A dialing back of massive Bank of Japan bond purchases and even a tweak to yield-curve control would fail to solve the liquidity drought in the country’s debt market next year, according to investors.
Japan school principal shares behind-the-scenes look at radical ‘no rules’ policy
As unreasonably strict school rules continue to cause controversy in Japan, a junior high school in Tokyo has done away with rules altogether ... ( read original story ...)
Young woman arrested in Yokohama after baby’s body abandoned at park
A 20-year-old woman here has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a baby boy at a park, Kanagawa Prefectural Police's firs ... ( read original story ...)
With Tesla battery packs and largest hydrogen tank in Japan, Panasonic tests a factory of the future
Tesla Megapack battery storage, solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells are key to a Panasonic site in Japan testing 100% renewable energy-powered factories. ( read original story ...)
Leaks Reveal Crypto CEOs Are Braced For A $65 Billion Bitcoin And Ethereum Price Earthquake
Bitcoin, ethereum and the rest of the crypto market has been hard hit by a devastating price crash this year and could be about to take another ...
Crypto hasn’t been able to ‘pass the smell test’ for me: Sen. Tester
Should the government be regulating crypto? Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) says “if we regulate it, it may give it the ability for people to think it’s real,” during an exclusive interview with Meet the ...
Tokyo says goodbye to an ultra-modern architectural marvel
Completed in 1972, Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture: 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods time ... ( read original story ...)
Investors withdraw record levels of coins from crypto exchanges
Investors are pulling record levels of bitcoin from crypto exchanges as the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX stirs fears over the safety of their assets. FTX, once the darling of the crypto ...
Insider’s travel guide to Tokyo, where the humble can be as impressive as the haute
Tokyo’s duality is inescapable. The city belongs to both the robots and the Gods; to the otakus (nerds) as much as to the salarymen; and to the cicadas as much as the shinkansen. ( read original story ...)
A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon
A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that’s designed ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Banana’s Legendary Curry Bread tests the limits of what makes a good karepan 【Taste test】
New store at Tokyo Station goes bananas for curry bread…and doughnuts. You can buy a lot of souvenirs in Tokyo, but for people across Japan, the one souvenir that tops them all on a visit to the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan lawmaker in Taiwan says China threat needs more military spending
Japan needs to increase its military spending in the face of the "grim reality" of the threat from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party said on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Increasingly sophisticated, borderless cyberattacks on Japan health facilities test police
The effects of a ransomware attack linger at a major health facility here. Problems remain with the electronic health record system, and it w ...
SEC asks companies to disclose exposure to struggling crypto firms
As noted in the sample letter, the SEC says companies should discuss whether they’ve been exposed to crypto firms that have filed for bankruptcy, suspended withdrawals, or exper ...
89-yr-old Tokyo woman continues to invent, inspired by problems she faces in daily life
An 89-year-old woman has shown that people don't necessarily need special knowledge or skills to start inventing -- by creating a hit product ... ( read original story ...)