A police officer used his handgun to shoot a man wielding two kitchen knives in Osaka on Monday after an altercation at an apartment building in which a woman was injured. The man, identified as Koji ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo residents want government to test for PFAS contamination on Yokota Air Base
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A group of western Tokyo residents are urging the Japanese government to test water at the home of U.S. Forces Japan amid concerns about the past use of toxic firefighting ... ( read original story ...)
Climate change will test Tokyo’s world-class flood defences
Japan's enormously expensive infrastructure may not be enough to protect it from increasingly extreme weather events. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares close flat ahead of US data
Tokyo stocks trimmed gains and ended flat on Monday as investors awaited key US economic data due to be released this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Scientists discovered more than 100,000 ancient coins at an excavation site in Japan
Archaeologists found a trove of 100,000 ancient coins at an excavation site in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, in central Japan on November 3, the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported, citing Maebashi municipal government officials. ( read original story ...)
Kyogo to miss Japan duty – gossip
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers says Kyogo Furuhashi will not travel to Japan on international duty after the clash of heads that saw him replaced against Aberdeen. (Scottish Sun) Ex-Celtic striker Chris Sutton believes making a mess of their summer recruitment was the reason for the "embarrassing" defeat against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. ( read ...
Fake news, hate-filled sites are big business in Japan
You needn’t feel hate to spew it. “Chinese clothing factory swarms with noxious insects!” “China’s bedbugs invading Japan!” “Thirty percent of Japan’s sex criminals are South Korean!” “Transgender man ... ( read original story ...)
Unification Church’s 3rd-highest-valued Japan property unlisted: Mainichi research
The Unification Church's ownership of a property worth millions of dollars in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward has come to light through research by the ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Japan senior vice finance minister to quit over unpaid taxes: sources
A Japanese senior vice finance minister tendered his resignation Monday, government sources said, in the wake of a magazine report th ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese vice Finance Minister resigns over unpaid taxes
An opposition lawmaker has called Kanda a "criminal" and said that his non-payment of taxes has given the impression that people do not have to pay taxes. Kanda apologised for his action but he ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s state minister of finance resigns over tax delinquency
Japan's government has approved the resignation of State Minister of Finance Kanda Kenji, who repeatedly failed to pay taxes for his company. ( read original story ...)
Rebuild or retreat? Crypto faces tough choices after FTX
Fried, co-founder of FTX and poster child of the crypto industry, was convicted of fraud and money laundering in New York, one of his leading venture capital backers had his say. “Immediately after ...
Crypto Week Ahead: Bitcoin Enjoys Rare Streak As It Touches 1.5-Year High
BTC dominance, at the time of writing, stood at 51.17 percent. ( Image Source : vjkombajn/Pixabay ) ...
Crypto Kidnap: $12.5 Million Lost As Binance Client Executives Abducted, Forced To Empty Crypto Wallets
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, recounted an incident on X (formerly Twitter) where the cryptocurrency exchange successfully halted stolen funds on Friday. CZ clarified the ...
Japan’s Ajinomoto to buy US-based Forge Biologics for $546 million
TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Ajinomoto (2802.T ... Dealscategory Dubai to offer 25% stake in taxi business in planned IPO Dubai plans to offer 25% of shares in its taxi business through an ...
Japan’s Nikkei pares gains to end flat as investors book profits
TOKYO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average gave up gains to end flat on Monday as investors booked profits around the 33,000 level, while cosmetics maker Shiseido fell sharply after ...