Japan braced for a possible power crunch on Monday as temperatures climbed across the country and the rainy season ended in the Tokyo area at its earliest point since 1951, raising fears of a long, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan To Impose Sanctions On Another 160 Russian Individuals And Legal Entities
The Japanese government will expand individual and export sanctions against Russia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at a G7 summit in Germany, ... ( read original story ...)
Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 1: Tegowashi【SoraHouse】
Last fall, we bought a house in the Japanese countryside for just one million yen (roughly US$9,100 at the time, and about US$7,460 with the current exchange rate). So who’s been living there in the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto is crashing but the tech behind it could save luxury brands billions
Counterfeits are a huge problem for high-end designers but a new platform could help ensure that high-value purchases are the real deal. ( read original story ...)
How ethnic Chinese women are preyed on by crypto swindlers
Qiao Er was idly scrolling through Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, one hot summer day in the southern Taiwanese port city Kaohsiung, when she came across a profile of a wealthy and attractive ... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks up on Wall St gains; Nikkei, Kospi rise over 1%
"The market remains focused in the trade-off between the policy response to high inflation and fears of a hard landing," Westpac rates strategist Damien McColough wrote in a client note. ( read original story ...)
Extreme Heat Is Set to Stretch Japan’s Power Grid to Near Limits
Japan is making a new appeal to Tokyo residents to conserve power with unusually hot weather expected to boost demand for cooling and stretch the city’s grid close to its limits. Most Read from ... ( read original story ...)
International schools offer golf, skiing in Japan, luring rich Chinese parents
Japan's relative proximity, low Covid-19 infection rates and fewer restrictions. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
INSIGHT-On Japan’s farms, a weakening yen adds to slow-burning discontent
YAMAGATA, Japan, June 27 (Reuters) - Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives his cattle in order to stretch his money further as a plunging yen drives up ... ( read original story ...)
Hill Climb notebook: Unser family continues Pikes Peak tradition, local David Donner races to second
Porsche Pikes Peak Trophy By Yokohama division driver and family member of various Pikes Peak veteran drivers Loni Unser signs autographs after finishing her run during the 100th ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games’ report focuses on positives after Mori’s sexist remarks, other issues
The Tokyo Games organizing committee released its official report on June 21, summarizing the event which was held after a one-year postponem ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Shouldn’t Raise Taxes on Its Retail Investors
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has hemmed and hawed about a capital gains levy as a way to boost income. He ought to follow his South Korean counterpart and just get on with it. ( read original story ...)
On Japan’s Farms, a Weakening Yen Adds to Slow-Burning Discontent
YAMAGATA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives his cattle in order to stretch his money further as a plunging yen drives up the cost of ... ( read original story ...)
Why inflation – not the crypto crash – will define Bitcoin
From using it as a store of value to exploring it in international trade, Bitcoin is being pushed to new heights of adoption by inflation. ( read original story ...)
What CPAs Should Think About During This Crypto Winter
As cryptoassets enter a new crypto winter, the temptation is to relegate cryptoassets (and blockchain) to the backburner, and that would be a disservice to the accounting profession as well as the ... ( read original story ...)
Tuna in the sky: Japan students tap AR to make mask-wearing fun
With government and health officials still urging caution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a group of students from Japan's Kindai University has developed face masks that harness augmented ... ( read original story ...)