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Perfume won’t fix the crypto industry’s failure to attract women
It wasn’t a token. It wasn’t a structured product. It wasn’t equity. It was … perfume. “Crypto by Binance” has a ring to it, but not in the fragrance market. To be fair, the new scent—billed as ...
Best Crypto to Buy Now March 9 – Ondo, Filecoin, Render
We cover some contenders for the best cryptocurrency to buy right now, potentially worth adding to your watchlist over the coming days.
Atom bomb survivor hopes Japan debut of ‘Oppenheimer’ will stoke nuclear debate
Teruko Yahata was eight when she saw a blueish-white light envelop the sky over her home city of Hiroshima one summer morning, moments before the first atomic bomb explosion knocked her unconscious ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber seem up for the hard fight to get the best from themselves again
For Osaka, those signs came early in her opener against Sara Errani. Serving at 2-2 in the first set, she double-faulted three straight times, then sent a wild forehand wide to hand the Italian a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo offers toilet tours amid flush of excitement over Wim Wenders’ Oscar hopeful
Shibuya district is offering tours of its architect-designed public facilities that feature in Perfect Days ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Stocks Are Near Records. Why They Can Keep Rising.
The Nikkei 225 index hit a record closing high this month, marking a roughly five-fold gain from when it hit bottom in 2009. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka weighs new tax on inbound visitors in bid to make region ‘more attractive and comfortable’
Osaka currently imposes an accommodation tax and plans to set up a panel to consider the new levy, which could be introduced in 2025. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s universities fail to make most of intellectual property
TOKYO -- Universities in Japan fail to make effective use of their intellectual property due to a lack of support programs to link their research findings to businesses, with top schools earning just ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for major quake amid moderate tremors ahead of 2011 Tohoku earthquake anniversary
March, with 30 similar tremors last month, prompting researchers to warn of a more catastrophic quake The warning comes after this year's January 1 earthquake in northern Japan, the most destructive ... ( read original story ...)
After losing everything in 3/11 tsunami, northeast Japan beautician resumes lively salon
Eiko Nakahashi, the owner of a beauty salon in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Natori, was busy tending to a young woman who had asked her for help donning a kimono for a local event to celebrate ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Photo Journal: Colorful projection mapping begins at Tokyo gov’t building
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government building is lit up in an array of color as part of a projecting mapping display that began on March 2, 2024. Until t ... ( read original story ...)
“I was almost brought to tears’: Navigating Tokyo’s hugely popular tourist attraction
You’ll walk through a hanging garden of 13,000 orchids that react when you come into contact with them.In my favourite section, Floating In The Falling Universe Of Flowers, I was surprised to be ... ( read original story ...)
10 years later, cult classic Persona-like JRPG Tokyo Xanadu is getting a sequel with a completely new setting
Tokyo Xanadu New Project is the working title for a newly announced sequel to the 2015 cult classic Persona-like JRPG Tokyo Xanadu. Beloved JRPG developer Nihon Falcom, best known for the Ys, The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo subway installs clear translation screen before 2025 events
The Tokyo metropolitan government has installed a transparent translation screen covering 12 languages at a subway station to help foreign visitors ahead of global sporting events in the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Once again it’s down to Japan to save the video games industry – Reader’s Feature
A reader suggest that Western games companies should run their business like Japanese publishers, who haven’t needed to lay off anyone. When it first became clear that something serious was going on ... ( read original story ...)