Evangelion Store Tokyo-01, located in Ikebukuro, is holding a fair centered around a very cute, miniaturized version of Asuka: Chibi Asuka! ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Eneos may close Wakayama refinery due to lower fuel demand -Nikkei
Japan's biggest oil refiner, Eneos Holdings Inc , is considering closing its Wakayama refinery in western Japan as part of restructuring of old refineries due to falling demand for gasoline, the ... ( read original story ...)
Wall of Money Stays Put in Japan’s Bonds During Global Turbulence
Rising yields are creating buying opportunities in global bond markets but Japanese investors are likely to stay home. ( read original story ...)
COVID quasi-emergency to cover 34 of Japan’s 47 prefs. amid Omicron
Japan will decide Tuesday to expand a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to 34 of the nation's 47 prefectures with the addition of 18 more areas to stem the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the ... ( read original story ...)
If Current Climate Trends Continue, the Winter Olympics Will Have Nowhere to Go
By the end of the century, only Sapporo, Japan, will be eligible to host the winter games if global warming continues at its present pace ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese lawmakers describe immigration bureau’s mistreatment of Sri Lankan woman who died
Opposition lawmakers met on Jan. 21 to report the Japanese immigration's mistreatment of a Sri Lankan woman who died at the Nagoya Regional I ... ( read original story ...)
Where did the real Naomi Osaka go?
The Japanese tennis player, after the events relating to Roland Garros 2021, seems to have lost the compass, from the point of view of the results on the courts ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo adds green new deal to push for global financial hub
With the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games in the rearview mirror, Gov. Yuriko Koike wants to accelerate toward a goal of making the Japanese capital a bigger international financial hub as the next ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo bid to be global financial hub adds green touch
With the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games in the rearview mirror, Gov. Yuriko Koike wants to accelerate toward a goal of making the Japanese capital a bigger international financial hub as the next ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s retail giant Seven & i faces fresh calls to split company
Pressure is building on the owner of Japan’s largest convenience store chain, Seven & i Holdings, to split the company as investors grow increasingly frustrated with its “outdated” governance and poor ... ( read original story ...)
Part 2 of 4: More Opponents Line Up
A landowner in rural Texas is locked in a legal battle with the companies that are planning to build the Texas Central high-speed rail (HSR) project, which would establish a line between downtown ... ( read original story ...)
Will You Buy The Crypto Dip ? What To Know Before Your Move
Bitcoin, ether and the broader crypto market faced another wave of selling Monday, with the world’s most-traded digital currency down another 8% in a selloff that has seen the digital token shed about ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is crashing after November 2021’s all-time highs
Cryptocurrencies have lost $1.5 trillion in value. ( read original story ...)
Cracking a $2 million crypto wallet
They tried guessing what they thought was a four-digit PIN (it was actually five), but after each failed attempt, the wallet doubled the wait time before they could guess again. After 16 guesses, the ... ( read original story ...)
Is Bay Area real estate the next frontier for crypto?
Nearly 12% of first time homebuyers planned to sell cryptocurrency to help finance a purchase, Redfin found in a December survey. ( read original story ...)
Panasonic to invest $700 million to produce Tesla EV battery -Nikkei
Japan's Panasonic will begin producing its new lithium-ion battery for Tesla from as early as 2023, with plans to invest about 80 billion yen ($705 million) in production facilities in Japan, the ... ( read original story ...)