The niece of Johnny Kitagawa, the late J-pop mogul at the centre of a sex scandal that has shocked Japan, said on Thursday that she had stepped down as the head of the talent agency her uncle had founded. ( read original story ...)
U.S., South Korea, Japan agree to accelerate missile tracking cooperation
Defence chiefs from the U.S., South Korea and Japan on Thursday jointly condemned North Korea's recent test of missiles and agreed to accelerate missile tracking cooperation, South Korea's Ministry of National Defence said in a statement. ( read original story ...)
Experts link LastPass security breach to a string of crypto heists
Security experts are claiming that some of the LastPass password vaults stolen during a security breach near the end of 2022 have now been cracked open following a string of six-figure cryptocurrency ...
Crypto Spot Market August Trading Volume Hits 4.5-Year Low as Volatility Fails to Spur Activity
Aggregate crypto spot and derivatives trading volume contracted 11.5% to $2.09 trillion in August.The low spot-trading volume and fluctuations in ...
First Mover Americas: Crypto Trading Volume Hits 4-Year Low
Crypto spot trading is at its lowest level since March 2019, according to digital assets data provider CCData, shedding some light on the soporific state of the market. Spot trading volume on ...
Japan launches rocket to explore origins of universe – video
Space mission will attempt to land on the moon early next year and is carrying an onboard X-ray telescope ( read original story ...)
Japan launches ‘moon sniper’ lunar lander SLIM into space
Japan launched its lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as planned and successfully released the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon ...
1923 earthquake exhibit canceled after outcry over AI ‘testimonies’
The Japanese Red Cross Society’s Tokyo chapter has canceled an exhibition on the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake that featured survivors’ “testimonies” created using generative artificial intelligence, ... ( read original story ...)
New Crypto Presale Under $1 on Binance Smart Chain With High Staking APY – $BTCBSC
While Bitcoin’s price is declining, a newly-launched BEP-20 token with high staking rewards, Bitcoin BSC, has surpassed the $100k milestone in its presale. With the aim of providing investors an ...
Bitcoin’s Low Volatility Keeps Crypto Prices Under Pressure
Digital assets continue to exhibit low levels of volatility as traders remain on the sidelines. It's not good for crypto.
Depressed Crypto Markets, Regulatory Risks Fail to Dissuade Asset Managers From Investing
The hazy regulatory environment and depressed crypto markets are doing little to curb asset managers' interest in digital assets, according to ...
StanChart analyst makes the case for Japan’s Topix, Nikkei 225
The Topix and the Nikkei 225 indices have done great this year and analysts at Standard Chartered believe that there is more upside. Data by TradingView shows that the Topix index was trading at ...
Japanese stocks attract biggest weekly foreign inflows in 2-1/2 months
Data from Japanese exchanges showed foreign investors purchased a net 979.35 billion yen ($6.64 billion) worth of Japanese equities ...
Nagoya venture firm, Suzuki Motor Corp. developing app to support Indians in Japan
A venture company here creating apps for foreign workers in Japan and major automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. have teamed up to develop an app to･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s threatened Jingu Gaien park placed on ‘Heritage Alert’ list by conservancy body
Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body that assesses international monuments and historic sites ... ( read original story ...)
Head of Japan’s top pop agency resigns after admitting late founder sexually abused minors for decades
The head of Japan’s top pop agency Johnny & Associates stepped down Thursday after admitting that her uncle, the company’s late founder, had sexually abused minors for years, following months of ... ( read original story ...)