Scholars and journalists announced on May 11 they will hold memorial events around Sept. 1 for Korean and Chinese victims who were massacred ･･･ ( read original story ...)
Japan, South Korea eye visit by team of experts as Fukushima nuclear plant prepares water release
Officials from Japan and South Korea are eyeing a potential visit by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water to ( read original story ...)
Crypto VC Financing Slides 78% In Q1 As Terrible 2022 Takes A Toll
Funds with broad mandates look elsewhere as investments in blockchain-related areas concentrated in infrastructure, services.
Tales From the Crypto Winter
Some acolytes lost faith, others blamed devils—and some went even harder. An essay exploring what happens when the prophecy of blockchain fails.
Nikkei ends at 1-1/2 year-high amid shareholder return boosts
Japan's Nikkei closed at a 1-1/2-year high on Friday, led by gains in chip-related heavyweights, as investors cheered announcements of domestic firms' shareholder returns at the peak of the earnings ...
Nikkei ends at 1.5-year high on solid earnings
The Nikkei stock index closed at the highest point since November 2021 on Friday, driven by solid earnings and optimistic forecasts from some major Japanese firms, although sentiment was hurt by ...
Japan Core CPI Likely Re-Accelerated in April Despite Energy Subsidies Reuters Poll
Japan's core consumer inflation likely re-accelerated in April, a Reuters poll of 19 economists showed, as a flurry of retail price hikes offset the effect of the government's energy subsidies.
G7 finance heads face tricky trade-off in debating steps to counter China
Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies will debate this week the idea of implementing targeted controls on investments to China, which analysts see as a double-edged sword that ...
Japan’s Rakuten Posts $564 Million Loss in Q1 on Mobile Loss
Japanese e-commerce and fintech giant Rakuten Group Inc on Friday posted an operating loss of 76.2 billion yen ($564.24 million) for the first three months of 2023, dragged down by its money-losing ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares weaken on global growth concerns, Japan outperforms
Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from U.S. and China fuelled concerns of a global slowdown.The mood ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn, Sharp shares slide after Japan firm’s surprise writedown
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Sarah Wu TOKYO/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Shares of Taiwan's Foxconn and its display affiliate Sharp Corp fell on Friday after the Japanese firm reported a surprise $1.9 billion loss ... ( read original story ...)
Shares of Japan’s Sharp tumble after $1.9 billion full-year loss
Shares of Sharp Corp, the Japanese electronics maker owned by Taiwan's Foxconn, tumbled 7% on Friday after it reported a $1.9 billion loss on write-downs of its panel display business and other assets ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka May Have Hinted At Her Baby’s Gender
Soon-to-be mommy Naomi Osaka may have thrown a bone to her Instagram about her unborn child’s gender. While marketing her new skincare brand Kinló, she posted a carousel featuring special moments in ... ( read original story ...)
Lightning strike brings hundreds of train services to halt in Tokyo, stranding passengers
A lightning strike that damaged signals on Tokyu Railways' Toyoko Line in Tokyo on the afternoon of May 11 brought over 300 trains to a halt, ( read original story ...)
Airman returns to his alma mater at air base in Tokyo with token of thanks
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A graduate of the Defense Department high school at this airlift hub in western Tokyo returned Thursday to share a combat memento with his former teachers. Senior Airman Michael McDougall of the 8th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota flags possible leak of more than 2 million users’ vehicle data in Japan
Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday the vehicle data of about 2.15 million users was left publicly available in Japan because of setting errors in the cloud environment, for about a decade from November 2013 to April 2023. ( read original story ...)