Leika and Brandon Hansen purchased a 100-year-old Kominka-style farmhouse with swathes of rice fields in Japan’s countryside last year. “We have stable jobs and we're trying to do our best in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
The World’s Best Crypto Exchanges And Marketplaces
After years of turbulence, including jail time for the founders of the two biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, many providers are getting serious about controls and regulation. Coinbase leads our list ...
Wallet recovery firms buzz as locked-out crypto investors panic in bitcoin boom
The recent surge in bitcoin prices has the phones at crypto wallet recovery firms ringing off the hook, as retail investors locked out of their digital vaults make frantic calls to regain access to ...
Humanity Protocol Becomes Crypto’s New Digital Identity Unicorn
Humanity Protocol, a startup that aims to verify people’s online identities in an era of artificial intelligence deepfakes, has raised new funding — vaulting it to unicorn status after less than a ...
Bitcoin is struggling at these prices — and crypto traders are fretting
What Happened: World's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin slipped below $62,000, failing to sustain its gains from the previous trading day. The market dip triggered $144 million in liquidations in the ...
Crypto’s Election Season Is Kicking Off
The U.S. is holding its presidential election this fall. More than half a dozen other countries and bodies are likewise holding – or have held – ...
Colony Lab Presents First-Ever ‘Liquid Vesting’ Feature for Early-Stage Crypto Investments
Following two years of development, the release of Colony's Early-Stage platform and Liquid Vesting will allow users to invest directly in seed sales of early-stage projects from the moment of launch.
Crucial Decision Coming for Bitcoin, Says Crypto Trader Michaël van de Poppe – Here’s His Outlook
A widely followed crypto strategist and trader says that it's almost time for Bitcoin (BTC) to reveal its hand.
Sharp to halt LCD plant in Osaka Prefecture by September
The major electronics maker, which continues to bleed red ink, is hoping to prevent a further deterioration of its earnings. ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Rubber to expand motorsports tire production capacity at its Mishima Plant
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announces its plan to expand motorsports tire production capacity at its Mishima Plant in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Yokohama Rubber will invest about ¥3.8 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Scrambled Jets 41 Times Against Chinese and Russian Planes
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's 41 scrambles in April were down from 70 in March, the final month of the fiscal year 2023, in which Japanese air force jets were dispatched 669 times to monitor ... ( read original story ...)
Japan starts energy talks to balance supply risks with net zero goal
Japan's industry ministry kicked off talks on Wednesday to craft the next basic energy plan, a key long-term strategy for the resource-poor country aimed at balancing energy security and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mount Fuji Introduces Paid Climbing Reservation System to Counter Overtourism
Online reservations must be made at least a day in advance of a planned hike, and there is a 4,000-person daily cap on the number of people who can go up Mount Fuji through Yoshida. Climbers will need ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s big banks forecast record profits, signal new optimism as domestic rates normalise
JAPAN’S three biggest banks forecast record income in the coming year on Wednesday (May 15), signalling increased optimism about an economy that has only just exited from years of negative interest ...
Japan police arrest Iranian man over murder of compatriot in Nagoya
Police on Wednesday arrested an Iranian man on suspicion of murdering one of his compatriots in 2015 in Nagoya, central Japan. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo gov’t worker posing as welfare officer accused of indecent act against teen
A 30-year-old local government worker in the Tokyo city of Fussa who allegedly committed an indecent act against a teen while posing as a wel･･･ ... ( read original story ...)