Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have used artificial intelligence to discover a new method for understanding small defects called dislocations in polycrystalline materials, materials widely ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Stock Exchange delists Toshiba amid ownership change
The consortium, led by Japan Industries Partners Inc., purchased Toshiba this year for $14 billion. President and CEO Taro Shimada will continue to lead Toshiba but beginning Friday the company will ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Remains an Outlier as Global Acceptance of Cannabis Grows
For Japan’s mostly young, growing community of cannabinoid users, the sudden HHCH ban amounted to a personal inconvenience, and for many businesses it meant a major blow. At the Shinjuku shop, HHCH ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Clears the Way for Tourists to Get an Actual Uber
One of the world’s biggest taxi markets is finally opening its gates wider to Uber after a decade of pushing by the U.S. ride-hailing company. ( read original story ...)
Where Are The Crypto Hot Spots?
Nationally, 1 in 47 upper-bracket taxpayers checks the box. The geographic dispersion of the odds is quite large. On the West Coast (three states combined) the frequency is 1 in 29; in 21 states it’s ...
There’s an everything bubble across stocks, crypto, and housing — and it will burst spectacularly in 2024, market historian says
Caveat: Dent has been sounding the alarm on markets and the economy for a while, but they've defied his doom saying.
The Hot New Market in Crypto? Trading FTX’s Carcass.
Investors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on FTX bankruptcy claims, betting that the firm’s new leaders will recover the money that Sam Bankman-Fried misappropriated.
End of era as Toshiba delists from Tokyo stock exchange after 74 years
Electronics firm taken private in £11bn deal by consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners ... ( read original story ...)
Ukrainian evacuee children get kick out of soccer event with pro players in Tokyo
Children from war-torn Ukraine joined a soccer lesson with Ukrainian professional team Shakhtar Donetsk ahead of a recent charity match with ( read original story ...)
Rockcliff’s $2.7B deal with Tokyo Gas is a bet on Gulf Coast LNG
Tokyo Gas is doubling down on the Haynesville shale region of East Texas with its acquisition of Rockcliff Energy, reaffirming its belief in the area’s rising importance in global gas markets. The Japan-based gas utility said Friday that its TG Natural Resources subsidiary would buy the East Texas gas producer for $2. ( read original ...
Tokyo stocks rise after BOJ maintains ultraloose policy
Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday on buying of exporter and technology issues as the yen weakened and interest rates fell after the Bank of J ( read original story ...)
A Japan court orders Okinawa to approve a modified plan to build runways for US Marine Corps
A Japanese court has ordered the governor of Okinawa to approve the central government’s modified plan for landfill work at the planned relocation site of a key U.S. military base on the southern ... ( read original story ...)
US turns to Japan to boost Ukraine’s air defenses
Tokyo is expected to officially announce a significant policy shift this week, allowing the export of dozens of Patriot missiles to the United States, U.S. newspaper the Washington Post reported on ... ( read original story ...)
Over 40 new countries got into crypto in 2023 – Inside look
The cryptocurrency industry has witnessed a significant shift in 2023, with a remarkable 42 new countries entering the sphere. This dynamic change, as highlighted in a recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers ...
IPO Update: Telomir Pharmaceuticals Proposes IPO Terms
Telomir Pharmaceuticals plans to raise $7 million through an IPO to fund its development of treatments for age-related inflammatory conditions. The company's lead candidate, TELOMIR-1, has the ...
Japan’s Nikkei closes at over 5-month high after BOJ gives no hint of policy shift
JAPAN’S Nikkei closed at a more than five-month high on Wednesday (Dec 20) as caution on the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) policy stance faded after the central bank offered no hints on when it would exit its ...