The trust banking arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is planning to launch three funds totalling up to 100 billion yen ($670.6 million) in the 2024 financial year to provide loans to companies and ...
Challenges remain six months to go before Osaka Expo
About 7.14 million advance tickets had been sold since they went on sale last year — only 51% of the organizers' target of 14 million. ( read original story ...)
Ohtani gives hope to young baseball players in Japan, and the rest of the country, too
Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball. That gives hope to youth baseball players in Japan, but also to the nation as it struggles with inflation and a sluggish ... ( read original story ...)
Has The Crypto Market Bottomed Out For 2024? Here Are The Cryptocurrencies That Will 10x Your Portfolio Before Year End: (AVAX), (ICP), (CUTO)
After BTC hit its ATH of $73,737 in March 2024, crypto fans have been waiting for the altcoin season to begin. However macroeconomic struggles, the resolution o ...
SUI Soars On Monthly Chart Entering Crypto Top 20; Lunex Network’s Is Directly Challenging Binance BNB and Coinbase
SUI is the current darling of many crypto investors, what with its unprecedented price surge over the last month. This token went on an absolutely stunning run that saw it leap into the top 20 crypto ...
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto: ‘I love the way London mixes old and new – it’s a good energy’
Few architectural commissions could be as delicate as this one. In 2019 the Champagne house Ruinart decided to erect a new visitors’ pavilion at its 1729 site, on the legendary Saint-Nicaise Hill in ... ( read original story ...)
People enjoy Pacific saury at festival in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward
Local organizations have hosted their annual autumn Pacific saury festival in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. Meguro is not on the ocean, but the Pacific saury grilled there is well known thanks to a classic ... ( read original story ...)
Korean Wave exhibition opens in Tokyo
About 20,000 Japanese citizens took part in an exhibition in Tokyo that promotes South Korea's pop culture, officials said Sunday. The exhibition was organized to promote brand awareness and the ... ( read original story ...)
Joy and tears in Tokyo after atomic bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize
Although she was born long after the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by atomic bombs, 58-year-old Yoshiko Watanabe couldn't stop weeping on Friday night when she learned ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Rapidus and Denso to share advanced chip design methods, says Nikkei
Japanese chipmaker Rapidus and auto supplier Denso will share methods for designing advanced chips for use in areas such as artificial intelligence and self-driving vehicles, the Nikkei reported on ...
Hotels in Sapporo, across Japan battle to impress guests with extravagant breakfasts
Seafood rice bowls with mountains of salmon roe, Hokkaido-grown Wagyu beef steaks sizzling right before your eyes -- these are a few of the･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Concerns persist over Osaka Expo preparations 6 months before opening
With Sunday marking six months until the opening of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, there is persisting concern about whether the construction of pavilions and other facilities will be completed in time ... ( read original story ...)
Some standout pavilions at 2025 World Expo in Osaka
The following introduces some pavilions expected to draw attention at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. Singapore pavilion to embody its nickname "Little Red Dot" Singapore, often referred to ... ( read original story ...)
Retro Japan: The cooling beauty of Meiji-era fountain in Nagoya park
Taking in a Meiji era (1868-1912) tower fountain in a park here, one can't help feel cooled at the sight of the cascading water as it create･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Sivenathi Nontshinga’s Japanese gamble backfires as Masamichi Yabuki earns his second world title
Japanese veteran Masamichi Yabuki became a two-weight world champion with a ninth-round victory over South African star Sivenathi Nontshinga to claim the IBF junior flyweight title. ( read original story ...)
Shift to EV-only future would spell job losses, Toyota chairman warns
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A shift to an electric vehicle-only future would lead to job losses among those who have been working on engine-related technologies, including at the many suppliers ... ( read original story ...)