The daily tally rose week-on-week for the third straight day, with experts watching for an upward trend in new infections after quasi-emergency measures were lifted last week. ( read original story ...)
Social media users share misleading Fukushima plant claim after Japan earthquake
After a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan, Korean-language social media posts viewed hundreds of thousands of times shared two images alongside a claim that a large fire broke out at the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to ban Russia-bound exports of luxury cars, goods from April 5
Japan will ban the export of high-end cars and other luxury goods to Russia in its latest response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the trade ministry said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
World’s Largest Crypto Fund Considers Suing SEC If Bitcoin ETF Is Rejected
Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager, isn’t ruling out a legal battle with the SEC if a spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) stands rejected. ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s New Crypto Law Attracts Bybit And Crypto.com To Set Up Local Offices
Dubai’s approval of a new law that regulates virtual asset businesses in early March has already attracted the likes of Binance and FTX Europe. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Synspective raises $70M+ in series B, making constellation of 30 SAR minisats
Synspective is building a constellation system for earth observation mini-satellites employing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and integrates SAR data with a variety of ground truth data. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.10%
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transport sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan stumbles into defensive minefield
War, Covid-19 and an aggressive-looking Federal Reserve are conspiring against the Bank of Japan’s ultra-loose monetary stance. The yen has plummeted and the central bank is struggling to keep control ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Energy Buyers Warn the Weak Yen Threatens Their Business
While oil prices have slipped from the highs seen earlier from Russia’s war in Ukraine, the sharp weakening in the yen is likely to keep upward pressure on imported fuel costs. ( read original story ...)
Japan police superintendent arrested for alleged secret filming of high schooler on train
A superintendent at central Japan's Aichi Prefectural Police was arrested March 28 for using a smartphone to allegedly covertly film a femal ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 7,846 COVID cases on March 29
The Japanese capital reported 7,846 coronavirus infections on March 29, after reporting 4,544 cases the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan ... ( read original story ...)
Biden invites Tokyo, Beijing athletes to White House in unique event
US President Joe Biden has invited more than 800 Olympians and Paralympians from the Tokyo Summer and Beijing Winter Games to the White House in early May, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee ... ( read original story ...)
Japan conferred “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rossete” to Matiur Rahman
The Government of Japan has conferred “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rossete” to Matiur Rahman, one of the founders of Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JBCCI), in ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer-What would Japan’s currency intervention to combat a weak yen look like?
Vice finance minister for international affairs ... Aside from such verbal intervention, Japan has several options to stem excessive yen falls. Among them is to directly intervene in the currency ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says communicating closely with U.S. on FX issues as yen hits 6-year low
Japan and the United States agreed to closely communicate on currency issues, Japan’s top currency diplomat said on Tuesday in the wake of the yen’s decline to six-year lows against the dollar. “We ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s historic Nakagin Capsule Tower to be demolished
The futuristic-looking Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo will be demolished next month, its owners say, after a long battle to save the building and its space-age units. ( read original story ...)