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Ray Parks enters renegotiations with Japan B.League’s Nagoya
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Chinese ships spend record amount of time near Japan-controlled islands, Tokyo says
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GIC ‘excited’ by Japan, seeks to engage more with firms
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Collective Wealth Of Japan’s 50 Richest On Forbes List Rises To $200 Billion
The collective wealth of Japan’s 50 Richest on the 2024 Forbes list rose just over 4% to US$200 billion this year, up from $192 billion last year.
Japan’s Nikkei slips as BOJ hike timing weighed
The Nikkei slipped 0.11% to 38,855.37 as of the close, although winners and losers were balanced, with 120 stocks rising versus 101 that fell, with four flat. The broader Topix declined 0.08%, with an ...
Big guns Swiatek and Osaka meet in early French Open showdown
Defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek will take on Naomi Osaka in a blockbuster second-round contest between the two most successful women in the Roland Garros draw, renewing a rivalry split down ... ( read original story ...)
Little Tokyo Clean-Up Builds Community Spirit
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Trump Vows to Commute Sentence for Silk Road Founder While Sucking Up to Crypto Bros
Trump’s campaign said last week it would begin accepting crypto donations. While he might not be a crypto bro, there are multiple crypto coins that reference “MAGA” and “Trump,” and his campaign has ...
Crypto Whales Abruptly Accumulate Ethereum-Based Altcoin Sending Volume to Highest Level in 22 Months: Santiment
Crypto whales have been gobbling up an Ethereum (ETH)-based fan engagement token, according to the analytics firm Santiment.
PHOTOS: Walk Through the Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs Hotel Guest-Exclusive Fantasy Springs Entrance
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Over 80% of temporary restrooms at Japan’s Noto quake shelters are squat toilets: survey
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Billionaire Yoshiko Mori’s Developer Scales New Heights With Japan’s Tallest Tower
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Singtel-KKR a frontrunner to take a minority stake of US$1 bil in STT GDC, according to Reuters
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Looks like Masayoshi Son’s plan to go all in on AI is starting to pay off for SoftBank
SoftBank posted a quarterly profit of about $1.5 billion, driven by its big bet on the chip designer Arm Holdings.