Within the next 30 years, a highly destructive Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake is predicted to hit southwest Japan. Understanding long-term slow slip events (L-SSE (*1)) that occur along the plate ... ( read original story ...)
How Many Ski Seasons Are Left?
With an average of 16 feet of snowfall per year, Sapporo, Japan is one of the snowiest places on earth. But at the last Sapporo Snow Festival, for the first time in its 70 years of existence ... ( read original story ...)
Mike Rowbottom: Beijing 2022 men’s team ski jump event prompting glorious memories for Japan’s Harada
Masahiko Harada, Japan’s general manager at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, will have been watching today’s men’s large hill team event in ski jumping with particular interest. During his own epic ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Emperor’s cousin Princess Yoko, 38, is hospitalised with pneumonia in Tokyo after testing positive for Covid-19
According to Town&Country, the royal was given treatment at the Imperial Palace before being transferred to the University of Tokyo Hospital. It is unknown if the Princess had had her Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close sharply lower on Russia-Ukraine tensions, U.S. inflation spike
TOKYO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Monday as investor sentiment was dented by rising tensions surrounding Ukraine and Russia and surging U.S. consumer prices. The 225-issue ... ( read original story ...)
Want to Film in Tokyo? City Welcomes Locals, but Foreign Shoots Still Restricted
Tokyo has been the nerve center of Japan’s movie industry for more than a century. Kyoto, the country’s ancient capital, has a proud filmmaking tradition, especially for samurai period films ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kirin to withdraw from its Myanmar brewery venture
Kirin said it was recording an impairment loss for 2021 on its business in Myanmar of 68 billion yen ($580 million). It is one of the few Japanese companies that have signaled they will leave the ... ( read original story ...)
Capstone Green Energy to Provide Systems to Japanese Industrial Manufacturer
View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220214005154/en/ 44 Capstone C65 CHP Systems Installed at Chemical Plant in Japan (Photo: Business Wire) Out of 44 Capstone ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo real estate investor returns to US with Phoenix acquisition
Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co. Ltd. is reentering ... according to Tempe-based Vizzda LLC real estate database. Built in 1998, that property sits on 9.67 acres north of the northeast ... ( read original story ...)
IAEA reviews Japan’s plan to release Fukushima water into ocean
How safe is this water? A massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the Fukushima plant's cooling systems. Three reactors melted down, and more than a million tons of water was used to cool the ... ( read original story ...)
5 Things to Know About Crypto’s Massive Universe
With so much happening in the space, a cryptocurrency framework is emerging. The categorization is aiming to help investors organize the data and make more informed decisions. Matthew Sigel: There are ... ( read original story ...)
How Crypto.com is betting big on sports partnerships to reach a billion users
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Crypto companies are betting sports advertising will help them go mainstream, and none have made a bigger splash than Crypto.com with a commercial on Sunday's Super Bowl and a $700 ... ( read original story ...)
Triple-Digit Rewards of Staking Offer Crypto Winter Respite
(Bloomberg) -- The recent guidance provided by the U.S. Treasury Department on transaction reporting by crypto companies is shining some light on staking -- one of the least understood but hottest ... ( read original story ...)
Super Bowl Crypto Ads Feature Larry David, LeBron James, and QR Code for Free Bitcoin
If Sunday’s Super Bowl ads are any indication, crypto has truly arrived in mainstream culture. And if you didn’t catch the game, you can watch the ads here, featuring Larry David, LeBron James ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto exchange Coinbase is forced to throttle traffic after its viral QR-code Super Bowl ad briefly crashes its website
Crypto exchange Coinbase said it was back up and running after its Super Bowl ad giveaway crashed its website. The Super Bowl LVI ad featured a QR code bouncing around a screen, offering $15 in free ... ( read original story ...)
Best and worst ads of Super Bowl 2022 — and Larry David can sell me crypto anytime he likes
“Don’t be like Larry,” the voice-over warns. “Don’t miss out on the next big thing.” This was mud in the eye of Crypto.com brand ambassador Matt Damon, lately and in a vaguely untrustworthy way ... ( read original story ...)