According to reports, Shintaro Fujinami, who was recently let go by the Mariners, could be a fit for the Yokohama Baystars of the NPB. ( read original story ...)
Urban Automotive Unleashes Fresh Widetrack Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II at Goodwood FoS
Urban Automotive Ltd is an independent vehicle modifier from the United Kingdom, and they're showing up with full force at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed ... ( read original story ...)
Expansion for Yokohama’s all-terrain Geolandar A/T4
Yokohama Tire has announced a major size expansion of its all-terrain Geolandar A/T4 G018 tire. The tire, engineered for light trucks, SUVs and CUVs, is now available in 100 sizes, including 33 newly ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s World Expo is winning over grumpy Japanese
S EQUELS rarely live up to the original. So said Japanese who warned that the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan’s second city, might be a miserable failure. Cynics spied a bad cover version of an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Ishiba urges less US dependence as Tokyo faces new tariffs
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday his country needed to wean itself from U.S. dependence in such key areas as security, food and energy, as Tokyo faces the prospect of new U.S. ( read original story ...)
Parasol rental service begins at major train stations in Tokyo
A new parasol rental service has begun at major train stations in Tokyo to offer people a way to shade themselves from the scorching summer sunshine. ( read original story ...)
Spain overtakes Japan in GDP per capita – what is behind the numbers?
What once seemed improbable became possible when the Spanish economy produced higher GDP per capita, a metric closely linked to living standards, than the G7 member Japan, according to IMF data. This, ... ( read original story ...)
Wall Street Quietly Braced For Crypto ‘Floodgates’ To Open As Bitcoin Suddenly Tops All-Time High Price
BlackRock, which manages around $10 trillion worth of assets for investors, spearheaded Wall Street’s campaign to bring a long-awaited spot bitcoin ETF to market in 2023, with a fleet of funds ...
The SEC opened the ‘floodgates’ for crypto ETFs, experts say, marking a new era for the industry
Experts tell Fortune they expect more ETFs tied crypto products like Solana, Ripple’s XRP, and potentially even Trump’s memecoin, to launch ...
Japanese Mizuho Bank Escapes Race Bias Suit From US Executive
Mizuho Bank Ltd. beat a suit Wednesday brought by a former US-based vice president accusing the bank of discrimination against non-Japanese employees and retaliation against him for requesting ...
Bullet train services temporarily halted around Tokyo amid downpour
Shinkansen bullet train services in and around Tokyo were temporarily halted Thursday evening due to a torrential downpour, as the co ... ( read original story ...)
Sumo: New yokozuna Onosato to take center stage in Nagoya
Ascendant star Onosato will be under an intense spotlight as he makes his yokozuna debut at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament startin ... ( read original story ...)
Torrential downpours hit Tokyo and wide areas of Japan, extreme caution advised
The Japan Meteorological Agency says torrential downpours occurred on Thursday evening in the Kanto-Koshin region that includes Tokyo, the southern Tohoku region in the northeast and the Tokai region ... ( read original story ...)
TryHard Holdings Seeks $7 Million IPO On High Valuation And Thin …
TryHard’s Revenue Is Dropping And The IPO Is Expensive. TryHard Holdings Limited has filed to raise $6.9 million in an IPO of its ordinary shares, according to SEC F-1 registration information ...
Emotional Naomi Osaka loses in first round of French Open – New York Post
It was a rough outing at the French Open for Naomi Osaka. The former No. 1 player in the world bowed out in the first round with a loss to Paula Badosa on Monday — and her emotions spiraled a ...
Japan’s Nikkei slips as election, US tariffs weigh; Disco gains
Japan's Nikkei dipped, ending a two-day rally, influenced by trade tensions and the upcoming election. The Nikkei 225 fell 0.6% to 39,646.36, while the Topix also shed 0.6%. Aeon's shares plummeted ...