The Japanese exchange is expanding its global reach with a deal planned to close in October, joining a wave of other crypto acquisitions.
CEO of Japanese drinks giant Suntory resigns following drug probe
Suntory is one of Japan’s most recognizable drinks brands, selling beer, whisky, sports and energy drinks. In Sofia Coppolla’s 2003 film “Lost in Translation,” Oscar-nominated Bill Murray played an ... ( read original story ...)
Top Japanese beverage giant Suntory’s chief resigns as he faces a drug probe
Takeshi Niinami, a Japanese business leader and CEO of beverage giant Suntory, has resigned as he is facing an investigation into his alleged possession of an illegal drug ... ( read original story ...)
CEO of Jim Beam’s Japanese Owner Quits During Police Probe
Takeshi Niinami, a graduate of Harvard Business School and one of the most prominent Japanese executives on the international stage, resigned as chairman and chief executive of Suntory Holdings on ... ( read original story ...)
Suntory Boss Resigns After Buying Supplement That May Be Illegal in Japan
Takeshi Niinami has stepped down from his post following a police investigation, underscoring Japan’s zero-tolerance drug policies. ( read original story ...)
Top Japan CEO Quits Over Illegal ‘Supplements’ Allegations
One of Japan's best-known business people has resigned as CEO of beverage giant Suntory following allegations that he purchased illegal "supplements", the company said on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
WWII POWs remembered in Yokohama on 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender
About two dozen people gathered at a burial ground in Japan for a service that coincided with Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945. ( read original story ...)
Woman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distress, police in Japan say
The scammer told the woman he was "in space on a spaceship right now" but was "under attack and in need of oxygen," an official said. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Ishiba suggests he’s not fixated on power as ruling party meets
Mr Ishiba has repeated his intention to stay on despite calls within his party to see him go. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japanese AI SaaS Startup LayerX Raises $100 Million In Series B
The round drew participation from Japanese banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and local venture capital firm JAFCO Group, among others.
Japan’s Coincheck Acquires France-Regulated Aplo to Expand Global Crypto Services
Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck is expanding its global footprint with the acquisition of Aplo, a Paris-based digital asset prime brokerage regulated by France’s financial markets authority, the ...
Nagoya University startup brings GaN-based electron beam breakthrough to KIOXIA’s semiconductor lines
A new semiconductor inspection and metrology platform is set to begin validation in KIOXIA’s advanced production lines ... ( read original story ...)
TICAD9 fosters future via youth, innovation, partnership
YOKOHAMA: I have been reflecting on the potential outcomes of the current 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) conference, where President Samia Suluhu Hassan has sent ... ( read original story ...)
Close Aide to Japan PM Ishiba Says He Plans to Resign
The Japanese ruling party's secretary general Hiroshi Moriyama, a close aide to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said on Tuesday he intends to resign from his post to take responsibility for the party's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM to ask ministers to compile economic package, Sankei says
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to ask ministers as early as this week to compile an economic stimulus package to address inflation and Trump administration tariffs, the Sankei newspaper ... ( read original story ...)
Alarm in Japan as births hit record low
Alarm bells are going off in Japan as the decline in births shows no sign of stopping. A survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare found that about 339,000 babies were born in the first half ... ( read original story ...)