A high-ranking Japanese financial executive has expressed “strong interest” in the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), Speaker Martin Romualdez said Friday. “It was during our conversation that ...
$300 million-plus in Tokyo Games contracts set at companies’ ‘asking prices’: sources
Around 40 billion yen (approx. $304 million) worth of contracts for the operation of Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games competitions were bas ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer-Former Japan coach Zaccheroni in intensive care after fall -report
Former Japan and AC Milan manager Alberto Zaccheroni has been taken to an intensive care unit after suffering a head injury at his home in Italy, newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport said on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM Kishida undergoes sinus surgery
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is having sinus surgery at a Tokyo hospital on Saturday to treat chronic sinusitis that has caused him to have a stuffy nose since last year. Kishida, wearing a ... ( read original story ...)
Community rallies behind Asian-owned business after shooting
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A West End community is coming together to show support for the owners of Tokyo Foods after a man was arrested for shooting into the Asian-owned business multiple times. Dozens of ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cop gets pay cut after part-time work as sex service driver exposed
An Osaka Prefectural Police officer was slapped with a 10% pay cut for a month after he was found to have moonlighted as a driver for two sex ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo scaffolding collapse video misrepresented after Turkey earthquake
The reports explain that on April 17, 2016 -- following several days of earthquakes on the Japanese island of Kyushu, and heavy rains and winds that carried over into the Tokyo area -- people near ... ( read original story ...)
VOX POPULI: Abe’s words in new book make a mockery of state land sale scandal
Nobuhisa Sagawa, who at the time headed the Finance Ministry’s Financial Bureau in charge of managing state properties, has maintained complete silence. Yesterday, I visited Toyonaka in Osaka ...
Caution advised for icy roads after snowfall in areas around Tokyo
Weather officials are urging caution against icy roads after snow fell in wide areas of the Kanto-Koshin region that includes Tokyo. They are also warning of possible avalanches in mountainous areas ... ( read original story ...)
The New Tokyo Toranomon Edition Is a Haven in the City Skies
In the weeks before I visited Tokyo in early November, I began to notice images of the city appearing on my Instagram feed with a curious regularity: the glittering lights of Shibuya Crossing, rare ... ( read original story ...)
A Girl Let Tokyo City Sink Into The Ocean To Meet Her Crush Anime Explained
#animeexplanation #animesensei #animeexplained He Jumps From The Sky To Save His Girlfriend New Anime Explained A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to ... ( read original story ...)
How a female gibbon locked in a cage alone in Japan got pregnant
Zookeepers of a zoo in Japan believe they have finally figured out how a female gibbon got pregnant despite living alone in her cage. In February 2021, staff at the Kujukushima Zoo & Botanical Garden ... ( read original story ...)
A top Fed official just compared ‘speculative’ crypto to baseball cards and had a stark warning for owners: ‘Don’t expect taxpayers to socialize your losses’
If you buy crypto-assets and the price goes to zero at some point, please don't be surprised,” Fed Governor Christopher Waller said Friday.
Fed’s Waller says crypto is risky, Harker sees continued demand
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Friday had a pair of warnings for those involved in cryptocurrency assets, telling buyers they could lose their investments, and banks that they must ...
PBBM: Tokyo trip opens big opportunities
Tokyo—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged top Japanese business leaders to invest more in the Philippines with the promise ... ( read original story ...)
Footage shows 2011 Japan tsunami, not Turkey earthquake
The title and caption indicate the footage was taken March 11, 2011 at Sendai Airport in Natori, Japan after a tsunami generated by an undersea earthquake. The full video from ANN, which drew headlines from media outlets such as the Daily Mail, shows water ... ( read original story ...)