South Korea's unemployment falls to its lowest since 1999, while corporate confidence in Japan soured in September. ( read original story ...)
Honda, BMW and Ford seek to optimize EV grid with new venture
TOKYO -- Honda Motor, BMW Group and Ford Motor will form a joint venture linking automakers and power companies to optimize electric-vehicle grid services for North American drivers. ( read original story ...)
Patent Litigation Firm Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP Opens Tokyo Office
(Photo: Business Wire) The new office, located in Tokyo’s Marunouchi business hub, will work closely with the firm’s U.S. offices to represent leading Japanese and East Asian companies in a broad ... ( read original story ...)
Japan elevates Taiwan security ties in move likely to rile China
Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defence attache in Taiwan, four sources said, elevating security ties in a move likely to anger China, which claims the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM to replace foreign and defence ministers in cabinet reshuffle -media
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to replace his foreign and defence ministers, public broadcaster NHK reported on the eve of a planned cabinet reshuffle, as the beleaguered premier looks ... ( read original story ...)
FSB And IMF Caution Against Blanket Crypto Bans In Collaborative Report
Last week, the International Monetary Fund and the Financial Stability Board published a joint report advising against implementing blanket bans on crypto-asset ...
Co-founder of $4 billion crypto ponzi scheme gets 20 years in prison, ‘Cryptoqueen’ partner remains at large
Karl Greenwood, co-founder of the fraudulent OneCoin cryptocurrency, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His partner, Ruja Ignatova, known as the "Cryptoqueen" on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list, ...
Crypto investors can expect big things from Elon Musk and Twitter
During a recent discussion between Roundtable anchor Rob Nelson and Jordan Edelson, CEO and founder of AI-powered financial trading platform TradeZing, the spotlight was on none other than Elon Musk ...
Subscription Requests For Arm’s IPO Exceed The Offer By 10 times
Arm filed for an IPO priced between $47 and $51 per share, which could value the company at $54.5 billion at the upper end of the range. SoftBank’s shares rose as much as 3.8% during morning trading ...
SoftBank supremo eyes rare success with IPO
TOKYO: Masayoshi Son’s once-exalted reputation as an investor is badly tarnished, but the irrepressible founder of Japan’s SoftBank is hoping that the mega- initial public offering (IPO) of Arm this ...
In pictures: Rescuers rush to help trapped residents as Japan quake claims 41 lives
Army troops and other rescuers rushed to save scores of trapped residents after two strong earthquakes in south-western Japan killed at least 41 people, injured about 1,500 and left hundreds of ... ( read original story ...)
Antonio Inoki Statue Unveiled In Yokohama
Antonio Inoki has been honored with a new statue. Antonio Inoki was one of the most key figures in the Japanese wrestling world, as he founded New Japan Pro-Wrestling and was instrumental in building ... ( read original story ...)
4 prefectures follow Tokyo model to request business closures
Tokyo is the only area under the central government’s state of emergency to date that has clarified the financial amounts it will give business operators who comply with shutdown requests. ( read original story ...)
Japanese company completes investment project in Brooklyn Park
The new facility in Brooklyn Park is set to create new jobs and increase production capacity, according to a news release from Gov. Walz. ( read original story ...)
SheisDAO is co-hosting “Connecting Japan to Southeast Asia” side event at Asia’s largest Web 3.0 summit, “Token 2049 Singapore”.
SheisDAO, a company based in Japan and Singapore, is collaborating with TV Asahi, one of Japan's five major broadcasters, and TEAM, the world's largest Web 3.0 event company, to host this event. ( read original story ...)
Employers Rapidly Implement Japan’s Guidelines on Business & Human Rights
Japan is one of the first non-Western countries to adopt a legal framework on business and human rights, which will likely influence other countries in the APAC region, as well as the overall Western ... ( read original story ...)