Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday amid heavy selling of big tech names including Nintendo and SoftBank Group following disappointing financial results, erasing any feel-good factor from a ...
NatsumeAtari: Pocky & Rocky Reshrined Launches on Steam
Responding to many requests, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is coming to Steam (Windows), playable in 6 languages. NatsumeAtari Inc., under license from TAITO CORPORATION, released Pocky & Rocky Reshrined ...
Japan’s weak digital industry drives sectoral trade deficit
According to Finance Ministry data released Wednesday, Japan's current account surplus for 2022 stood at 11.4 trillion yen ($125.2 billion) overall, down 47% from the previous year. High prices for ...
Türkiye, Syria earthquake becomes the world’s deadliest seismic event in more than a decade
Thinly stretched rescue teams pull more bodies from the rubble in Türkiye and Syria following Monday's devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Japan MSDF officers sue gov’t for wrongful arrest after filing power harassment complaint
Two men including a lieutenant junior grade officer belonging to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Base Service Activity Yokosuka filed ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Tokyo Olympics official, ad execs arrested in bid-rigging scandal
Japanese prosecutors arrested on Wednesday a former Tokyo Olympics organising committee official and executives at three advertising agencies on suspected bid-rigging of test events for the Games, the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei Index Ends Lower As Yen Strengthens
Tokyo's key Nikkei index ended lower Wednesday with share prices weighed down by a stronger yen and lacklustre earnings reports from some corporate giants. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic official, 3 others held in bid-rigging probe
A senior official with the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and three company executives have been arrested in an ongoing bid-rigging scandal related to the Games ... ( read original story ...)
Little-known Japanese knotweed laws that could land you with £34k bill
A Stoke-on-Trent Japanese knotweed expert has laid bare the financial and legal penalties the invasive shrub can land you with. Japanese Knotweed Expert has been clearing the plant from homes and ... ( read original story ...)
Binance’s dominance of crypto trading grows after FTX collapse
Binance has taken its largest share to date of the market for trading cryptocurrencies after scooping up the majority of the business from defunct rival exchange FTX. The controversial exchange hosted ...
Tokyo’s Nikkei Ends Lower
Tokyo's key Nikkei index ended lower Wednesday as the market was weighed down by a higher yen against the dollar and lacklustre earnings reports from some corporate giants. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ...
Tokyo Olympics ex-official arrested in alleged bid-rigging case, NHK reports
Japanese prosecutors arrested a former Tokyo Olympics organising committee official for his involvement in the alleged bid-rigging of test events for the Games, public broadcaster NHK reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM says global communication skills key for new BOJ head pick
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the new central bank governor must have strong communication skills and be able to closely coordinate with global peers, offering his most explicit comment ... ( read original story ...)
Japan cancels Mitsubishi SpaceJet, grounding dream of homegrown airliner
After years of delays, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries admits building Japan’s first homegrown passenger jet was too difficult and probably not viable ... ( read original story ...)
World’s 20 deadliest earthquakes to hit this century
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was the strongest in Turkey for about a century in a region that straddles seismic fault lines. Here is a look at the 20 deadliest earthquakes since 2000. For some, Monday's quake brought back memories of August 1999, ( read original story ...)
Samsung Marks 40th Anniversary of ‘Tokyo Declaration’ on Feb. 8
Feb. 8 marks the 40th anniversary of the "Tokyo Declaration," when Lee Byung-chul, the late founder of Samsung Group and grandfather of Samsung Electronics' chairman Lee Jae-ong, announced in Tokyo a ... ( read original story ...)