China, UN eye Japan’s radioactive water dump

Both China and the United Nations have voiced serious concerns over Japan's plan to dump radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, amid widespread opposition, criticism and concerns from around ... ( read original story ...)

Crypto is back with $300bn frenzy

With bankruptcies, job cuts and arrests packed into the first few weeks of the year, the crypto industry looked set to pick up right where it left off after a disastrous 2022. But it’s not all doom ...

Shape-shifting hangure gangs fill void left by the yakuza in Japan

The eclipse of the yakuza, Japan’s feared organised crime gangs, seemed for a while to be one of the great triumphs of modern crime fighting. For decades, violent gangs controlled drugs, sex businesses and loan sharking in cities; in little more than a decade, through a combination of vigorous polic ( read original story ...)