A Japan Coast Guard minesweeper has captured an image of what appears to be the sunken Kazu I, the boat that went missing while carrying 24 passengers and two crew members during a tour around the ... ( read original story ...)
Cryptic Crypto? Crime Creeps Steady In Crypto World; Cops Advice Caution To Investors
He claimed that between December 2021 and April 2022, he had invested Rs 80 lakh in a crypto exchange whose URL ended with an extension ‘.ac.sh’. Mahesh has now lodged a complaint with the cybercrime ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-owned Arm ousts CEO of Chinese joint venture
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group-owned U.K. chip designer Arm said it has replaced the CEO of its Chinese joint venture after a two-year dispute over control of the unit that threatened to complicate a ... ( read original story ...)
Vision Fund begins to devote cash to Japan
Japan’s weight in SoftBank’s overall portfolio will “definitely ... and SoftBank is now looking to float shares of the business in an initial public offering (IPO). China is the largest market for ... ( read original story ...)
Slackers barred: testing Tokyo’s anti-procrastination cafe
Writers in Tokyo in search of an antidote to procrastination and unproductive work practices can now toil in the company of the similarly afflicted, united in their determination to confront the ... ( read original story ...)
Diesel to Show Fall 2022 Collection in Tokyo, Opens Pop-up in Ginza
DIESEL ENCORE: Diesel is taking its fall 2022 show on the road. After unveiling the collection in February in Milan, the Italian brand, controlled by OTB, will stage a repeat show in Tokyo on June 9 — ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tokyo Vice’ Season Finale Recap: Down and Out in Tokyo
Okay. Um…hmmmm. Uhhh…yeah. Alright. Hmm. What just happened? Now, I’m sure there’s a logical explanation for the way Tokyo Vice’s series—or is that season?—finale went down. ( read original story ...)
How — and Why — Pachinko Re-created Japan’s Dual Kanto Disasters
Hugh foregrounds Hansu’s hard exterior with tragedy: He’s a survivor of the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake and the subsequent Korean massacre by Japanese vigilantes. “Chapter Seven” is a stand-alone ... ( read original story ...)
A Slew of Good News for Bitcoin and Other Crypto
Lawmakers in Panama's National Assembly on April 28 approved a major bill to regulate the use and commercialization of crypto assets in the Central American country, Reuters reported. The bill opens ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Pushes Back as China Gains Strength in Asian Seas
Japan, the West's chief ally in Asia, is pushing back as China ramps up its military presence in Asian waters, including near Japanese coastlines and a group of disputed islets, analysts say. On ... ( read original story ...)
Incyte and Maruho Announce Strategic Alliance Agreement for Ruxolitinib Cream in Japan
WILMINGTON, Del. & OSAKA, Japan, April 28, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY) and Maruho Co., Ltd. today announced that the companies have entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, bucking the global trend, keeps interest rates low
It’s now considered a dirty word in monetary policy circles. That’s not the case in Japan, where on Thursday, the central bank announced that it’s committed to keeping interest rates low. Policymakers ... ( read original story ...)
Matterport Expands Presence in Japan to Support Growing Demand for Digital Twin Platform
Pacific region to capture the Japanese property market of more than 324M spacesSUNNYVALE, Calif., April 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matterport, Inc. (Nasdaq: MTTR), the leading spatial data company ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is winning, and Bitcoin diehards are furious about it
On the last day of the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami Beach, comedian Donnell Rawlings starts his routine by noting there are a lot of white people in the audience and then asks if we were involved ... ( read original story ...)
Binance looks to aid Ukrainian refugees with loaded crypto card
The cryptocurrency exchange is giving away $75 a month for three months to Ukrainian refugees who qualify for the card ... ( read original story ...)
What Will Mainstream Crypto Adoption Look Like?
Although there is currently a great deal of uncertainty about the state of the markets, what is undeniable is that the past couple of years have been tremendous for cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)