A 7.8 magnitude earthquake and major aftershocks rocked Turkey and Syria early Monday, killing thousands and leaving hundreds trapped under the rubble of flattened buildings. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Letter: Birth policies seek to bolster waning population
Japanese people are having fewer children but, in the face of the climate crisis, should larger families be encouraged? ( read original story ...)
Golden girl HIdilyn vs Tokyo Olympian Ando
Paris Olympics is just around the corner. One year to go and everyone's getting excited. As in other sports, weightlifting too is feeling the heat.Everyone now is asking ... ( read original story ...)
As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across the ocean to try to set the US on fire
Japan had limited resources, and bomb-laden balloons were a low-tech way to launch long-range attacks against the US mainland. ( read original story ...)
Canada isn’t doing enough to protect horses flown to Japan for slaughter, advocates say
Animal welfare advocates have filed a legal complaint with Ottawa after a December 2022 shipment of live horses to Japan exceeded the legal 28-hour limit without food, water or rest. However, the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto industry will ‘come up with new things’ and national digital currencies are moving ahead despite recent turmoil, BIS says
"I would assume that the industry will learn from these failures and they will come up with new things," head of the BIS Innovation Hub told Reuters.
FTX has chased politicians like Nancy Pelosi to return donations given before the crypto giant’s collapse. They now have a deadline of February 28 to pay.
FTX previously asked for the money to be returned in December; donor recipients now have until the end of February to return funds.
Crypto firms face big penalties, including jail time, for unauthorized ads following the FTX disaster, UK financial regulator says
Breaches of the new financial promotions guidelines can lead up to a two-year prison sentence, according to the UK regulator.
How Investors Can Improve Crypto Due Diligence
In the aftermath of FTX, whose management team and structure allegedly managed to deceive some of the largest venture capital firms in the world, the importance of due diligence in the crypto space ...
In Turkey And Syria Earthquake A Trail Of Natural Calamities That Has Always Left Mankind Devastated
Here we look at the devastating earthquakes in history that has forced human being scaling heights to kneel down always. ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s 2023 Job Cuts Run Into Thousands After Just Five Weeks
Crypto companies are continuing to shed workers around the world in the aftermath of last year’s bear market, taking job losses in just the first five weeks of the year into the thousands.
UK watchdog warns crypto firms to prepare for tougher rules on adverts
Britain's financial watchdog warned crypto businesses on Monday to get ready for tighter rules on advertising later in the year, warning that any breaches could mean up to two years in prison.
Tokyo eyes chip revival, but its obedience to US in the way
On July 1, 1987, a group of US lawmakers staged one of the most iconic "Japan-bashing" acts during the height of the US-Japan trade war. Blasting Japanese electronics giant Toshiba for allegedly ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida Apologizes for Aide’s Anti-LGBTQ Comments
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologized for discriminatory comments made by one of his aides last week, reiterating the government’s policy of “respecting diversity and creating an inclusive ... ( read original story ...)
Major deadly earthquakes in the past two decades
Some of the world's most deadly earthquakes in the past two decades are listed below, after a 7.8 magnitude quake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday and killed hundreds of people. ( read original story ...)
A timeline of world’s strongest earthquakes over the last 20 years
In the wake of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has struck Turkey and northwest Syria, killing hundreds of people across both nations, here are some the largest earthquakes from around the world during ... ( read original story ...)