Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperatures ( read original story ...)
Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan, at least one dead
Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupting train travel, leaving at least one person dead. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida to pick new BOJ chief while monitoring economy
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make a decision on the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor while watching future economic trends, he said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan revises plan to release treated nuclear water into Pacific Ocean
Japan says it is revising the timing of a planned release of radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)
Japanese firm puts whale meat on sale in vending machines
A Japanese whaling firm unveiled vending machines offering whale sashimi, whale steak and whale bacon in Yokohama on Tuesday in hopes of reviving sales of a food long in decline and shunned by many ... ( read original story ...)
BlockFi secret financials show a $1.2 billion relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire
Financial documents that were mistakenly uploaded from bankrupt crypto firm BlockFi show a $1.2 billion relationship with FTX and Alameda Research.
The Crypto Industry’s Favorite Bank Is in Deep Trouble
Sam Bankman-Fried once lauded the tiny Silvergate Bank for being a key part of the crypto revolution. Will it survive his scandal?
Japan’s Nikkei rallies for fourth day, Dai Nippon Printing tops gains
Automotive battery component supplier Dai Nippon Printing soared 13% to top the leaderboard, following media reports that activist investor Elliott Management had taken a large stake. Suzuki Motor was ...
OPTAGE Builds Its Fifth Data Center in Osaka, Japan
OPTAGE, Inc., digital infrastructure and telecommunication company in Japan, today announced to build its Fifth Data Center ‘OPTAGE Sonezaki Data Center’ in Osaka, Japan.In recent years, many ...
Why is Naomi Osaka not playing in the Australian Open? Japanese tennis star officially withdraws
Naomi Osaka has won the Australian Open twice - in 2019 and 2021 - but is not taking part in this year's edition. The Japanese tennis star announced earlier in January that she is pregnant with her ... ( read original story ...)
Sake (Japanese Rice Wine) Market : New Business Strategies And Forecast By 2028 with Top Countries Data
Final Report will add the analysis of the impact of Russia-Ukraine War and COVID-19 on this Sake (Japanese Rice ... ( read original story ...)
IHG to launch Vignette Collection with its largest-ever hotel in Japan
IHG is set to debut its Vignette Collection in Japan with the introduction of a flagship 1000+ room hotel in Osaka in 2025, which will be its largest hotel in the country. ( read original story ...)
FirstFT: Activist Elliott builds stake in Japanese conglomerate
Also in today’s newsletter, Germany to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine and US sues Google over its digital ad ‘dominance’ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM aide apologizes for ‘shameful’ act of having hands in pockets on US trip
As Kishida spoke to the media, Kihara was captured in the background with his hands inside his pants pockets. Many in Japan believe that such an action portrays a dismissive attitude and is considered ... ( read original story ...)
At the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, You Can Now Stay in a Hotel Room From Frank Lloyd Wright’s Demolished Masterpiece
In 1968, the world lost one of its greatest built masterpieces and earliest examples of Mayan revival architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. The symmetrical concrete and oya ... ( read original story ...)
Ohio man claiming to be ‘president of Tokyo’ arrested for shooting at Asian grocery
A Cincinnati man has been arrested and charged after allegedly firing multiple shots at an Asian grocery store in Evendale, Ohio, on Sunday. Daniel Beckjord, 33, is accused of firing into the front ... ( read original story ...)