The startup, which is aiming to commercialize a single-passenger vehicle that flies with propellers, has formed a capital and business partnership with Yoshimasu Seisakusho, a Tokyo-based producer ... ( read original story ...)
In a second Trump term, Tokyo would need to bolster ties elsewhere
The U.S. president has repeatedly voiced disdain for the existing alliance system, calling allied countries freeloaders that should pay more of its costs. ( read original story ...)
Colony Capital to Present at the 2020 Infrastructure Investor Tokyo Summit
Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) announced today that Marc Ganzi, CEO of Colony Capital, Inc., and Jon Mauck, Managing Director of Digital Colony, Co ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar’s Ambassador inspects facilities built by QFF in disaster-hit areas in Japan
Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Japan H E Hassan bin Mohammed Rafi Al Emadi paid an inspection tour to three facilities that were completed within the projects of the Qatar Friendship Fund (QFF) ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka unveils googly-eyed logo for 2025 expo expressing ‘the brilliance of life’
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition on Aug. 25 unveiled the event's official logo, in which various googly-eyed red cells are ... ( read original story ...)
Kioxia to go public on Tokyo Stock Exchange in early October
The company, formerly known as Toshiba Memory Holdings Corp., is about 40 percent owned by machinery and electronics giant Toshiba Corp. ( read original story ...)
A Massive Earthquake Is Coming to Cascadia—And It Can’t Be Stopped
Back in 2015, a prominent New Yorker article sounded the alarm on Cascadia’s tsunami and earthquake problem. The story by Kathryn Schulz, titled “ The Really Big One ,” reminded some about—and ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka strolls into WTA quarter-finals
Former world No.1 Naomi Osaka is through to the quarter-finals of the Western and Southern Open after beating Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska. ( read original story ...)
Qatar’s ambassador inspects facilities built by QFF in disaster-stricken areas in Japan
HE the ambassador of Qatar to Japan, Hassan bin Mohamed Rafi al-Emadi, paid an inspection tour to three facilities that were completed as part of the projects of the Qatar Friendship Fund ... ( read original story ...)
Phase 2 ELEKTRA Study of Soticlestat (TAK-935/OV935) Meets Primary Endpoint Reducing Seizure Frequency in Children with Dravet Syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Ovid Therapeutics Inc. announced positive topline results from the Phase 2 ELEKTRA study of soticlestat. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange to approve listing of Japan’s Kioxia: report
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is set to approve an October listing of microchip manufacturer Kioxia, formerly known as Toshiba Memory, Nikkei Business reported. ( read original story ...)
Costa Rica earthquake: Huge 5.3-magnitude quake rattles San Jose – tsunami update issued
THE EARTHQUAKE that has shaken Costa Rica has been described as a 5.3-magnitude tremor by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. ( read original story ...)
Digital Edge and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Announce Formation of a Diversified Asia Pacific Data Center Platform, With a $1 Billion Capital Commitment
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners announces the formation of Digital Edge, a diversified Asia Pacific data center platform. ( read original story ...)
Blackstone to Buy Takeda Pharma’s Japanese Consumer Healthcare Business for $2.29 billion; Target Price $60
U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group said on Monday that it will acquire Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Japanese consumer healthcare business for $2.29 billion, marking Blackstone’s second private equity ... ( read original story ...)
Blackstone Makes $2.3 Billion Deal for Japan Drug Business
Blackstone Group is buying the consumer health-care business of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical for $2.3 billion, one of the larger private-equity acquisitions in a country where such deals are slowly ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks rise on firm overseas shares, Fed chief speech awaited
Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Monday on firm markets elsewhere in Asia and U.S. shares as investors cautiously awaited a speech ... ( read original story ...)