Japan and China will hold security talks next week, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said after meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fired ballistic missile into East Sea, South Korea and Japan says
North Korea launched a ballistic missile early Saturday afternoon, according to the Japanese and South Korean governments. The missile landed a short while later in the East Sea. The Japanese prime ... ( read original story ...)
You can ride like a Jedi on this ‘Star Wars’-inspired hoverbike that just went on sale for $550,000. See it in action.
A Tokyo-based company, ALI Technologies ... "I was told that it cannot be used on public roads yet, so I would like to practice flying it on private property first, even over the ocean in Shonan," he ... ( read original story ...)
Is This The Real ‘Mysterious’ Reason Behind The Sudden $100 Billion Bitcoin, Ethereum And Crypto Price Boom?
Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have rocketed higher this week, adding $100 billion to the combined crypto market that some think is going "parabolic." The bitcoin price has topped ...
Government Cracks Down on Crypto Industry With Flurry of Actions
State and federal agencies have levied fines, brought new cases and issued policy statements to rein in freewheeling practices in recent weeks.
AI Becomes Silicon Valley’s Next Buzzy Bandwagon as Crypto Boom Fizzles
Trend-hoppers have moved from Web3 and blockchain to artificial intelligence. ‘The Venn diagram is a circle.’
Elderly driver arrested over Yokohama hit-and-run has ‘no memory’ of causing crash
A 78-year-old driver who was tracked down and arrested following a hit-and-run accident in Yokohama's Kanazawa Ward that left five people ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Pref. school principal warned over ‘electric massage’ prank on student
The Osaka Prefectural Government's education bureau admonished the principal of a special needs school in January after learning he performed･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo schools to forgo nat’l anthem, school songs at graduation ceremonies this spring
Attendees at Tokyo metropolitan schools will forgo singing Japan's national anthem and school songs during graduation ceremonies this spring ･･･ ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber to expand passenger car tire capacity in India to 4.5 million tires
This new capacity will be installed within the premises of the Visakhapatnam Plant in the eastern part of India. The new line is scheduled to start production in the fourth quarter of 2024 and will be ... ( read original story ...)
Shoichiro Toyoda, Japanese business executive, 1925 — 2023
In his first overseas business trip to the US in the late 1950s, Shoichiro Toyoda made one of the biggest mistakes of his career. Toyoda, then aged 32, gave the green light for Toyota to export its ... ( read original story ...)
Everything you need to know about filing crypto taxes — especially if your exchange went bankrupt
Cryptocurrency is classified as property by the IRS. That means crypto income and capital gains are taxable and crypto losses may be tax deductible. Last year, many cryptocurrencies lost more than half their value and major crypto exchanges — like FTX ...
Japan’s islands double in number to over 14,000 after recount
The number of islands in Japan has doubled since 1987, a new survey of the country has found. With the help of digital mapping technology, Japan's Geospatial Information Authority has determined that ... ( read original story ...)
SEC charges Do Kwon with fraud, and other key stories that moved crypto this week: CNBC Crypto World
CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry.
8 Questions With an Earthquake Expert About the Turkey-Syria Disaster
But the [next] earthquake didn’t arrive on schedule, and it didn’t have the precursors that people hoped for. So that was a monumentally expensive failure. Japan. There’s no question about it. Japan ... ( read original story ...)
US World War II submarine lost for decades found off the coast of Japan
A sunken craft located off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan has been confirmed to be wreckage of a long-lost WWII-era US submarine, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. ( read original story ...)