I felt like I was being told, “This is not your special day”,’ says 18-year-old of graduation ceremony ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Japan PM needs to get serious about ending anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Eliminating discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community and other sexual minorities in Japan cannot be left aside for even a moment. And we ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Mapletree Logistics Trust to acquire logistics properties in Japan, Australia, and South Korea
Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) will acquire six logistics properties in Japan, one in Sydney ... a discount of 4.0% to the aggregate valuations by the independent property valuers appointed by the ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Warns Unclear Crypto Regulations Pose Threat To 1M US Tech Jobs
What Happened: Coinbase said as “the U.S. goes down a path of regulatory uncertainty,” the EU, U.K., UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Japan are all creating “environments for crypto to ...
Signature Crypto Customers Get One Week To Remove Funds; Signet Is Up For Sale
Quick end to digital-asset accounts follows rapid closure of bank and leaves former depositors scrambling for new partners.
Bitcoin Regains $28,000, XRP Reaches New 10-Month High In Crypto Market Rise
CFTC complaint against Binance raises hopes for some digital assets qualifying as commodities, limiting U.S. regulation as securities.
Singapore-based AnyMind Group completes listing on Tokyo stock exchange
Proceeds from the IPO will be used for talent growth and expanding business. Marketing firm, AnyMind Group, said it completed the initial public offering and listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth ...
Ex-dividend trading trips Japan’s Nikkei, tech shares rise
TOKYO, March 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average finished lower on Thursday after three straight sessions of gains, as a clutch of stocks traded ex-dividend, while losses were limited as ...
Marketmind: As banking worries slowly slip into rear view, markets fret on Fed
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur BanerjeeWith sentiment still fragile in the aftermath of the banking crisis, a risk-on rally proved short-lived, leaving the MSCI ...
CICC hosts China-Japan Finance and Eco-Forum, launches fixed income app
The conference discusses the industry’s key issues and opportunities in China, Japan and Asia. The China-Japan Finance and Economic Forum held last 24 March by the China International Capital ...
Aichi to launch Japan’s 1st public middle & high school for JSL students
NAGOYA -- Aichi Prefecture's education board has announced plans to open what it says is Japan's first combined public junior and senior high school for students with foreign roots who require ... ( read original story ...)
Popular memorial demolished at Yokohama Bay
A family is heartbroken after a memorial for their late mother was destroyed. It had been there for years and the family can’t understand why anyone would do ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka finally sheds light on tennis return with pregnancy explanation
Naomi Osaka is eager to return to competition after giving birth as she provided an update on her eventual comeback. The former world No 1 is currently sidelined while expecting her first child and ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo officials tracing sources of PFAS chemical pollution
Tokyo officials say they are working to trace the sources of high levels of potentially dangerous chemicals found in parts of the capital. The organic fluorine compounds known as PFAS have been used ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks drop after dividend rights secured ahead of FY end
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday as investors sold some of the major issues after securing rights for dividend payments ahead of the end of the current fiscal year. The 225-issue Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Scandal Fouls Hopes for a Sapporo Winter Games
What Sapporo wasn’t counting on was a still-unfolding corruption scandal linked to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which has turned public opinion sharply against Sapporo’s bid and complicated Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)