The Tokyo metropolitan government on Monday reported 7,296 new coronavirus cases, down 2,339 from Sunday. The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 33, down two from ... ( read original story ...)
Advertising firm Daiko latest suspect in Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal
Daiko Advertising Inc. is reportedly suspected of paying former Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee official Haruyuki Takahashi in return for favours ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka-based ad firm raided over Tokyo Olympics bribery case
Tokyo prosecutors have raided the headquarters of an Osaka-based advertising agency in connection with a Tokyo Olympics bribery case. ( read original story ...)
Vegan Consulting Japan to Launch Country’s First Vegan Business Meetup
Kondo and McKechnie were inspired to create the event after noticing the lack of vertical connections between the vegan business community in Japan. They also found that those int ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto real estate: the property market built on digital assets
Portugal’s first property sale in cryptocurrency might have looked unremarkable, but it didn’t feel that way to those who had been working for nearly a year to make it happen.
Crypto On Sept. 5: Bitcoin Below $20,000; Ether Fails To Break $1,600 Level
The crypto market comes on a bullish note Monday as Ether outperformed Bitcoin. ETH rose by 1.41%, while BTC was a tad bullish, up by 0.40%. In the last 24 hours, Ether failed to break the $1,600 ...
Crypto sceptics look to bend the ear of regulators in inaugural event this week
LONDON - Cryptocurrency critics, including economists and researchers, will gather in London and online this week to get their message across to regulators about the booming but volatile sector. Read ...
Elon Musk’s crypto interview was broadcast on the South Korean government’s YouTube channel that was hacked and renamed ‘SpaceX Invest’
The breach on Saturday morning is the fourth time in the last two weeks that a YouTube channel run by the South Korean government was hacked.
Japan’s annual budget requests for next fiscal year hit 110 trln yen – MOF
Japan's annual budget requests for the next fiscal year hit $784 billion as an expected increase in military outlays added to already rising debt-servicing and welfare costs, the Ministry of Finance ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls for fourth session on Wall Street weakness
Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a fourth straight session on Monday, tracking Wall Street's weak performance last week, amid absence of market-moving cues due to a U.S. market holiday. The ...
Tokyo stocks open lower after US losses
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, extending falls on Wall Street where sentiment worsened after Russia said it would keep a key gas pipeline to Germany offline. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Four injured in school bus crash north of Tokyo
Four people were rushed to hospital following a bus carrying high school students and a mini-vehicle colliding in Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday, local media reported. According to emergency ... ( read original story ...)
Nuclear power is key for Japan’s energy security and carbon neutrality goals, minister says
Nuclear power could play an important part in helping Japan become self-sufficient, according to Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura. ( read original story ...)
Toyota to Suspend Production at 3 Western Japan Plants as Typhoon Nears
Toyota will suspend Monday night shift production starting at 9 p.m. (1200 GMT) and cancel Tuesday morning production at three factories in the western prefecture of Fukuoka. The automaker expects to ... ( read original story ...)
Enjoy up to 48 percent discount at luxurious Hoshino hotels in and near Tokyo
Only for Tokyoites, the promotion includes hotels and resorts in Tokyo, Nikko, Izu, Fukushima and other popular destinations ... ( read original story ...)
Four injured in school bus collision near Tokyo
A high school bus and a mini-vehicle have collided in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. Four people were rushed to hospital. ( read original story ...)