The Yokohama BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are planning to post left-hander Shota Imanaga for major league teams sometime between now and Monday, reports Mark Feinsand of ... ( read original story ...)
Foster + Partners unveils Saudi Arabia pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has released visuals of its design for the Saudi Arabia pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which will be modelled on the kingdom's traditional villages. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Revengers: What Is The Kanto Incident?
The overarching conflict between the Tokyo Manji Gang and Tenjiku is the result of numerous smaller feuds and battles. Here's how they came to be. ( read original story ...)
Prices of AI Crypto Tokens Surge as Elon Musk Reveals Investment
Rising interest in artificial intelligence, buoyed by shareholding from Musk's X Corp and drama at OpenAI, impacted the crypto market.
Regulators Are Coming for Rule-Breaking Crypto Founders Like Binance’s CZ
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has become the latest in a long line of crypto founders facing potentially significant legal consequences. The founder of Binance Holdings Ltd., the world’s largest crypto exchange ...
What is Binance, why is it in so much trouble, and what does it mean for crypto?
There are few figures in crypto that have loomed quite as large in the past few years than Changpeng Zhao — better known as CZ — and the company he founded in 2017, Binance.
Load of rubbish: litter-hunters vie for unusual world title in Tokyo
Tokyo's well-kept streets may not be the most obvious place to do it, but competitive litter-hunters on Wednesday sifted through the Japanese capital in their first world championship. ( read original story ...)
Missile warning rings out over Japan skyline as North Korea launch spy satellite
A warning alert sounds in the Okinawa prefecture of Japan on Tuesday night, reportedly telling residents to: “please take shelter inside buildings or underground,” The alarm sounded after claims North ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Traders Load Up on Bitcoin Topside Option Plays After Binance’s Gulity Plea
Binance chief Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao on Tuesday stepped down and pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws as part of a $4.3
US SEC sues Kraken for operating crypto trading platform without registering
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Kraken on Monday, accusing it of illegally operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency assets without first registering with the regulator. In a complaint against Payward Inc and Payward Ventures Inc,
Singapore-based Carro in talks to raise over US$100m ahead of potential US IPO: Exec
The fundraising could value Carro, which has valuation of over US$1 billion, even higher. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan to ease investment rules for banks to boost startups
The Financial Services Agency is expected to amend the Banking Act by June 2024 after soliciting opinions from the public. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made invigorating Japan's startups a pillar ...
Groups oppose planned test run of smoking area in Sapporo park
Anti-smoking groups are calling for the municipal government here to cancel a test run for a designated smoking area in the city's central ... ( read original story ...)
Over $200M in Crypto Futures Bets Liquidated as Bitcoin Slumped Under $36K on Binance Settlement
Binance’s settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on multiple charges spurred a market decline, with the impact felt
SEC accuses crypto’s Kraken of running unregistered exchange
The SEC also argued that the firm was operating as an exchange, broker, dealer and a clearing agency — all without the proper registration.
Crypto Boosted by Possible End to US Criminal Probe of Binance
The prospect of a resolution of the US criminal investigation into Binance, crypto’s linchpin exchange, led to a bout of cautious optimism in digital-asset markets.