Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the body of a ninth victim of severe floods which battered parts of central Japan last week, local media said.Japan is prone to natural disasters and routinely faces serious flooding and landslide damages. ( read original story ...)
Japan builds Expo 2025 buzz with commemorative coins
Japan's Finance Ministry is hoping to mint excitement for the coming World Expo 2025 in Osaka. It has unveiled designs for commemorative coins to mark the event that's scheduled to kick off next April ...
How would California’s skyscrapers survive a huge earthquake? L.A. County is about to find out
The Gas Company Tower, one of Los Angeles' tallest skyscrapers, may get a new lease on life if a sale goes through. But officials want to make sure it's seismically safe. ( read original story ...)
Shadow of Abenomics clouds BOJ’s rate hike path
Opinion polls show Takaichi and two other candidates, former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba and former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi, as frontrunners. Some analysts see Ishiba and Koizumi as ...
India surpasses Japan as the third most powerful nation in the Asia Power Index, still behind China
The report thus highlights that there remains a significant gap between the expectation of "India rising" and the actual reality.
Italian writer visits Hokkaido to restore honor of youth accused of spying in WWII (Pt. 3)
After visiting the temple in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, where she and her family took refuge when the area was carpet bombed by the United S ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui Welcomes New Ship in Handover Ceremony
MOL Cruises which operates Mitsui Ocean Cruises today marked the handover ceremony in collaboration with Seabourn Cruise Line, welcoming Mitsui Ocean Fuji to the fleet. The handover ceremony was held ... ( read original story ...)
Tennis-Osaka eyes long-term partnership with new coach Mouratoglou
Naomi Osaka is hopeful that her stint with new coach Patrick Mouratoglou will develop into a long-term partnership, the four-times Grand Slam champion said on Wednesday after easing into the second round of the China Open. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan will ease restrictions on imports of Japanese food products including seafood from areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo’s ministry of agriculture …
Taiwan will ease restrictions on imports of Japanese food products including seafood from areas around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo's ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Wall Street watchdog faces bipartisan ire in House over crypto
Lawmakers from both major parties in the House of Representatives on Tuesday renewed their attacks on Wall Street's chief regulator over his agency's policies on cryptocurrencies, accusing the U.S.
Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X
OpenAI’s official press account on X appears to have been compromised by the same cryptocurrency scammers who compromised the accounts of company leadership in previous months.
Scam Facebook ads posing as brokerages surge in Japan
TOKYO -- Fake Facebook accounts posing as leading Japanese brokerages ran roughly 10,000 ads to scam users between August 2023 and May 2024, Nikkei has found, as the nation grapples with the spread of investment fraud.
Beijing: Naomi Osaka claims dominant win in 1st match with Serena Williams’ ex-coach
Now, the four-time Grand Slam champion is set to meet No. 21 seed Yulia Putintseva, who had a first-round bye. Against the Kazakh, the former world No. 1 has two wins and three losses but it should be ... ( read original story ...)
Patrick Mouratoglou courtside as Osaka wins Beijing opener
Osaka said earlier this month she was splitting with coach Wim Fissette and there has been speculation she had hired Serena Williams' former coach. ( read original story ...)
Japan watchdog recommends $150,000 fine on Nomura’s brokerage unit for alleged market manipulation
Japan's securities watchdog has recommended imposing a 21.8 million yen ($151,715) penalty on Nomura Holding's brokerage unit for alleged manipulation in the government bond futures market, it said on ... ( read original story ...)
Sidec handpicked these 9 M’sian startups to pitch to the Tokyo govt. Here’s what they learnt.
Sidec brought Malaysian startups to Japan to pitch to investors in Tokyo. Here are their biggest lessons and advice. ( read original story ...)