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Osaka announces pregnancy and promises return in 2024
Former world number one Naomi Osaka announced on Wednesday that she is pregnant and will be taking a break from tennis until 2024. "I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one ...
Gawr Gura, Mori Calliope, and Sakura Miko Named Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors
Hololive announced three of its Vtubers are going to be 2023 Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors. Sakura Miko, who is a Japanese Vtuber, and the Hololive EN members Gawr Gura and Mori Calliope were picked. This means that the three will all talk about the city of Tokyo and their experiences there. ( read original story ...)
Death toll passes 11k in Turkey earthquake as hope fades for finding more survivors
The scale of destruction from the earthquake and its powerful aftershocks was so immense and spread over such a wide area, including places isolated by Syria’s ongoing civil war, that many people were still awaiting help. ( read original story ...)
Death toll tops 11,000 in Turkish earthquake as freezing temperatures hamper rescue efforts
Stretched rescue teams are toiling in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Marcos on Tokyo meetings: Very specific, each has purpose
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday described his working visit to Japan as "very specific," indicating that every meeting he would have with the Japanese would have set objectives. “Japan is very different from the places that we’ve been, ( read original story ...)
FTX’s old rival Binance is enjoying a growth in dominance now that Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange has collapsed
Binance has picked up even more customers and logged its largest-ever share of the crypto exchange market, according to data seen by the Financial Times.
Turkey earthquake devastation spotted by satellites (photos)
The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake Monday (Feb. 6) and aftershocks is estimated to be at least 11,200 people in the region, according to reports. ( read original story ...)
Japan says it has ‘legal right’ to destroy any foreign balloon as it probes reports of past sightings
Japan's defence minister said under existing laws, that it would have the legal right to destroy any balloon that intrudes into its domestic airspace; Tokyo is investigating if ba ... ( read original story ...)
One of greatest inland earthquakes ever recorded struck Turkey: Expert
According to a specialist, the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye on Monday is one of the biggest inland earthquakes ever recorded. ( read original story ...)
Turkish President Erdogan to survey earthquake damage as death toll rises
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was expected to arrive in southern Turkey on Wednesday to examine some of the worst damage from Monday's earthquake that devastated his country and Syria, leaving thousa ( read original story ...)
A YouTuber tricked an MMA fighter into sharing allegations that 20 crypto projects he plugged were scams
Coffeezilla uploaded videos showing he offered Dillon Danis $1,000 to unwittingly post allegations that he scammed his follows with crypto schemes.
Revolut Launches Crypto Staking for Ethereum, Cardano, Polkadot, and Tezos
The staking service is the latest from challenger bank Revolut in its ongoing push to make inroads in the crypto industry.
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends lower as major firms’ earnings disappoint
Japan benchmark Nikkei stock index closed lower Wednesday as bellwether firms reporting disappointing earnings dented investor sentime ...
Earnings Season Results Deflate Tokyo Shares
The Nikkei 225 opened evenly on Wednesday but wobbled through trading, finishing down 0.3% after soft earnings results from tech financiers SoftBank and video-game giant Nintendo dampened investor ...
Japan tech stocks tumble as earnings fall short
STORY: Japanese tech stocks took a tumble on Wednesday (February 8), adding to signs of a slowdown for the sector right across the world.The drops were driven by a slew of disappointing earnings from ... ( read original story ...)