Japanese companies increased spending on plant and equipment for a fifth straight quarter in April-June as business sentiment remained resilient despite rising costs, China's COVID lockdowns and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Q2 Corporate Capex up 4.6% Year/year – MOF
Japanese companies raised spending on plant and equipment in April-June by 4.6% from the same period a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed on Thursday. The data will be used to calculate ...
Japan capital spending rises 4.6% in April-June
Capital spending by Japanese companies gained 4.6 percent in the April-June quarter from a year earlier, government data showed Thursday. Investment by all nonfinancial sectors for purposes such as ...
Family of missing mentally disabled man last seen in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo asks for public’s help
Family members of a mentally disabled man are calling on the public’s help to find a missing 48-year-old man in California. Le was checked in to the Southern California Hospital before he was ... ( read original story ...)
Square Enix is going big at Tokyo Game Show, but don’t expect Final Fantasy 16 or Dragon Quest 12
Square Enix has revealed its exhibitor list for Tokyo Game Show 2022, and although the publisher is going big with a bunch of popular games, it seems neither Final Fantasy 16 nor Dragon Quest 12 will ... ( read original story ...)
Final Fantasy 16 at the Tokyo Game Show is a no go
Final Fantasy 16 at the Tokyo Game Show simply isn't happening, as Square Enix announces a full lineup of RPGs with its big hitters notably missing ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese business pioneer, philanthropist Kazuo Inamori dies at 90
While struggling to build his company, Inamori came up with his philosophy of management that emphasized people, doing the right thing and what he called “corporate character, t ... ( read original story ...)
Japan property lures private equity with solid yields, prospective deals
A new wave of big private equity players including KKR & Co is moving in on Japan's property market, drawn by attractive yield spreads with Japan's low interest rates and by prospective deals with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s super tight jobs market fails to deliver egalitarian promise
When Riku Omori's pay at his regular job was slashed by a third, he found temporary work delivering fried chicken and Thai food on his bike on the streets of Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, as a way to ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto.com claws back fortune after accidentally minting a millionaire
Let’s say you were Thevamanogari Manivel, a woman in Melbourne, Australia with an interest in crypto, and you allegedly used Crypto.com to request a refund of 100 Australian dollars, but instead ...
Crypto.com Sues Woman After Accidentally Sending Her $7.2M
Thevamanogari Manivel requested the $100 AUD refund in May 2021, but Crypto.com transferred $10.5 million AUD into her account. Why so much? Because whoever processed the refund accidentally entered ...
Watch: COVID-19 makes one ‘Hell of a Cruise’ in trailer for Peacock documentary
Peacock released the trailer for "Hell of A Cruise" on Wednesday. The documentary explores the COVID-19 outbreak on a Carnival Diamond Princess cruise in January 2020. ( read original story ...)
Konami is Announcing a New Game at Tokyo Game Show From a ‘World-Famous Series’
Konami is revealing a mysterious game from a "world-famous series" at Tokyo Game Show. Here's why we're already disappointed. ( read original story ...)
790 bln USD sought for Japan’s fiscal 2023 budget, defense spending to rise
Japan's government departments submitted Wednesday their general-account budget requests for fiscal 2023 totaling over 110 trillion yen (790 billion U.S. dollars), with defense spending hitting a ...
Naomi Osaka opens up about Serena Williams: ‘I wouldn’t be here without her’
Naomi Osaka revealed how grateful she is to fellow tennis star Serena Williams, saying in a recent interview that she “wouldn’t be” where she’s at in her career without Williams. The 24-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka loses to Collins in first round at U.S. Open
Naomi Osaka walked off the court, headed toward the locker room and laid down, draping a towel over her face. Out-hit in Arthur Ashe Stadium by another big hitter, Danielle Collins, two-time U.S. Open ... ( read original story ...)