What was mostly welcomed by Japan and many allied nations as a meaningful step toward a future-oriented relationship between Seoul and Tokyo has left President Yoon Suk Yeol in a political bind at ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin At $1 Million In 90 Days And Dollar Destroyed—Huge Crypto Price Prediction Bet Fueled By Bank Crisis And Hyperinflation
Investor Balaji Srinivasan has warned the latest banking crisis could spark hyperinflation in the U.S.—and advised people to "buy bitcoin now and get your coins off ...
Marathon in Tokyo to create category for nonbinary entrants in Japan 1st
A major marathon held here every fall will be taking steps to establish a new category for entrants who identify as neither male nor female, ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 13 deaths reported
QUITO, Ecuador – At least 13 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru midday Saturday, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools ... ( read original story ...)
Night for friendly exchanges in Tokyo celebrates Chinese giant pandas
[Photo/Xinhua] TOKYO -- An event of warm and friendly exchanges centered around giant pandas was hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Japan on Friday evening, with the guests sharing love for the cute ... ( read original story ...)
Book review: Japan Casino Uprising a sharp socio-political commentary on its derailed integrated resort dreams
A “warm-up” project to a Japan property. That was how the late mogul Sheldon Adelson ... there were only two takers – Osaka and Nagasaki – for three licences. Hopes were once rife that Japan could ... ( read original story ...)
American POWs’ names read aloud for 1st time at Tokyo bombing memorial
Akari Umeda, a second-year student at St. Hilda's School in Shinagawa Ward, comments on reading the names of Tokyo bombing victims, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on March 9, 2023. (Mainichi/Toshio Kurihara) ... ( read original story ...)
New Sanctions Against Russia, Support For Ukraine: Japan, Germany Leaders Meet In Tokyo
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a meeting in Tokyo agreed to work with allies to continue strict sanctions on Russia and assistance for ... ( read original story ...)
The bitcoin bounce: What comes next?
So why is bitcoin, considered among the riskiest bets of them all, rising so fast? Just months ago, all forms of cryptocurrency appeared to be going up in flames, with bitcoin plunging from almost $50 ...
Doomsday prepping in Japan: Inside one woman’s living-room bunker
While earthquakes are common in Japan, with around 1,500 every year, experts have been predicting that Japan is due for a mega earthquake. Authorities say there’s a 70 per cent chance greater Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
3 years after Magna earthquake, here’s how Utah’s preparing for an even bigger one
USU was awarded $2.5 million to launch the Utah Earthquake Engineering Center in hopes of better preparing the state to respond to a major earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Property Transfers
Property transfers are updated weekly. Because of a delay in receiving the data from the county offices, the most current data is from the previous month. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin is up 60% so far this year as investors rediscover appeal as alternative banking system
Bitcoin is now up 62% for the year ... according to Yuya Hasegawa, an analyst at Japanese crypto firm Bitbank. Fairlead Strategies' Katie Stockton, however, is looking for two consecutive closes above ...
RGB And Taro, Both Putting Tokens On Bitcoin, Take Two Different Approaches To Development
This is an opinion editorial by Kishin Kato, the founder of Trustless Services K.K., a Japanese Lightning Network research and development company. Demand for stablecoins on Bitcoin is returning as ...
Nagoya gov’t suspends official for going to cinemas, shopping while on duty at home
The Nagoya City Hall is seen in the city's Naka Ward on Dec. 4, 2020. (Mainichi/Masakatsu Oka) NAGOYA -- The municipal government here on March 16 suspended a section chief-level woman for one month ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Germany pledge closer ties as Scholz visits Tokyo
Japan and Germany pledged closer defense ties and cooperation on diversifying supply chains as Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met in Tokyo Saturday. Scholz is on his second ... ( read original story ...)