Kissei Pharmaceutical, which sells the rare immune-disease drug in Japan, warned doctors to stop prescribing it to new patients. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Got a Lift From Congress This Week. A Down Day For Risk Assets Pulled It Back Down.
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 and crypto-linked stocks including Coinbase, Circle, and Robinhood gave back gains from earlier in the week.
More Americans over 55 hold crypto than under 25, NCA report finds
"More people over 55 are using crypto than under 25, which is absolutely shocking,” Tager said. The report backs this up. 28% of people who bought crypto for the first time in the past year are 55 or ...
Qubitcore Joins JST Moonshot Goal 6 Phase 2 R&D Project
EINPresswire.com/ — Qubitcore Inc., an ion-trap quantum computing startup spun out of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), today announced its participation in a Phase 2 R&D project ... ( read original story ...)
‘Japan Passing’? Trump eases Tokyo jitters with phone call to Takaichi after Xi summit
Just four hours after US President Donald Trump departed Beijing aboard Air Force One on May 15, capping a high-stakes summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, he made a phone call. On the line ... ( read original story ...)
Trump reaffirmed ‘ironclad’ US-Japan alliance after China trip, Japan’s Takaichi says
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she and U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed an "ironclad" bilateral alliance in a phone ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hit by powerful earthquake as warnings issued for five regions
Japan hit by powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake as warnings issued for five prefectures - The quake occurred off the coast of Miyagi but there is no immediate risk of a tsunami ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
The epicentre of the earthquake was off the coast of Miyagi prefecture at a depth of 50km, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. ( read original story ...)
Strong earthquake jolts Tohoku region
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake, measuring a lower 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale, struck the Tohoku region on Friday evening. There was no threat of a tsunami. The quake struck at a depth of 50 ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 strikes near east coast of Honshu in Japan, GFZ says
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, on Friday (May 15, 2026), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake hit at 8:22 p.m. (1122 GMT ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake magnitude of 6.3 jolts northeastern Japan; no tsunami warning issued
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 rattled northeastern Japan on Friday, with no tsunami warning issued, the weather agency said, Kyodo News Agency reported. ( read original story ...)
Nagoya Railroad FY Net Y22.95B Vs Net Y37.73B
Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd. (9048.TO) Japan Year Ended March 31 GROUP 2026 2025 Revenue Y691.58 bln Y690.72 bln Operating Profit Y36.19 bln Y42.08 bln Pretax Profit Y38.36 bln Y47.67 bln Net Profit ... ( read original story ...)
New program at University of Tokyo to tackle global problems
The University of Tokyo plans to launch a five-year combined bachelor’s and master’s degree program in the fall of 2027 to nurture talent capable of addressing issues throughout the world. ( read original story ...)
United expands its Japanese footprint with new routes to Tokyo-Narita, Sapporo
United Airlines is to expand its Japanese footprint with the launch of its first ever service to Sapporo and a new route to Tokyo-Narita ... ( read original story ...)
Japan may face more price hikes for food, hot spring facilities, central bank says
Japan may face another round of broad-based price increases around summer, as firms ranging from food makers to hot spring facilities consider passing on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks lose ground after early gains
Tokyo's benchmark stock index fell on Friday, erasing the gains in earlier trade. The Nikkei 225 fell more than 1,600 points into negative territory, or about 2.6 percent. The index had earlier risen ... ( read original story ...)