Since its launch in December, StepN, an app that lets users walk and run to earn tokens, has quickly become a household name in the play-to-earn blockchain gaming, or GameFi, world. Two to three ... ( read original story ...)
Tether pays out $10bn in withdrawals since start of crypto crash
Pace of withdrawals in May means ‘stablecoin’ company effectively dealing with slow-motion bank run ... ( read original story ...)
‘Modi Modi’, ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ chants in Tokyo as PM gets rousing reception from Indian diaspora
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Tokyo, received a rousing welcome on Monday from the Indian diaspora at the Hotel New Otani where he will be staying during his trip. “Har ... ( read original story ...)
PM Modi arrives in Tokyo, to participate in Quad summit tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tokyo on Monday morning (local time) to participate in the Quad summit on May 24 at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. After landing ... ( read original story ...)
Australia swears in new prime minister before Quad meeting in Tokyo
Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese will be sworn in as the country's new prime minister on Monday as he promised a "journey of change" vowing to tackle climate change and rising living ... ( read original story ...)
PM Modi lands in Tokyo to participate in Quad summit, will interact with Japanese business leaders and Indian diaspora
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Japan for the second in-person Quad Summit. Quad is a strategic security group of four countries, namely Australia, the US, Japan and India. He is ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s only wooden traditional vaudeville theater seeks funds to survive pandemic
The only wooden traditional Japanese vaudeville theater in the capital is calling for donations to help it stay afloat amid the coronavirus p ... ( read original story ...)
Joe Biden May Just Provide the Push Japan Needs
Surveys show 91% of Japanese have a negative impression of the country. The Nikkei business paper led its front page Friday with dramatic photos purporting to show the Chinese military training to ... ( read original story ...)
Brave Souls: ‘Unicorn’ Crypto Project Ties Value To Equity In Emerging Growth Companies
What if crypto was backed by an investment a real, non-crypto companies, that are making money? Is that interesting? ( read original story ...)
Nikkei in the city
Necessity is the mother of all inventions, and most of them are born in the kitchen. That’s what Nikkei cuisine is about—an invention born out of the fusion of two cuisines by Japanese immigrants who ... ( read original story ...)
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan No Tsunami Threat
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 Richter scale jolted the east coast of Honshu in Japan at 15:17 p.m. (local time) on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, Trend reports citing NDTV. ( read original story ...)
Newly elected PM Tokyo bound for security talks
Albanese and foreign minister-designate Penny Wong will fly to Tokyo at midday on Monday, just hours after they are sworn in, to attend the meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue with the ... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds protest Biden’s Tokyo visit for Quad meeting
STORY: "Their (Japan and U.S.) actions are extremely dangerous now. Japan and the U.S. are trying to conduct a war of aggression on China," said protest organiser Shunkichi Takayama, who said Biden's ... ( read original story ...)
PM Modi leaves for Japan to attend second in-person Quad summit | What’s on agenda
I will also be interacting with Japanese business leaders and the Indian community there." Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi described the visit as one "to further the force for ... ( read original story ...)
India looks to boost investment, improve supply chain; PM Modi to meet top business leaders in Japan tomorrow
Giving a brief outlook on the Prime Minister engagements with Japanese business leaders the Indian ambassador to Japan Sanjay Kumar Verma has said that Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
European Central Bank President Says Crypto Assets Are ‘Worth Nothing’
How much are crypto assets worth? It depends on the asset—and who you ask. Coinbase puts Bitcoin at $29,900. CoinMarketCap says Ethereum is worth $2,003. European Central Bank President Christine ... ( read original story ...)