The online video game tournament had enlisted top streamers. But when they found out about the NFTs they went ballistic.
Yokohama’s Geolander OE on ’24 Toyota Grand Highlander
Toyota Motor Corp. has selected Yokohama Rubber's Geolandar X-CV tires as an original equipment fitment on its Grand Highlander midsize SUV, which launched in North America earlier this summer. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s top court orders Okinawa to allow Marine Corps to build runways
Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by ... ( read original story ...)
Anchor Brewing employees raise over $70,000 in 4 days to buy back the country’s oldest craft brewery
A collective of workers from the nation’s oldest craft brewery has raised more than $70,000 in a GoFundMe campaign. They plan to use it to buy the company back from its current owner Sapporo, which ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka fully embracing motherhood
Naomi Osaka ‘s experience of motherhood has been “very rewarding.” The 25-year-old tennis player gave birth to her baby girl, Shai, back in July, and Osaka has now revealed that she’s relishing the challenge. Osaka — who co-parents Shai with rapper Cordae — told “Entertainment Tonight”: “It’s very interesting, but very rewarding. I’m doing good.” ( ...
The founder of a failed crypto exchange was sentenced to 11,000 years in prison
Faruk Fatih Ozer ran the crypto exchange Thodex until it crashed in 2021. A Turkish court just found him guilty of fraud.
Turkish crypto boss handed 11,196 years in prison
Faruk Fatih Ozer was found guilty of defrauding millions of dollars from investors in his collapsed Thodex platform.
Bitcoin price spikes as it is taken off crypto exchanges
Bitcoin has jumped back above the $26,000 mark, after languishing in $25,000 territory for over one week. The world's largest digital asset by market capitalisation has increased ...
Toyota’s Grand Highlander comes fitted with Yokohama’s Geolander X-CV tires
The Geolander X-CV tires being supplied as OE on the first-ever Grand Highlander represent a new standard in highway terrain tires focused on high-speed performance and manoeuvrability, combined with ... ( read original story ...)
Addiction Tokyo Heads Stateside
Addiction Tokyo, the trendy Kosé Corporation-owned makeup brand, is making its U.S. debut, starting Friday at Bloomingdale’s. Prices for eye, cheek, nail and lip products, which include its hero eye ... ( read original story ...)
Stock market today: World shares extend slide, while Japan reports economy grew less than expected
Shares have slipped in Asia after Japan reported its economy grew less than earlier estimated in the last quarter.
Japan’s Nikkei slumps to weekly loss on US rate jitters, iPhone ban
Japan's Nikkei share average fell more than 1% on Friday, sending it to a first weekly loss in three, as the benchmark tracked Wall Street losses amid worries about tighter U.S. Federal Reserve policy ...
27% of voice actors in Japan may quit due to ‘hellish choice’ with new invoice system: poll
Some 27% of animation voice-over actors in Japan said they "may go out of business" due to the "hellish choice" with a new invoice system to ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
11 municipalities in Aichi Pref. launch ‘learcations’ for kids to study outside of school
The Aichi Prefectural Government announced on Sept. 4 that 11 municipalities in the prefecture have already introduced a "learcation" system, in which students are not treated as absent from class if ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida set to reshuffle cabinet on Sept 13 -NHK
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told officials he will reshuffle his cabinet on Sept. 13, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.Kishida has seen his approval ratings plunge after a series of government mishaps in implementing a policy to integrate people’s tax and social security data into a single identification card. ( read original story ...
Japan gives flanker Shimokawa first start in Rugby World Cup opener against Chile
Rookie flanker Kanji Shimokawa will make his first start for Japan against Chile in their Rugby World Cup opener on Sunday in Toulouse. ( read original story ...)