Urayasu D-Rocks vs. Yokohama Canon Eagles kickoff time, lineups and how to watch live on FloRugby and the FloSports app. ( read original story ...)
Umpire Gets Crushed In The Head By Bat In Scary On-Field Moment [VIDEO]
A Japanese umpire starred in a scary moment when a player hit him in the head. He exited the game after the event. ( read original story ...)
Inside $1 billion Tokyo Dome where Mike Tyson fell and Naoya Inoue faces Junto Nakatani in megafight
Naoya Inoue returns to the Tokyo Dome on May 2 for a Japanese super fight against Junto Nakatani. Undisputed super bantamweight king Inoue is credited with bringing boxing back to the iconic venue ... ( read original story ...)
Japan reveals new name for 40C-and-hotter days after blistering summer
The term - kokushobi - translates to "cruelly hot", "brutally hot" or "severely hot", and comes after Japan's hottest summer on record. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Royals Host Olympic Athletes at Annual Garden Party in Tokyo
The Japanese imperial family hosted its annual Spring Garden Party at Tokyo’s Akasaka Imperial Gardens. Guests included Olympic figure skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who just ... ( read original story ...)
Japan forced to come up with new word for summer days exceeding 40C
The Japan Meteorological Agency is adding a new word to its weather-forecast lexicon for days when temperatures exceed 40C, highlighting the growing incidence of extreme weather. The agency picked the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Royal Family Welcomes Olympic Champions to Their Annual Spring Garden Party
The guest list included Japan’s first Olympic gold medalist in women’s snowboarding and the country’s first pairs figure skating gold medalists. ( read original story ...)
Ethereum Crypto Open Interest Just Hit $34 Billion in 24 Hours: Is a Breakout or a Liquidation Cascade Coming?
Ethereum (ETH) Crypto is trading above $2,300, and its futures market is heating up fast. Open interest across derivatives venues has surged 26%, with total ETH OI climbing to $ 34.165 billion after ...
Trump’s crypto agenda is struggling. 3 things that could turn it around.
Digital assets have lost almost 30% since PresidentTrump took office. Congress and regulators could rewrite theirfate.
Crowds gather in Tokyo as BTS resumes global touring cycle
Tens of thousands of excited fans gathered at a landmark Tokyo stadium Friday to watch K-pop megastars BTS, in concert outside South Korea for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan views private credit as a policy pillar despite overseas market turmoil
By Makiko Yamazaki and Takahiko Wada TOKYO, April 16 (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator sees private credit as a potential key pillar of its new strategy to meet rising corporate funding demand ... ( read original story ...)
6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths
Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on a remote island. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s wage growth holds momentum after small firms reach deals
The development comes even after results from smaller firms were factored into the tally, an outcome that will keep the Bank of Japan on track for a near-term interest rate hike. ( read original story ...)
Japan, EU business leaders call for robust supply chains for critical items
Japanese and European business leaders called Thursday for their governments to strengthen supply chains for critical products suc ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Payments Sector Advances as Managed Stablecoin Rails Launch, Merchant Use Cases Expand, and Regulatory Frameworks Tighten
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 16, 2026 / The crypto payments sector continued to move toward broader institutional adoption during the week of April 7-13, 2026, as a series of developments ...
The CLARITY Act breakthrough: Why JPMorgan says the U.S. crypto rulebook is ‘close to completion’
JPMorgan analysts say negotiations for the CLARITY Act are reaching a final breakthrough as lawmakers resolve long-standing disputes over stablecoin rewards and agency oversight.