The FSA earlier this week issued a business improvement order to Coincheck and said it would investigate all cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan for security gaps following the hack. The regulator said on Friday it had ordered all cryptocurrency exchanges to ... ( read original story ...)
Robot makes coffee at new cafe in Tokyo
The robot named Sawyer debuted this week at Henna Cafe in Tokyo's downtown business and shopping district of Shibuya. The shop's name in Japanese means "strange cafe." The single-armed robot scans a ticket purchased from a vending machine and greets the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is going bonkers for cryptocurrency — but the country still loves cash
Fintech adoption has been a focal point of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic plan. As Business Insider previously reported, his government was moving forward with a plan to roll back regulations on some fintech startups to help spur the ... ( read original story ...)
The Day An Earthquake In America Caused A Tsunami In Japan
Long ago Earthquake and Thunder decided to travel south, but they found only a desolate and dry land there. Earthquake was unhappy. “The humans will have no food if there is no place for the creatures of the sea to live in!” Earthquake began to shake ... ( read original story ...)
DENSO to Strengthen R&D Capabilities and Collaboration with New Tokyo Facility
DENSO will transfer part of the R&D functions currently located in its head office in Aichi Prefecture and existing Tokyo office to the new facility ... and will formulate and carry out business ideas to develop competitive products that better meet ... ( read original story ...)
Jetstar launches direct flights to Osaka from Clark
Jetstar Asia and Jetstar Japan will now operate up to 23 services to Osaka.” Alexander Cauguiran, OIC of the Clark International Airport Corp., said in a statement: “This is another good news for this new year. Our business travelers or family tourists ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui Fudosan ready to open new Tokyo Midtown in Hibiya in March
business and politics coexist, Masanobu Komoda, president and CEO of Mitsui Fudosan, said during a media preview Tuesday, two days before the official completion date. “We hope to develop Hibiya into an attractive place by taking advantage of our Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks down for fifth day
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks fell on Tuesday for the fifth straight trading day, with investor sentiment weighed down by a strong yen and a retreat from records on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.43 per cent, or 337.37 points to 23,291.97, while ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 88 km E of Mutsu, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Mutsu in Japan on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.37 km ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Ishinomaki in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Ishinomaki in Japan on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 00:25:58 / January 30, 2018 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka – Japan National Tourism Organization
Osaka's north gate, Umeda, has a gigantic stretch of underground mall that houses many restaurants, fashion and sundry goods stores. In contrast to Kita with Umeda as its core, Minami is an area with core cities Namba, a popular business and shopping ... ( read original story ...)
Ring Of Fire ON ALERT As Earthquake Rocks Japan
The ring of fire is on alert after Japan was rocked by an earthquake. The 5.1 magnitude quake is just one more in the past week that’s made the area increasingly geologically unstable. The Japan earthquake struck 46 miles from the town of Miyako, which ... ( read original story ...)
Japan has a new cryptocurrency-themed girl band
Each girl in the eight-strong group, who go by the name of Virtual Currency Girls – or Kasotsuka Shojo in Japanese – wears a furry mask to represent a different currency, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. The band held their first concert in ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese exchange to refund customers £300m after huge cryptocurrency heist
A leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has agreed to refund customers hit by one of the world’s biggest heists. Coincheck has promised to use its own funds to reimburse more than 46bn yen (£300m) to customers caught up in the theft on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Earthquake rocks Japan – Ring of Fire on alert
The earthquake registered 5.1 magnitude at struck at a depth of 37 miles off the east coast of Honshu. The Japan earthquake struck 46 miles from the town of Miyako, which is home to more than 50,000 people. Morioka-shi, home to nearly 300,000 people, is 73 ... ( read original story ...)
China’s military is turning its aggressive South China Sea tactics on Japan
Additionally, China had never sent a submarine into the contested waters before. Japanese government data that was translated for Business Insider by Nori Katagiri, an assistant professor of political science at Saint Louis University and the inaugural ... ( read original story ...)