Armed with years of expertise in the Japanese property market, FMI is hosting a Japan Expo at Shangri-la Singapore on Sunday, Sept 24.For close to a decade, FM Investment (FMI) has been a leading ... ( read original story ...)
SBI Japan Remit to Use XRP, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Loses Momentum, VC Spectra Keeps Surging
Major crypto experts have recognized VC Spectra’s (SPCT) potential to outperform competitors like XRP (XRP) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). VC Spectra’s (SPCT) game-changing features and exceptional real-life ...
Krueger, 19, stuns top seed Zhu in Osaka to win first WTA title
By WTA Staff 2023 Osaka American teenager Ashlyn Krueger capped off a breakthrough week at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championship by defeating No.1 seed Zhu Lin 6-3, 7-6(6) to win her first Hologic WTA Tour title. Before her week in Osaka ... ( read original story ...)
WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023 Preview: Lin Zhu vs. Ashlyn Krueger Betting Odds and Match Preview
Lin Zhu (No. 35 ranking) will meet Ashlyn Krueger (No. 123) in the final of the WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023 on Saturday, September 16.Zhu is favored (-160) to win the tournament versus ( read original story ...)
Protesters demand that Japan save 1000s of trees by revising a design plan for a popular Tokyo park
Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision. ( read original story ...)
Philippines Says Japan, Australia Keen on Joint Maritime Patrols
The Philippine armed forces said Japan and Australia “expressed willingness” to take part in joint maritime patrols with it and the US in disputed waters. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Asakusa Samba Carnival returns after 4-yr COVID hiatus
The Asakusa Samba Carnival, a late-summer Tokyo highlight, returned Sunday following a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... ( read original story ...)
Exploring Tokyo Jazz Joints
Tokyo Jazz Joints documents these vibrant vinyl listening spaces – gaining traction across the globe – in a photo project, podcast and new coffee table book ... ( read original story ...)
WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023 Betting Odds and Match Previews for September 15, Women’s Singles
Today there are four matches scheduled for the semifinals and the quarterfinals in the WTA Osaka, Japan Women Singles 2023, highlighted by No. 35-ranked Lin Zhu going head-to-head with No. 39 ( read original story ...)
Southwest Japan railway hit by rain disaster reborn as pioneering bus service
The July 2017 torrential rain disaster sowed much destruction across Japan's northern Kyushu region, including wiping out a section of railway passing through this village. But six years later, the line has been restored to the local citizens and travelers in the form of a bus rapid transit (BRT) service, ( read original story ...)
All public school trips in Tokyo’s Minato Ward to be overseas
(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Third-year students at all public junior high schools in a central Tokyo ward will go abroad for their school trips starting from April 2024, with subsidies of around 500,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Old Japan video misrepresented as Morocco earthquake
Social media posts claim a video of a home's interior shaking shows an earthquake that hit Morocco in 2023. This is false; the clip was taken in Oita, Japan in January 2022 . ( read original story ...)
Japan to give $3 mil. in emergency aid to quake-hit Morocco
Japan will extend around $3 million in emergency aid to Morocco through humanitarian organizations after it was hit by a deadly earth ... ( read original story ...)
Is China’s Economic Predicament as Bad as Japan’s? It Could Be Worse
China is facing some economic challenges that Japan didn’t after its 1980s bubble. ( read original story ...)
Japan Post Plans Redevelopment of Urban Centers, Nikkei Says
Japan Post Holdings Co. is planning to convert some 20 properties it owns into mixed-development complexes in a bid to reduce reliance on financial operations, according to the Nikkei. ( read original story ...)
Japan calling: foreign digital nomads embrace work and travel lifestyle in Tokyo and beyond
Japan is laying the welcome mat to attract foreign digital nomads to work and travel in cities and towns across the country More tech-savvy workers from around the world are already embracing the ... ( read original story ...)