The Osaka Prefectural Government officially decided on Aug. 25 to make education free for all students from households in the prefecture from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan will launch SLIM moon lander and space telescope on Aug. 27. Here’s how to watch it live.
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to launch its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission on Sunday (Aug. 27) at 8:26 p.m. EDT (0026 GMT and 9:26 a.m. Japan time on Aug. 28). You can watch live in the link above this text; coverage will start roughly 35 minutes before launch. ( read ...
Japan’s Nikkei falls 2% as Advantest, Tokyo Electron slump
TOKYO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average ended 2% lower on Friday, as chip-related heavyweights Advantest and Tokyo Electron dropped after a rally in Nvidia's U.S.-listed shares fizzled ...
Murder suspected after man found covered in blood at Nagoya apartment
A man around his 50s was found bleeding in an apartment in this central Japan city's Nakamura Ward on Aug. 26, and was later confirmed dead ... ( read original story ...)
Arm Expected To Imminently File Paperwork To Go Public—What To Know About The U.S.’ Biggest IPO In Two Years
SoftBank’s Arm is set for the biggest IPO since Rivian. Arm designs semiconductors and other microtechnology for computing and is currently owned by Japan’s SoftBank, which recently purchased ...
Japan prepares to launch X-ray satellite, ‘Moon Sniper’ lunar lander
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening. ( read original story ...)
Circle’s CEO on the future of crypto regulation after the crypto winter and FTX’s failure in 2022
"A lot of the ideas that we have about how money moves around are going to change," Jeremy Allaire says on this week's Leadership Next podcast.
PEPE price tanks as developers move to dump the crypto token
Investors in crypto token PEPE, which shot up in value earlier this year, noticed that the developers are preparing to sell their holdings.
Mastercard ends Binance card partnership in latest blow to crypto giant
Mastercard will no longer offer Binance-branded cards in Latin America and the Middle East, which let customers user their crypto to purchase goods.
Japan to draw up stimulus package as soon as September
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will direct his government to draft a set of economic stimulus measures as early as next month, aiming to boost the country's growth potential and ...
The demolition work is finally completed… The buyer and intermediary reveal the whole story of the “Takumi Gumi Headquarters Sale”.
The demolition of the Takumi Gumi office, one of the symbols of the Japanese chivalry world, is finally coming to an end. However, even to this day, the plan for the use of the former site has not ... ( read original story ...)
Woman, parents arrested over Sapporo murder to face psychiatric tests for 6 months
A woman and her parents who have been arrested over the alleged murder of a man found decapitated in a hotel in Sapporo will undergo psychiatric evaluations, investigative sources said Friday. Runa ... ( read original story ...)
Watch: Pilot brings Texas girl’s lost doll home from Tokyo
A pilot came to the rescue of an American Girl doll accidentally left behind at a Tokyo airport by a 9-year-old Texas girl. ( read original story ...)
‘Shoot me’: Man threatening police with knife arrested near Tokyo’s Ikebukuro Station
A man who threatened police officers with a knife, urging them to shoot him, was arrested on the spot near Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on the ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Sushi, Bans, And Business: Japan’s Radioactive Water Release Sparks Concerns For US Seafood Traders
Japan’s decision to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has sent shockwaves through the global seafood market. While the International Atomic Energy Agency vouches ...
SoftBank-backed Neumora Therapeutics files paperwork for U.S. IPO
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical firm Neumora Therapeutics, which is backed by biotech Amgen (AMGN.O) and Japan's SoftBank (9984.T), filed for an initial public offering of its shares in New York ...