Arm Ltd., the chip designer backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is in talks with Nvidia Corp. to join a group of potential investors to anchor its initial public offering, according to the Financial Times ...
Experts note disturbing similarity of 2 Tohoku quakes
Yamaoka said that area has long been prone to seismic activity, but the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 has increased the likelihood of major temblors occurring there. ( read original story ...)
Anchor Steam, the OG of craft beer, is shutting down after years of losses
Anchor Brewing Co., the self-proclaimed first craft brewery in the U.S., said it will close its doors after 127 years in business. ( read original story ...)
Sapporo Holdings to close and liquidate Anchor Brewing
Anchor Brewing, widely considered the first craft brewery in the US, is closing after 127 years, its owner Sapporo Holdings has announced. ( read original story ...)
Issue of NATO Japan office “still on table” -Stoltenberg
The question whether NATO will open an office in Japan is "still on the table", and will be considered in the future, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday at the conclusion of the alliance's summit in Vilnius. ( read original story ...)
Toilet limits for transgender woman ‘unacceptable,’ Japan’s top court rules
The ruling, the first by Japan’s highest court on the work environment for LGBT individuals, comes in the wake of a series of mostly positive regional court rulings about same-sex marriage. ( read original story ...)
S.Korea’s Yoon asks Japan for OK to send experts to monitor Fukushima water release
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol asked to send South Korean experts to monitor the planned release of water from Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant during a meeting on Wednesday with the Japanese prime minister, ( read original story ...)
Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong to ban Japanese products from areas that discharge radioactive water
A top official in Hong Kong says the city would immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. ( read original story ...)
Lummis-Gillibrand Bill Resurrects Bipartisan Hopes For Crypto
Senators Lummis and Gillibrand are breathing new life into the bipartisan conversation on crypto on Capitol Hill ...
SoftBank Group Is Contemplating US IPO for Its PayPay Payments Division
SoftBank Group Corp is currently considering a United States initial public offering (IPO) for its PayPay payments subsidiary.
One of Japan’s Biggest Banks Bets on Quantum Computing for Finance
MUFG Bank, one of the three megabanks in Japan, reportedly invested billions of yen to buy a 18% stake in Groovenauts, a quantum computing startup. The investment makes MUFG the first among Japan’s ...
Nato appears to shelve plans to open Japan liaison office in Tokyo
Progress was expected at Nato summit thanks to attendance of Japan’s prime minister but no mention made in latest talks ... ( read original story ...)
Ripples of Fukushima: Hong Kong to ban more Japanese products if radioactive water is released
A top official in Hong Kong says the city would immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-head of ADK ad agency convicted in Tokyo Olympics bribery case
A Tokyo court on Wednesday sentenced the former president of major Japanese advertising agency ADK Holdings Inc. to a suspended priso ... ( read original story ...)
82-yr-old man accused of killing wife after 40 yrs of care voices regret in Japan court
A 82-year-old man accused of killing his disabled wife after taking care of her for some 40 years testified in his lay judge trial on July･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Construction begins on world’s largest wooden roof in Osaka for Expo 2025
Work has begun to construct a ring-shaped wooden roof on a Japanese island in the southern Osaka Bay area for the next World Expo. The two-kilometre structure is being readied for the Expo 2025 Osaka, an event that will be held following the success of the ... ( read original story ...)