Japan lodged a complaint Monday over a South Korean ship that was conducting a marine survey in waters near Japanese-claimed islands controlled by Seoul. Government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said ... ( read original story ...)
Bret Stephens: On Taiwan, Biden Should Find His Inner Truman | GUEST COMMENTARY
President Joe Biden may have wanted to model his presidency on FDR’s and the New Deal, but history may give him no choice but to model it on Harry Truman’s and containment. ( read original story ...)
America Teaches, Japan Learns
THE villainy you teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.— The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 1 EXACTLY seventy-seven years ago (I am writing on March 31) ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto crash: Bitcoin down for an eighth straight week
The crypto market has lost $500 billion in market value so far in May New York: Crypto had another bad week - and it may only get weirder. Bitcoin led a decline in digital assets across the whole ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps 2% as Asia stocks rise ahead of major economic data this week
China is set to announce its official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for May on Tuesday, while U.S. jobs data is expected Friday. ( read original story ...)
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei surges over 2 pct on eased inflation concerns
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index ended more than 2 percent higher on Monday after U.S. consumer data eased concerns over excessive inflation and the U.S. Federal Reserve's continued aggressive ... ( read original story ...)
Construction of Sagamihara maglev station underway
Digging work on an underground station for a magnetic levitation train between Nagoya and Tokyo is underway in Kanagawa Prefecture's Sagamihara City. ( read original story ...)
Yomiuri Shimbun reporter in Yokohama arrested on suspicion of attempted rape
An employee of the Yomiuri Shimbun national daily was arrested on May 30 on suspicion of attempting to rape a female acquaintance, police ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo reports 1,344 new coronavirus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 1,344 new coronavirus cases, down 850 from Sunday and down 681 from last Monday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in ... ( read original story ...)
Another 1,344 COVID infections recorded in Tokyo on May 30
The Japanese capital reported another 1,344 coronavirus cases on May 30 after registering 2,194 cases the day before, the Tokyo Metropolitan ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo police arrest 3 for COVID subsidy fraud
Tokyo police have arrested a 45-year-old company executive and her two sons on suspicion of abusing a coronavirus-related government subsidy program. ( read original story ...)
Wary of foreign ‘bad manners’, Japan eases borders to aid hobbled tourism industry
Japan's easing of a two-year ban on foreign tourists seeks to balance the enormous economic importance of tourism with concerns that travellers would trigger a COVID outbreak, insiders say. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida’s support hits highest ever as election nears, says Nikkei
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida scored his highest approval ratings since taking office eight months ago in a weekend survey, the Nikkei daily reported, with critical upper house elections just ... ( read original story ...)
What’s the crypto vibe?
Volatility in crypto markets, it’s nothing new. We’ve talked about crypto volatility a lot on this show, but there’s a certain type of currency that’s supposed to protect against that volatility. They ... ( read original story ...)
Biggest Crypto Gainers Today – Chiba Inu (CHIBA)
We list and review some of the top crypto gainers today including new meme coin Chiba Inu (CHIBA), up 300% in the past 24 hours. ( read original story ...)
Why are there no crypto mobile games?
With more games now played on phones than on PCs and consoles combined, surprisingly the crypto world is yet to develop a game that can earn you bitcoins. Here’s why. ( read original story ...)