Four--time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has revealed she plans to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon and tennis fans think Nick Kyrgios is the one she will be partnering at The Championships. Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
What are ‘koinobori,’ and why are they all over Japan this week?
Japan is covered in colorful carp kites this week. Here’s what you need to know about koinobori, a Japanese tradition that’s centuries old. A koinobori is a large funnel kite or wind sock shaped like ... ( read original story ...)
SEC nearly doubles crypto enforcement unit, citing fraud risk in booming market
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it will close to double its cryptocurrency enforcement division, adding another 20 positions to the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit ... ( read original story ...)
SEC staffs up to police crypto
The Securities and Exchange Commission is beefing up its personnel to protect investors in crypto markets and from cyber attacks. The SEC will add 20 new staff members to a unit that’s been ... ( read original story ...)
SEC bolsters crypto watchdog unit amid rise of digital tokens, investments
The SEC has opened 20 new roles on its newly renamed Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit within the agency’s enforcement division. Formerly known as the Cyber Unit, the group previously included 30 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SMBC Group shakes up leadership of its Americas unit
Japanese megabank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation is shaking up the leadership ranks in its growing business unit in the Americas. Hirofumi Otsuka will take over as chief executive at the New York ... ( read original story ...)
US, Japan defense chiefs to meet on Russia crisis
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers take part in a training exercise with the United States 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on March 15, 2022, in Gotemba, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Talks Bringing Skincare Brand KINLÒ To Walmart
Naomi Osaka’s KINLÒ, is enjoying the best of both worlds. The sun care brand is now available at 2,500 Walmart locations across the U.S. You can also get it online through Walmart, as well as on the ... ( read original story ...)
Shigeru Mizuki’s world of Japanese yokai comes to life in new exhibition in Tokyo
2022 marks 100 years since Mizuki’s birth, and his yokai art will be memorialized with a special exhibition on the 52nd floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, a space known as Tokyo City View. Titled ... ( read original story ...)
Xi Jinping’s China sends 8 warships to seas near Japan I Tokyo responds
Led by aircraft carrier Liaoning, 8 Chinese warships passed between southern Japan’s Okinawa island chain. Chinese state media stated 'preparation for missions, including a potential conflict across ... ( read original story ...)
SEC Hopes New Class of Crypto Cops Can Constrain Criminal Conmen
The U.S. federal government is creeping ever-so-slowly toward the idea that the decentralized finance space may need some centralized backbone to cut down on rampant fraud on the part of crypto ... ( read original story ...)
SEC nearly doubles its crypto enforcement team to police fraud
Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is beefing up the SEC's crypto enforcement team. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters/Bloomberg News) The Securities and Exchange Commission ... ( read original story ...)
Johnson throws weight behind Arm IPO charm offensive
FILE PHOTO: Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son bows his head after his presentation at a news conference in Tokyo Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind attempts to woo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and Germany grow closer, eyeing Russia and China
WASHINGTON -- Japan and Germany have begun to explore how ... a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation think tank, told Nikkei. ( read original story ...)
Rate hikes and geopolitics concern Japanese issuers
GlobalCapital: How are issuers expected to tweak their fundraising plans because of higher US interest rates, at at time when the Bank of Japan is still focusing on monetary easing? Ando, JFM: We ... ( read original story ...)
Ghostwire Tokyo Update 1.003 Brings PS5 VRR Support, Children’s Day Holiday
Tango Gameworks has lifted the lid on the full list of Ghostwire: Tokyo update 1.003 patch notes, which adds VRR support for PS5 owners as well as a selection of content celebrating the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)