In Japan, Tokyo officials have launched a new online service called Tokyo Futari Story that aims to help people find relationships amid historically low marriage and birth rates. Japan's birth rate ... ( read original story ...)
3 Japanese Dividend Stocks Offering Up To 6.1% Yield
As Japan’s stock market exhibits mixed signals with the Nikkei 225 seeing modest gains amidst a strengthening yen and supportive service sector data, investors might find stability in dividend-paying ...
Japanese group in Taiwan visits quake-hit Hualien to support tourism
Some 40 Japanese nationals living in Taiwan threw their support behind earthquake-ravaged Hualien County as they embarked on a two-day tour there through Sunday to help promote the local tourism industry. ( read original story ...)
What Crypto Investors Should Know As Tokenization Comes For All Assets
Also worth noting is the estimated size of this opportunity; for all of the promise and reality of cryptoassets that marketplace remains much smaller when compared to TradFi assets and marketplaces.
U.S. Defenses Are Faltering, but Japan Can Help
America consolidated too much after the Cold War, making the alliance more important than ever. ( read original story ...)
4.5 Magnitude Earthquake Reported In US State
The earthquake was centered in The Geysers, the world's largest geothermal field located in the Mayacamas Mountains, at a depth of 3.6 kilometers (about 1 mile). The USGS said the ( read original story ...)
‘I flip abandoned homes in rural Japan – people offer me houses for free’
When Paul Christie bought his house in rural Japan, locals were stunned. It had been derelict for almost two decades and the latest available record for the property was a mortgage from the 1920s. But ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp’s LCD plant in Osaka will be transformed into massive AI data center
Sharp's production base in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, once renowned as the world's most advanced factory for large LCD television panels, will be transformed into a massive data center to handle the ... ( read original story ...)
Is Tokyo Vice On Max Renewed For Season 3? Here’s All You Need To Know About The Ansel Elgort Starred Crime Drama
Ever since its premiere in 2022, Max’s Tokyo Vice has received critical acclaim and the audience’s love for its thrilling portrayal of the Japanese underworld. The crime drama tells the story of American investigative journalist Jake Adelstein ... ( read original story ...)
Athletics-Warner keen to compete in full Paris stadium after Tokyo’s pandemic Olympics
Damian Warner is excited about the party atmosphere that undoubtedly awaits him at Paris 2024 three years after he captured Olympic decathlon gold in a Tokyo stadium eerily absent of fans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ( read original story ...)
News Navigator: How do we prevent kids falling from windows as summer arrives in Japan?
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about statistics on children falling from windows or balconies and measures to pre ... ( read original story ...)
Pace’s new Tokyo gallery a sign of shifting energy: ‘Artists want to show in Japan’
Pace CEO Marc Glimcher talks about the international gallery’s new Tokyo location – its first in Japan – and the blossoming Japanese art scene, plus why ‘it is insane to say that Hong Kong is done’. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Override Announced at Netflix
Here's how Netflix describes the original anime series that is slated to arrive later this year, "In AI-optimized Tokyo 100 years in the future, an orphan teenage hacker blends in until a favor for her only friend inadvertently draws her into a benevolent ... ( read original story ...)
Business leaders from Korea, Japan, China call for trilateral economic partnerships
Businesspeople from Korea, Japan and China have shared a common view on the need for their partnerships for economic vitalization and supply chain stabilization, according to a survey conducted by a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Opposition Party Calls On Kishida to Hold Snap Elections
Japan’s main opposition party urged Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to call a snap election to seek a fresh mandate from voters, saying the public had “completely lost trust” in his leadership over a ... ( read original story ...)
Can Japan’s summer music festivals adapt to a post-pandemic reality?
Soaring temperatures, the cheap yen and a dearth of headline options may require reshaping the outdoor concert formula. ( read original story ...)