Retail sales rose 3.6% in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday, slightly higher than the median market forecast for a 3.3% gain. It followed an upwardly revised 3.1% increase ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ’s Kuroda Vows to Keep Easy Policy as Japan Less Affected by Global Inflation
Japan's core consumer inflation hit 2.1% for two straight months in May, but the increase was due almost entirely to soaring energy prices, Kuroda was quoted as saying in a video recording of a ... ( read original story ...)
Compass opens new flexible office space in Tokyo
Compass Offices, a leading flexible office space provider in Asia Pacific, will open the Yotsuya N Club business center on July 1 to expand its serviced offices network in Tokyo. The brand new 8-floor ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka and LeBron James New Media Company Mocked for Vulgar Name
Naomi Osaka had pure intentions when naming her new media company. Osaka tapped into her Japanese heritage when coming up with the name "Hana Kuma." ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo heat wave adds to sweltering temperatures in Northern Hemisphere
Heat records have fallen on every continent in the Northern Hemisphere in June — a worrying trend given that the hottest months of the summer are still to come. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo suffers under worst heatwave in Japan since 1875
Japan is baking under scorching heat as temperatures in the country’s capital, Tokyo, broke 150-year-old records for June. ( read original story ...)
Bankman-Fried: Some Crypto Exchanges Already “Secretly Insolvent”
After throwing lifelines to troubled digital currency exchanges BlockFi and Voyager Digital, Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old billionaire founder of FTX, warns that many crypto exchanges will soon ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama releases Tire Tips video series
Yokohama Tire Corp., in conjunction with the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association's Tire Safety Week June 27-July 3 initiative, is launching a "fast-paced" seven-part Tire Tips video series. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo swelters in most intense heat wave since 1875
Residents and workers in Japan's capital have been asked to conserve electricity as the worst heat wave since records began in 1875 threatens to lead to power cuts. ( read original story ...)
Crypto winter has had a chilling effect on Coinbase and Robinhood
The prices of bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies have been more than cut in half this year. Now the great crypto crash of 2022 is crushing leading digital asset brokerage firms Coinbase and ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is not replacing the U.S. dollar, Bitfury CEO Brian Brooks says
Crypto assets that have prices should be viewed more like internet stocks than currency, said Brian Brooks, the former U.S. Acting Comptroller of the Currency. ( read original story ...)
Why Binance’s no-fee promise goes above and beyond Robinhood’s, according to the crypto exchange’s US CEO
"What most people don't realize is there is effectively a hidden fee in the spread itself," Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder said. ( read original story ...)
Can Crypto Still Save the World
It’s been a nightmare couple months for cryptocurrency investors. They’ve watched their Bitcoin holdings hemorrhage 70 percent of their value ... ( read original story ...)
Getting a Loan to Invest in Crypto? Forget About It
Data shows that more and more Americans are taking out loans for cryptocurrency investments. Stop it, investment experts say. ( read original story ...)
Is your firm considering an IPO? Here are 5 signs now may be the time
In April 2022, HeartCore Enterprises launched Go IPO, a consulting service helping fellow Japan-based companies interested in getting listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The expansion came only two ... ( read original story ...)
The World’s Oldest Tea Shop Is Located In Japan
Established in 1160 in the Japanese village of Uji, not far from Kyoto, Tsuen Tea is owned and operated by the descendants of the original founder. ( read original story ...)