in Japan
Tanaka — the world's oldest living person, according to Guinness World Records — just celebrated her 119th trip around the sun. The great-grandmother, who was born in 1903, marked the milestone in a ... ( read original story ...)
Kane Tanaka of Japan, world’s oldest living person, turns 119
Kane Tanaka of Japan, the world's oldest living person, turned 119 years old on Sunday, according to a Twitter post published by her great-granddaughter, Junko Tanaka. "Great achievement. ( read original story ...)
3 Advanced Functions of Crypto Wallets You Should Know
With the rise in cybercrimes, gone are the days when investors only relied on their online wallets to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Instead, the advent of crypto wallets, powered by blockchain ... ( read original story ...)
A Wall Street veteran trader-turned crypto expert breaks down how bitcoin and ethereum could potentially reach $80,000 and $7,500 — and shares the 6 major trends on his radar …
Securitize Capital's Wilfred Daye shares his upside and downside predictions for bitcoin and ethereum as well as key opportunities on his radar. ( read original story ...)
Crypto–Assets Service Providers in light of the upcoming European regulation
The past year saw new all-time highs for many cryptocurrencies, new decentralized finance (DeFi) products became available for the public and sensations like the NFTs brought fresh excitement in the ... ( read original story ...)
Cardano became the most developed crypto on Github in 2021 — Santiment
According to data compiled by CryptoRank and Santiment, Cardano was the most developed crypto on Github in 2021, with over 140,000 events. Rounding out the top three were Kusama a ... ( read original story ...)
Facial recognition heat check: SenseTime share price defies market gravity
The IPO raised HK$5.55 billion, marking the largest stock launch of the year for a facial recognition algorithm developer. ( read original story ...)
Toyota to launch its own automotive software platform by 2025 – Nikkei
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp is planning to launch its own operating system, which would be capable of handling advanced operations such as autonomous driving, for its vehicles by 2025, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama outfits Mitsubishi’s 2022 Outlander SUV
Outlander/crossover SUV will be equipped with a Yokohama tire designed to deliver high steering stability and low rolling resistance. ( read original story ...)