The au Jibun Bank Japan Services PMI rose 51.5 in December from 50.8 in November to extend the current sequence of rising business activity to 16 months. The expansion was only modest, however, and ...
Pressure Mounts on Japan’s ‘Host Clubs’ To End Sexual, Financial Exploitation – TaiwanPlus News
Tokyo’s most famous red-light district has been forced to rethink some of its practices amid crackdowns on longstanding criminal activity.
‘I had to do something’: Turkish volunteer feeds Japan earthquake victims
On a chilly Friday morning in the quake-hit Japanese town of Wajima, Aydin Muhammet and his employees served steaming bowls of soup and rice in front of a community centre for evacuees. The Turkish national's 10-man volunteer team from the construction company he owns in central Japan has been at work since Thursday afternoon, ( read ...
Death toll from Japan earthquake rises
CNN's Hanako Montgomery surveys the damage from the deadly earthquake in Japan. Rare pair of shoes were found in a donation bin. See what Sotheby's auctioned them for ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Top Tuna for the New Year Sells for Nearly $800,000
The priciest giant bluefin tuna sold at Tokyo’s biggest fish market on the first day of business in 2024 fetched ¥114.2 million ($788,440), in an auction for what is considered an auspicious fish that ... ( read original story ...)
A close look at the crypto explosion of 2023
The year 2023 witnessed a remarkable surge in the cryptocurrency domain, marking a significant era in the digital finance world. This period was characterized ...
Talks of bitcoin spot ETF approval circulate as India blocks exchange sites and crypto is seeing more optimism
In other news, Financial Intelligence Unit, an Indian government agency, said last Thursday that it has issued a notice to nine global crypto exchanges — including Binance, Kraken, Kucoin and Mexc — ...
Core Lithium halts mining | The IPO that closed in 20 minutes | Top business trends for 2024
In today’s news, Core Lithium tells investors it will suspend mining operations and revert to processing stockpiled ore; Rich Listers pile into an IPO that closed in just 20 minutes; and the big ...
Japan to accept earthquake relief from U.S. only -Nikkei
Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 91 people and forced the ...
Japan to accept earthquake relief from US only
According to a Friday report from the Nikkei, Japan is planning to welcome a relief team from the United States in the aftermath of the earthquake tha ...
Sega Sammy online tilt continued after Yokohama’s exit on IR
Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings Inc’s interest in exploring the online gaming services sector overseas “has continued” after the “withdrawal of Yokohama’s IR project,” in the land-based casino segment, ... ( read original story ...)
What America Can Learn From the Tokyo Crash
The Japanese are ‘less individualist and more consensual.’ That helps when lives are on the line. ( read original story ...)
This visually impaired man traveled to Japan to run 1,400 miles in 40 days – and wants to tackle South Korea next
When Hong Kong local Gary Leung lost complete vision in his eyes nearly 25 years ago, it broke him. Then he found long-distance running. ( read original story ...)
Doomed Japan plane on third quake mission when runway disaster hit
A Coast Guard plane was making its third emergency trip to an earthquake zone within 24 hours when it collided with a passenger jet at a very busy Haneda airport, a Coast Guard official told Reuters. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Firms Collect Crypto Donations for Earthquake Victims
Some of Japan’s biggest crypto firms are building donation platforms to help victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
Asia markets set for rebound as several countries prepare to release economic data
Inflation data is expected out of the Philippines and Thailand, while retail sales numbers will be released from Singapore.