a conglomerate from Japan, one more player in the growing investor-owned home rental business in North Carolina. Yamasa has scooped up 183 homes in single-family neighborhoods from Smithfield to Cary ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto On May 4: Industry Confident Of Gains Even As Most Top Coins Continue To Trade Lower
Even though there was no major recovery, the crypto industry is optimistic about the gains ahead. The global market cap was up 0.08% at $1.75trillion as of 4.32 a.m. ET, CoinMarketCap data showed. ( read original story ...)
LGT, World’s Largest Family-Owned Private Bank, to Offer Crypto
Don't miss CoinDesk's Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. LGT Bank, the financial institution owned by the princely House ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again?
In a March poll by the Nikkei business newspaper, 53 percent supported a restart of the plants. As recently as four years ago, more than 60 percent of the Japanese public opposed rebooting nuclear ... ( read original story ...)
Short Interest in JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSTF) Rises By 18.9%
JAPAN POST BANK Co.,Ltd. (OTCMKTS:JPSTF – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,077,500 shares, an ... ( read original story ...)
IOC set to visit 2030 Winter Olympics contender Sapporo to assess proposed venues
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to visit Sapporo later this month to assess the Japanese city's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. This follows a trip from an IOC ... ( read original story ...)
2,999 new COVID cases reported in Tokyo on May 4
TOKYO -- The Japanese capital recorded 2,999 coronavirus cases on May 4 after seeing 3,357 cases the previous day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced. Japan is currently in the middle of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 2,999 new coronavirus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 2,999 new coronavirus cases, down 358 from Tuesday and down 3,053 from last Wednesday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe ... ( read original story ...)
Rising business confidence propping up production
in Hanoi cited a recent JETRO survey as stating that 55 per cent of Japanese companies in Vietnam answered that they would “expand” their business in Vietnam in the next 1-2 years, the highest number ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Adoption Will Accelerate and Boost Global GDP, Coinbase and ARK CEOs Say
was ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, another outspoken crypto bull and early investor in digital assets and blockchain technology. Coinbase (ticker: COIN) is the fifth-largest holding of the ARK Innovation ... ( read original story ...)
‘Zombified’ Japan Shows World How Not To Spend $5 Trillion
The bottom line is that the Bank of Japan’s $5 trillion stimulus boom backfired. In trying to reanimate things, the BOJ's largess zombified large swaths of the economy. ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea off its east coast, says Japan and South Korea
Japan's Defence Ministry said North Korea had fired a possible ballistic missile but did not provide further details. Image: Missile vehicles take part in a parade to mark the 90th anniversary of ... ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden’s Trip To Japan Will Bolster Deterrence In The Indo-Pacific Region: NSA Sullivan
National Security Advisor of the United States Jake Sullivan and his Japanese counterpart Akiba Takeo have agreed that US President Joe Biden's trip to Tokyo, Japan, later this month would be an ... ( read original story ...)
Residents near US military base in Japan to launch 2nd lawsuit over noise
IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi -- Residents near a U.S. military base in this west Japan city announced May 2 that they are set to assemble a group of plaintiffs to launch a lawsuit against the central ... ( read original story ...)
Muslim families picnic in Tokyo as Eid al-Fitr celebration falls on Golden Week holiday
TOKYO -- With the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ending this year smack-dab in the middle of Japan's Golden Week holiday period, many Muslim residents celebrated Eid al-Fitr (the breaking of the ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar shadow gov’t seeks to engage Japan despite geopolitical bind
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Myanmar's shadow civilian leadership, the National Unity Government, has established a presence in Japan as part of efforts to restore the democratically-elected administration of ... ( read original story ...)