Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo court orders medical university to pay for gender-biased entrance exams
Tokyo District Court has ordered a medical university to pay compensation of roughly 127,000 dollars to a group of women who said their entrance exam scores were lowered because of their gender. ( read original story ...)
When bitcoin plunges, Buttcoin cheers: the online community praying for crypto’s death
A Reddit subforum for people who are horrified by the proliferation of crypto scams and pyramid schemes pokes fun at cryptocurrency ...
Tokyo reports 9,240 new COVID-19 cases on Friday
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 9,240 new cases of coronavirus infection on Friday. The number is down more than 3,100 from last Friday. The daily tally in the capital has now fallen ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Aug trade deficit seen at 9-year high as weak yen boosts imports
Japan likely recorded its biggest trade deficit in more than nine years in August as the yen's plunge to 24-year-lows swelled import costs, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
When bitcoin plunges, Buttcoin cheers: the online community praying for the end of crypto
A Reddit subforum for people who are horrified by the proliferation of crypto scams and pyramid schemes pokes fun at cryptocurrency ...
Crypto mining could hinder U.S. ability to battle climate change, White House says
Crypto operations in the U.S. now consume as much energy as all home computers or all residential lighting do, the White House said in a report.
Weekly Small Cap and IPO Wrap: Local markets thriving, Japanese Yen dying, AQC flying
Australian markets are ahead this week. The Emerging Companies (XEC) index climbed 1.5%, the benchmark up about 0.6% since the Monday open.
Japan’s Nikkei ends week on a high in hawkish climate
Japanese stocks gained on Friday, building on a rally from the previous day, even as investors digested hawkish remarks from policymakers that firmly established views of aggressive rate hikes to tame ...
Osaka police seek Brazilian suspect through Interpol over murder of wife, daughter
Osaka Prefectural Police announced on Sept. 8 that they have registered a Brazilian man sought in connection with the murder of his 29-year-o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan unveils near-term steps to offset hit from rising prices
Japan's government on Friday unveiled near-term stimulus steps to soften the economic blow of high food and energy prices on low-income households, businesses and farmers. ( read original story ...)
Half of Japan governing lawmakers tied to Unification Church
Japan's governing party said Thursday that an internal survey found that nearly half of its national lawmakers had ties to the Unification Church, in a widening controversy that emerged after the ... ( read original story ...)
MGI Celebrates Grand Opening of Its New State-of-the-Art Demo Lab in Japan
MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI), a global life science leader and innovator, announced today on its first day of IPO in China the grand opening of a new demonstration laboratory ...
Japan Finance Minister Says No Options Ruled Out on Forex as BOJ Kuroda Meets PM
He was speaking at a regular news conference as Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda entered Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's office. Kuroda and Kishida meet from time to time to exchange views on the ...
URGENT: Yen moves “far from” stable based on fundamentals: Japan finance chief
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki expressed concern Friday about the yen's recent fall in the foreign exchange market, saying that its recent movements were "far from" stable ones reflecting ...
Finance official says Japan ready to take action on yen
A senior official of Japan's Finance Ministry has sounded a warning about the yen's rapid depreciation. That's as the Japanese currency hovers at a 24-year low against the dollar.