The crypto industry is a relatively young sector, starting in 2009. Crypto industry players with years of experience under their belt have likely seen a number of pivotal events amid the sector’s ...
Japan Wants Gen Z To Drink More To Cover My $75,000 Tab
Now that the Federal Reserve is tightening, inflation is rising and corporate profits are drying up, Japan’s government is resorting to some truly weird tactics to pay its bills.
Kickstarter Game Goes Bust Gambling On Crypto, Can’t Refund Backers
The game remains game-first, crypto-second in design, but crypto funds have become, and remain, essential in getting us to the release. Unlike many of the projects that have foundered in the storm, we ...
Roundup: Tokyo stocks close flat as exporters’ gains offset by profit-taking
Tokyo stocks ended flat Friday after early gains on the yen's retreat were offset by investors opting to lock in gains. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 11.81 points, or 0.04 percent, from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo high court partially overturns transgender paternity ruling
A high court in Japan has overturned part of a lower court ruling, recognizing a father-child relationship between a transgender woman and one of her children. ( read original story ...)
Japan is holding an open competition to figure out how to get people to buy more alcohol. Residents are not happy about it.
Three Japanese residents told Insider they felt getting people to drink more would lead to long-term problems in society. ( read original story ...)
Arrest of former Tokyo Olympics executive has Sapporo worried
The city is in the middle of efforts to drive up public support for its 2030 Winter Games bid, and reduced enthusiasm due to the scandal could prove fatal. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close flat as exporters’ gains offset by profit-taking
Tokyo stocks ended flat Friday after early gains on the yen's retreat were offset by investors opting to lock in gains. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 11.81 points, or 0.04 percent, from ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo court recognizes trans woman as parent of girl born before transition
A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her f ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to look into summit meet with China – Nikkei quotes Japan minister
Japan will look into holding a summit meeting between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Nikkei business daily quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as ... ( read original story ...)
Sudden crypto drop sends bitcoin to 3-wk low
Cryptocurrencies fell sharply on Friday, with sudden selling dragging bitcoin to a three-week low. The reason for the drop was not immediately clear. Bitcoin fell as much as 7.7% to $21,404 over a few ...
Tokyo’s Key Nikkei Index Inches Down At Close
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index barely changed on Friday, with investors gravitating towards profit-taking but also cheered by a weaker yen.
Signature Dish: Sapporo II serves up sushi
After finding success at the first iteration of Sapporo in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, owner Eyijin "Chris" Song opened Sapporo II in downtown. The Japanese restaurant offers an array of fresh sushi and ... ( read original story ...)
Drink Up, Japan Tells Young People. I’ll Pass, Many Reply.
The country’s tax agency, hoping to reverse the alcohol industry’s pandemic doldrums, is holding a contest to encourage more drinking among the young. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Inflation Accelerates Further Beyond BOJ’s 2% Target
Japan’s inflation accelerated further beyond the central bank’s 2% target in July, complicating Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s task of explaining his insistence on the continued need for ...
Assessing Japanese M&A deals in a turbulent period
Japan’s JERA, a 50-50 joint venture between Tokyo Electric ... to include big deals worth billions of dollars in the banking industry. M&A deals light up property market in first half of 2022 Since ... ( read original story ...)