Female entrepreneurs who want to entice new venture capital funding for their web3 technology start-ups face an overwhelmingly male-dominated environment. Yahoo Finance speaks to a leading female ...
Japan’s virtual YouTuber management agency Cover files for IPO valued at $320M
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Cover, the startup offering management production services of VTubers (short for “virtual YouTubers”), announced on Friday that its IPO application ...
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.66%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Warehousing and Banking sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.66%. The ...
Japan Advertising Exec Pleads Guilty To Olympics Bribery
The former president of a major Japanese advertising firm pleaded guilty Friday to bribing an Olympics official to secure a coveted sponsorship contract for the Tokyo Games. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber Opens Indoor Ice Circle Test Facility in Japan
Yokohama Rubber Co. announced that on it began operating a new indoor ice circle test facility at its Tire Test Center of Hokkaido (TTCH). ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber joins the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Forum
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that as of January 2023 it has joined the TNFD Forum, a global gathering of institutions that are aligned with the ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama significantly boosting car tyre capacity in India
In order to satisfy increasing local demand, Yokohama Rubber is expanding passenger car tyre production capacity in India. It will invest US$82 million in its Yokohama India manufacturing and sales ... ( read original story ...)
Cat-loving Osaka mayor ignites fight on allowing pets at 2025 expo
OSAKA—Feline-friendly Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui hopes to make the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo the first one to allow pets, but a number of hurdles stand in the way. ( read original story ...)
Japan weighs finally lifting age of consent from 13
A Japanese justice ministry panel on Friday proposed raising the country's age of consent, currently among the world's lowest at just 13, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.The move to raise the age of consent to 16 is part of a package of reforms that would also clarify rape prosecution requirements ...
Japan’s H3 flagship rocket fails to lift off after booster engine glitch
Japan's H3 rocket, the country's first new medium-lift launcher in three decades, failed to lift off on Friday because two secondary booster engines strapped to the side of the space vehicle didn't ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Suspects Chinese Spy Balloons Violated Its Airspace
Japan is debating the appropriate response to tackle such surveillance following the U.S. shootdown of a balloon from China. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive-Crypto giant Binance moved $400 million from U.S. partner to firm managed by CEO Zhao
Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris ...
SEC Sues Over TerraUSD Stablecoin That Rocked Crypto
The US Securities and Exchange Commission accused crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon and the firm he co-founded of a fraud involving the failed TerraUSD stablecoin.Most Read from BloombergChina Hits Back at ...
Tokyo Olympic Bribery Trial Opens; Accused Accepts Guilt
A trial looking into widespread bribery at the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee began Friday with a former head of a major ad company admitting to the charges. Shinichi Uneo, who formerly headed ADK ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks drop on fears over global economy amid U.S. rate hikes
Tokyo stocks dropped Friday, as the prospect of continued U.S. interest rate hikes following higher-than-expected wholesale prices stirred concern over the global economic outlook. The 225-issue ... ( read original story ...)
Japan consumer inflation rate seen accelerating to over 41-year high: Reuters poll
Japan's core consumer prices likely accelerated to a more than 41-year high in January, a Reuters poll of 19 economists showed, reflecting companies' will to raise prices while squeezing household ... ( read original story ...)