As is true throughout rural Japan, many of the once-vibrant villages on Honshu’s Kii Peninsula are aging into nothingness. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Industry Can’t Hire Enough Lawyers
Crypto exchanges and companies are poaching attorneys to help them navigate an evolving regulatory landscape and to cut down legal costs. ( read original story ...)
4 Ways AI Can Help You In Crypto Investing
Since cryptocurrencies are highly volatile, they increase the risks of crypto trading but also make them significantly more profitable than conventional investments. The market’s price fluctuates ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Prices Fall as Crypto Market Slammed by Hawkish Fed Expectations
Bitcoin and other digital assets have shown themselves to be correlated with technology stocks. Earnings this week from Big Tech could move the needle. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Ex-PM Abe Says ‘Wrong’ for BOJ to Hike Rates to Stem Yen Falls
Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it would be "clearly wrong" for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to curb further declines in the yen, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho Plans to Bulk up U.S. M&A Advisory, Equity Underwriting
Mizuho Financial Group plans to beef up its U.S. operations for M&A advisory and equity underwriting, its chief executive said, as Japan's No. 3 lender aims to grab a bigger share of the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese troops disarm unexploded WWII bomb at Nagoya construction site
An unexploded bomb from World War II was defused over the weekend by members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. ( read original story ...)
Toyotsu performs first trial in Japan to supply biodiesel fuels to ships at Nagoya
Toyotsu Energy Corporation successfully performed a trial with a tugboat operated by Sanyo for ship-to-ship bunkering of marine biodiesel fuel at the Port of Nagoya. This was the first attempt to ... ( read original story ...)
Experience the top 10 attractions in Yokohama
Yokohama (Japanese: 横浜, [jokohama] ) is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Ishin no Kai sees Japan’s youngest city mayor elected
Yuma Yamamoto, 31, became the youngest city mayor in Japan after winning in a landslide here with 10,861 votes. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo registers 3,141 new COVID cases on April 25
Japan's capital registered 3,141 new coronavirus cases on April 25 after recording 4,936 the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 3,141 new coronavirus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 3,141 new coronavirus cases, down 1,795 from Sunday and down 338 from last Monday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo cases down week-on-week for 14 straight days
Tokyo confirmed 3,141 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with the seven-day average coming to 5,418.9, compared with 6,568.4 a week before. ( read original story ...)
Prettier in pink: the push to remake Japan’s cherry blossoms
Japan's famed cherry blossom season blankets the country in the delicate white flowers of the prized "somei-yoshino" tree. The popular somei-yoshino strain accounts for more than 90 percent of the ... ( read original story ...)
Live updates | Japan: Macron’s reelection key to G-7 unity
TOKYO — Japan welcomed the reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron as key to the unity of Group of Seven at a time when its members need to work together to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, U.S. likely discussed joint yen-buying intervention, report says
Japan and the United States likely discussed the idea of coordinated currency intervention to stem further yen falls during a bilateral finance leaders' meeting, Japanese television broadcaster TBS ... ( read original story ...)