Japan's decision to release diluted waste water from the ruined Fukushima nuclear reactor has sparked a prolonged campaign of condemnation, led by China, with the Japanese Embassy in Beijing allegedly attacked by a brick on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Toyota Faces Production Standstill In Japan After Order System Glitch
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FTX customers can’t catch a break: Hackers are targeting those trying to recoup funds from bankrupt crypto exchange
FTX customers are already out almost $9 billion after the crypto exchange, once valued at $32 billion, collapsed in November and soon entered bankruptcy proceedings. And now, some hackers are adding insult to injury by sending these customers fake emails ...
Millennium Lures Ex-Goldman Trader Back to Oil From Stint in Crypto
Hedge fund Millennium Management hired Benoit Bosc, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. oil trader who briefly moved to cryptocurrencies, for a crude-trading role, people familiar with the matter said. Bosc will start his new position on David Zimbler’s ...
Arm IPO Could Raise $6 Billion; Instacart On Tap, Too
Arm IPO Is Around The Corner This will be Arm' s second IPO; the first time was in 1998. It went private after Japan's SoftBank Group purchased it for $32 billion in 2016. Arm filed for its upcoming ...
Asia markets rise, led by Hong Kong and China; Japan unemployment higher than expected
Hong Kong and Japan markets are set to extend gains from Monday as Japan's unemployment rate came in higher than expected.
Bank of Japan Shift May Not Have Powered 10-Year U.S. Treasury Move After All
A recent shift by the Bank of Japan may not have contributed much to the climb in long-term U.S. government bond yields, according to the chief economist at Apollo Global Management. Japan's central ...
Schools egged, businesses harassed: Japan suffers Chinese backlash over Fukushima release
A wave of online harassment and vitriol directed at Japanese people following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima has sent tensions between Japan and China soaring, prompting Tokyo to summon the Chinese ambassador. ( read original story ...)
Investigation finds late founder of Japanese talent agency for boy bands sexually assaulted teens
Another turning point came earlier this month when the U.N. Working Group on Business and Human Rights urged the Japanese government to take action. The group also accused Japan’s mainstream media of ... ( read original story ...)
Union gives notice for Japan’s 1st major department store strike in 60 yrs
The Sogo & Seibu labor union is set to go on strike effective Aug. 31 over Sogo & Seibu Co. owner Seven & i Holdings Co.'s plan to sell the m･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
$26.7 mil. COVID testing subsidy fraud uncovered by Osaka Pref.
OSAKA -- The Osaka Prefectural Government has newly found that five companies had fraudulently applied for COVID-19 free testing subsidies totaling 3.91 billion yen (about $26.7 million), and has ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Raisi urges Japan to release frozen funds, then wavers
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan on Tuesday to display its independence from Washington by releasing Tehran's frozen assets amid U.S. sanctions. ( read original story ...)
Japan may take China to WTO over Fukushima-driven seafood import ban
Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to seek a reversal of Beijing's ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ( read original story ...)
Malfunction halts all Toyota factories in Japan
STORY: Toyota's Japanese factories are normally a hive of activity. The world’s biggest automaker usually makes around 13,500 vehicles there every day. But not on Tuesday (August 29). Toyota says it has halted all output at its 14 plants in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Old graphic of tsunami wave forecast falsely linked to Japan nuclear wastewater release
As Japan prepared in July to release treated wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, social media users have shared an image alongside a false claim that it shows a forecast by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of how radioactive substances will spread in the Pacific Ocean. ( read original ...
Meet Japan’s Latest Billionaire: A College Dropout Turned Noodle Entrepreneur
But, as he once disclosed in an interview with Japan’s broadcaster NHK, “We were barely getting any business.” It was a visit to his late father’s hometown in Japan’s Kagawa prefecture, famous for its ... ( read original story ...)