Naomi Osaka is the world's highest-paid female athlete, according to a list published by business magazine Forbes. ( read original story ...)
Osaka tops Forbes list of highest-earning female athletes
Fellow tennis players Serena Williams (45.9 million) and older sister Venus ($11.3 million) were next on the list. ( read original story ...)
All About Japan
Japan has some of the world's most recognizable cultural signifiers — sushi, cherry blossoms, little bitty cars — and yet scratch the surface and you’ll find a country you never even imagined. At the ... ( read original story ...)
Mastercard (MA) Inks MOU to Ease Digital Payments in Japan
Mastercard (MA) partners with Wakayama Prefecture to not only ease digital payments in the prefecture's tourism sector but also upgrade the payment operations of SMBs within it. ( read original story ...)
Japan-based crypto exchange DeCurret plans to sell to HK’s Amber Group: Report
DeCurret Holdings reportedly will sell its crypto branch to the Hong Kong-based company Amber Group in February for millions of dollars. ( read original story ...)
Crypto is suddenly everywhere — except in the cash register
For all the hype, there's scant evidence that digital currencies stand on the threshold of a breakthrough. While a recent survey found that 16% of Americans have used cryptocurrency in some way, most ... ( read original story ...)
10 Predictions For Blockchain, Crypto Assets, DeFi, And NFTs For 2022
Looking into the future is notoriously difficult. Nevertheless, we dare to make predictions for the year 2022. It will be exciting to see whether they come true. ( read original story ...)
Winklevoss twins’ Gemini buys digital asset platform as the crypto giant eyes wealth management
Gemini agreed to buy Bitria, whose tools are used by financial advisors to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The deal marks a push into wealth management for the crypto exchange, which was ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase will soon offer crypto futures after its takeover of derivatives exchange FairX
The deal means Coinbase will gain ground in introducing crypto-related derivatives such as bitcoin futures to US retail and institutional customers. ( read original story ...)
Crypto, Hypersonics, Quantum: The Disruptive Triad For 2022
My predictions about the three technologies that will cause explosive disruption in 2022 (one of them very literally), with reverberations that will continue through the rest of the decade and even ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange Gemini pushes into wealth management with acquisition of BITRIA
The rise of crypto has created the need for ways to provide wealthy investors access through familiar wealth management vehicles. ( read original story ...)
‘Because we know it is possible’: Japanese Americans join fight for reparations
At a virtual town hall meeting in August, generations of Japanese American community organizers spoke alongside leaders from the Black reparations movement. ( read original story ...)
Sport-Osaka tops Forbes list of highest-earning female athletes
Japan's Naomi Osaka, a four-times Grand Slam tennis champion who has helped raise awareness of mental health issues in sport, is the world's highest-paid female athlete, according to a list published ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka teams up with TAG Heuer to serve up limited-edition watch
Naomi Osaka was always drawn to TAG Heuer because of their statement timepieces and memorable campaigns with former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova. In 2021 she jumped at the opportunity to join the Swiss ... ( read original story ...)
Deserted Tokyo Bay fortress attracts tourists
The No. 2 Sea Fort is located some four kilometers west of Cape Futtsu in Chiba Prefecture and has a total area of approximately 41,000 square meters. ( read original story ...)
The Former IMF Deputy Managing Director Mr. Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Assumed the Role of Advisor of GA technologies, A Prop tech Venture in Japan
The former deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mitsuhiro Furusawa assumed the role of advisor of GA technologies Co.,Ltd. on January 4th, 2022. The main service GA ... ( read original story ...)