Osaka has been vying for years to build a casino ... "I do believe that the business is perfectly viable without the Chinese tourists." About a day after Yoshimura spoke, China moved definitively ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s ties to sports raise ethical questions
Sports fans who view their favorite players as role models might think twice before taking their financial advice, too
Celebrity Crypto-Hawkers Should Get a Close Look
There was little precedent for the scale and the star power that characterized the deluge of high-profile celebrity endorsements promoting cryptocurrencies. And now crypto values and crypto firms are going bust,
India-Japan ties to deepen, more defence exchanges on the anvil
Japan is all set to further strengthen its bilateral and multilateral defence exchanges with India. This will include service-to-service exchanges in a broad range of fields including maritime ...
COP15: Japan commits 1 billion yen to make sustainable use of nature
At biological diversity meeting, Japan, Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation, UNDP, others have announced 4th phase of community development and knowledge management for Satoyama Initiative ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rolls out new defence policy with focus on free and open Indo-Pacific
Japan is finding itself in the midst of the most severe and complex security environment since the end of WWII with mounting threats from China and North Korea ... ( read original story ...)
The FTX implosion wasn’t crypto’s darkest hour of the year – these 2 crises were even more disastrous for digital assets
The Terra Luna crash and the collapse of Celsius and Three Arrows Capital caused even more damage to crypto than FTX's bankruptcy, Chainalysis said.
Japan govt to revise statement with BOJ to water down price target – Kyodo
Japan's government is set to revise a decade-old joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that commits the central bank to achieve its 2% inflation "at the earliest date possible," Kyodo news ...
Why Japan Is Boosting Its Arms Capability, Budget
In a major break from its strictly self-defense-only principle, Japan adopted a national security strategy on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics scandal makes Sapporo bid difficult, says Hokkaido governor
A corruption scandal surrounding last year's Tokyo Games has damaged Japan's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, a top local official warned. Sapporo, in Hokkaido, had been seen as the frontrunner ... ( read original story ...)
Mourners gather on anniversary of Osaka arson at mental clinic
OSAKA--Friends and acquaintances of 26 people who died in an arson attack at a mental health clinic here a year ago gathered Dec. 17, the first anniversary, to offer flowers and pray for the souls of ... ( read original story ...)
In balmy Puerto Rico, diehards shrug off the crypto winter: ‘We’re not worried’
Blockchain aficionados have long flocked to the island for its favorable tax laws. But as the industry wobbles, locals are pushing back ...
Japan govt to revise accord with BOJ to make price target flexible -Kyodo
Japan's government is set to revise a decade-old accord with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stating the central bank will aim to achieve its 2% inflation target "at the earliest possible time", Kyodo news ...
Mourners mark 1st anniversary of deadly fire at Osaka clinic
Mourners laid flowers Saturday on the first anniversary of a deadly fire at an Osaka mental health clinic that claimed the lives of 2 ... ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: Why Japan is boosting its arms capability, budget
Japan this week adopted a new national security strategy that includes determination to possess “counterstrike" capability to preempt enemy attacks and double its spending to gain a more offensive footing and improve its resilience to protect itself from growing risks from China, ( read original story ...)
‘Treated worse than an animal’: Man’s death in central Japan police cell angers father
The father of a 43-year-old man who recently died in a central Japan police station cell expressed anger over his son's death in an intervie ... ( read original story ...)