Japan's PM Fumio Kishida backs Web3, encouraging digital token usage and revitalizing the content sector for economic progress.
Crypto exchange Rain to target UAE asset managers after winning licence
Middle Eastern crypto exchange Rain said on Tuesday its Abu Dhabi unit obtained a license to operate a virtual assets brokerage and custody service for clients in the United Arab Emirates.
Singapore’s One World International School launches new campus in Osaka, Japan
Singapore’s renowned One World International School is set to launch its fifth new campus this year - in Osaka, Japan - as it continues to expand across the globe as part of its plan to serve more ...
Arrests after headless body found in Japanese hotel room but man’s head still missing
Police arrested a woman and her parents three weeks after the beheading in a popular night entertainment district in Sapporo. ( read original story ...)
ASIA PACIFIC: Delivery ceremony in Port of Nagoya for NYK’s fifth LNG-fuelled PCTC
Bunkerspot provides news, in-depth analysis, expert comment and price indications for the global marine fuels industry ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Tokyo prosecutors’ at-all-costs pursuit of vote-buying case raises questions
There are serious doubts about the legitimacy of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office special investigation unit's probe into a vote-buying ca ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo makes pitch for radar east of Okinawa to close surveillance gap
Japan’s Defense Ministry wants to place surveillance radar on a tiny island off Okinawa’s east coast to monitor Chinese ships and aircraft passing through nearby waterways. ( read original story ...)
Bell tolls for 53-year-old motorcycle shop outside US airlift hub in Tokyo
Bike Land Keisho across from Yokota Air Base has served American and Japanese customers across from Yokota Air Base since 1970. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s biggest power company seeks investors to boost renewables
Japan’s largest power company is holding early talks with outside investors over a capital injection to boost its investment in renewables. Jera’s global chief executive Yukio Kani, who took on the ...
Japan’s Nikkei ends lower on caution ahead of key rate decisions
Japan's Nikkei share average ended lower on Tuesday, with heavyweight technology stocks leading the losses, as risk appetite was sapped by caution ahead of interest rate decisions from key global ...
Gov’t to pay compensation over death of Osaka man 2 days after 2021 COVID shot
Akiko Kawano is seen at a press conference at the Osaka Prefectural Government headquarters on July 24, 2023, after her late husband's post-vaccination death was recognized as eligible for state ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s blue-chip shares fall ahead of earnings, rate meetings
Tokyo's blue-chip shares fell on Tuesday as investors adjusted their positions ahead of key interest-rate decisions by international central bankers ( read original story ...)
‘Era Of Mass Closures’: The Japan Businesses Without Successors
Kiyoshi Hashimoto's machinery factory outside Tokyo should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it's so quiet you can hear him practising the recorder. ( read original story ...)
Number of Japanese visitors to Tokyo rebounds to pre-COVID level
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government estimates that the number of Japanese tourists who visited the capital last year rebounded to pre-pandemic levels. ( read original story ...)
Japan police arrest woman, parents in beheading of man at hotel in Hokkaido entertainment district
Japanese police said they have arrested a woman and her parents in a bizarre beheading case in a popular night entertainment distrit in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo, where a headless man was found ... ( read original story ...)
Accor to convert Japan’s Daiwa properties
Accor has partnered with Ebisu Resort to expand its presence in Japan through the renovating and rebranding of the Daiwa portfolio into Grand Mercure and Mercure hotels. ( read original story ...)