ANA Holdings (ANA HD) and Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced a significant expansion of their relationship to ...
Japan sets 2 heat records in one day as mercury soars past 107 degrees
Japan logged two new heat records in a single day as the mercury hit 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.88 degrees Fahrenheit) and then 41.8C (107.24 degrees Fahrenheit), the weather office said. ( read original story ...)
Japan sets record high temperatures, worries mount over rice crops
Japan recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius (107.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, prompting the government to advise residents to stay indoors and promise steps to ease ... ( read original story ...)
Double heat records signal Japan’s worsening climate crisis
Japan logged two new heat records in a single day on Tuesday, with the mercury reaching 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.88 degrees Fahrenheit) and then ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Fire Erupts on Fireworks Barges at Yokohama Festival, Event Canceled 2
A fireworks festival in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district descended into chaos on Monday evening, August 4, when two of eight launch barges caught fire, forcing the event's cancellation. Five crew ... ( read original story ...)
Fire breaks out at Yokohama fireworks festival
A seaside fireworks festival in the city of Yokohama, near Tokyo, was thrown into chaos on Monday evening after a fire broke out on launch barges. ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese vessel suspected of conducting survey in Japan’s EEZ for second time
The vessel was seen conducting suspicious activity around 335 kilometers west-northwest of the island of Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday. ( read original story ...)
F-15E lands safely in Japan after wheel falls off
The 18th Wing said the wheel was recovered on the flightline at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean. The wheel was discovered missing while the F-15 was in mid-flight, and ... ( read original story ...)
Metaplanet Doubles Down on Bitcoin as Shares Slide, Buys Another $54M
Metaplanet (3350), a Tokyo-listed investment firm, said it bought another 463 bitcoin BTC $114,526.17 , emphasizing the cryptocurrency's long-term shareholder value even as its stock fell more than 7% ...
CFTC to allow listed spot crypto trading on registered exchanges
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Monday it would allow trading of spot crypto asset contracts that are listed on a futures exchange registered under the regulator. The CFTC ...
Bank of Japan ‘don’t have the political capital’ to hike interest rates now: Strategist
Masahiko Loo of State Street Investment Management describes the Bank of Japan's cautious approach to its rate hiking cycle. If the political situation in Japan resolves itself, he could see the BOJ ...
Japan’s Shibaura classified as core to national security amid takeover battle
Japan's Shibaura Electronics, a technology manufacturer at the centre of a $630 million takeover battle, has been formally classified as core to national security, a finance ministry list of such ...
Blackstone to acquire Japan’s TechnoPro for about $3.4 billion, Nikkei reports
Blackstone plans to acquire major Japanese engineer staffing firm TechnoPro Holdings for about 500 billion yen ($3.39 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. Blackstone will likely ...
Japan: Barges carrying fireworks catch fire off Yokohama coast; 5 workers flee into sea
Two barges loaded with fireworks for a summer festival display near Tokyo caught ablaze, forcing five workers to jump into the sea, officials said. Aerial footage by public broadcaster NHK on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Fire breaks out on fireworks barges at Yokohama festival
Launch barges were set ablaze in Japan's Yokohama on Monday (August 4) after fireworks landed on them during a festival. ( read original story ...)
Japan record high of 41.8 degrees Celsius observed north of Tokyo
Japanese weather officials say the country recorded its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday in Isesaki City, north of Tokyo. ( read original story ...)