A widely followed cryptocurrency analyst and trader is issuing a warning on altcoins. The analyst pseudonymously known as Credible Crypto tells his 404,000 followers on the social media platform X that Bitcoin (BTC) falling by around 22% from the current level could negatively impact altcoins.
Crypto libertarians and Silicon Valley billionaires: The mashup fueling new support for Trump
An unlikely alliance backing Donald Trump has emerged as a new political force in 2024: crypto libertarians and some vocal tech-world figures from Silicon Valley. The union is helping to fill Trump's campaign coffers and could become a central player in ...
Sumo: Takanosho upsets Terunofuji, sets up decisive final day
Sixth-ranked maegashira Takanosho extended the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament title chase to the last day by beating yokozuna Terunofu ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Reactor’s screening failure stresses risk of nuclear power in quake-prone Japan
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is set to reject the restart of the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in central Japan's Fuk ... ( read original story ...)
Uber drivers and others help crack down on illegal bicycle parking in Japan
NAGOYA, Japan -- Nagoya, which has the largest number of abandoned bicycles in Japan, is seeing a private company take action against unlawful bicycle parking on private property. Although city ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama supplies BluEarth-FE AE30 tires for Honda’s Freed minivan in Japan
The BluEarth-FE AE30 tires supplied for the Honda Freed are made using a compound that contributes to lower road noise and rolling resistance. ( read original story ...)
Just like at Tokyo Olympics, American cowbell clanging will be raucous again in Paris
Before Tokyo three years ago, the U.S. Olympic swim coaches pondered how to best support their athletes and help fire them up before a race, given there were no family or friends or fans in the stands ( read original story ...)
At Paris Olympics, can former UK athletes match their impressive Tokyo medal haul?
In 2021, when current and former Kentucky Wildcats sports stars combined to win 10 medals — seven gold and three silver — at the Tokyo Olympics, it stood as one of the proudest moments in UK’s sports history. With the Paris Olympics underway ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII history
TOKYO (AP) — The UNESCO World Heritage committee has decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit about its dark history of abusing wartime Korean laborers. ( read original story ...)
Trump once trashed bitcoin as ‘based on thin air.’ Now, he’s addressing crypto’s largest convention
Donald Trump will address the cryptocurrency industry’s largest annual gathering here in Nashville not as a cynic but as one of its best-known supporters.
Bank of Japan to raise rates twice in 2024
By the end of 2025, our central forecast is that the BoJ will raise rates by a total of 0.50 percentage points, spread over two 0.25 percentage point hikes at six-monthly intervals. Under this ...
Influx of single women drives Tokyo birth rate to lowest in Japan
TOKYO -- Married women in Tokyo give birth to more babies than the national average, but the city's total fertility rate has dropped to the lowest level among Japan's 47 prefectures. This decline is largely attributed to an increase in unmarried women ... ( read original story ...)
‘Atomic bomb hell must never be repeated’ say Japan’s last survivors
Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki believe their horrific past must act as a warning for the future. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Political Donations Dwarf Payments Made During Bankman-Fried’s Heyday
Donald Trump’s meeting with deep-pocketed donors at a Bitcoin conference tomorrow is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the renewed prominence of the digital-asset sector in the current political campaign cycle.
Skytree Tower in Tokyo lit in Olympic and French colours to mark start of Olympics
The tallest tower in Tokyo, the Skytree, was lit up in red, white and blue, and bedazzled with the Olympic rings, to mark the beginning of the games in Paris. ( read original story ...)
Alarms, double prices: Japan is getting fed up with foreign tourists
Angst is rising in Japan over what locals are calling an “over-tourism crisis” – and some towns are taking action. ( read original story ...)