Japanese service sector activity expanded at its quickest pace in seven months in March, underpinned by strong demand particularly for inbound tourism, a business survey showed on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Royal Family Makes Formal Debut On Instagram
The Japanese imperial family's social media debut comes 15 years after Britain’s royal family joined Twitter in 2009. ( read original story ...)
Japan fights fakes whisky with new labelling rules
Japanese malts are among the most prized and expensive in the world. Yet their regulation has long been extremely loose ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Is a ‘Lawless Industry’: Better Markets CEO
Better Markets President and CEO, Dennis Kelleher, says crypto is a 'lawless' industry and former FTX executives should see jail time and be barred from the financial industry for life. He speaks with ...
Rubrik To File For IPO Next Week: Report
Rubrik has been reported to be readying an IPO for the past two years or so, but Bloomberg is now reporting that the data protection and cybersecurity company, which may have a valuation of $4 ...
PAL spending $450 million in 2024
Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will spend as much as $450 million this year to strengthen its fleet and refurbish jets in preparation for its expansion to Seattle and, eventually, to Europe. ( read original story ...)
‘Very Pr Clean’: Reaction Outside Tokyo’S Imperial Palace As Japan’S Royal Family Joins Inst…
Tourists and young people in Tokyo shared their thoughts on Monday on the new Instagram account launched by Japans imperial family. The family made an Instagram debut with a barrage of posts on Monday ... ( read original story ...)
‘Oppenheimer’ premieres in Japan: Here’s how Hiroshima survivors, Japanese residents reacted
The Oscars' best picture winner "Oppenheimer" premiered in Japan amid concern over how victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings would react. ( read original story ...)
Race Across The World 2024 contestants reveal their winning strategies and share the home comforts they’ll miss the most
Race Across the World, the BBC’s epic, hugely successful and much-loved BAFTA-award winning series returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer for its hotly anticipated new season from Wednesday 10 April. ( read original story ...)
Japan Has Said Goodbye to Its Life-Sized Gundam
There was music, there was sadness, there was sparkling lesbians in the sky—a fitting farewell to the Yokohama Gundam ... ( read original story ...)
Mobile Suit Gundam Takes Over Japan’s Skies With Epic Drone Show
Gundam franchise began in the late 1970s, the mech story began by focusing on the Earth Federation's war against the Principality of Zeon. Fighting on the side of Earth, the young mech pilot Amuro was ... ( read original story ...)
Russian Strategic Bombers Spotted Patrolling Sea Of Japan
Two Tu-95MS aircraft conducted a 10-hour flight over the Sea of Japan only days after the U.S. announced military exercises aimed at deterring North Korea. ( read original story ...)
Shōgun’s Masterful Reimagining of 17th-Century Japan Is a Feat of Set Building
The FX miniseries refashions Vancouver into 1600s Osaka to capture the grit and grandeur of James Clavell’s 1975 novel ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Launches Deposit-Backed ‘Tochika’ Stablecoin
In a first for Japan, Hokkoku Bank launches 'Tochika' - a pioneering stablecoin backed by bank deposits, paving the way for secure crypto adoption.
Institutional money is flowing back into crypto. Here’s how one new hedge fund is approaching the markets
Institutional capital will always lead hobbyist traders, and the explosion in prices has jumpstarted that cycle. As Bloomberg reported in December 2023, before the ETFs had even launched, crypto ...
Boeing’s turbulent descent: The company’s scandals & mishaps explained
Ongoing safety concerns have caused Boeing to face major federal investigations, executive shakeups, and eroding investor confidence as customers scramble to rebook their flights on non-Boeing ...