Japan's factory activity shrank for a third straight month in August, a survey showed on Friday, as manufacturers were squeezed by cost pressures from raw material inflation and rising wages. The yen ... ( read original story ...)
Workers stage Japan’s first strike in decades over department store sale
Workers at a major Tokyo department store went on strike on Thursday after talks with management over the planned sale of their company broke down, marking the first major walk-out the country has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s toxic water discharge against global opinion
Life on Earth depends on the oceans. By dumping the nuclear-contaminated water into the sea for the next 30 years, Japan could pose a serious threat to marine life and turn the oceans toxic, affecting ... ( read original story ...)
From car battery to coffee maker
Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to run gadgets on the go or deliver emergency power in disasters. ( read original story ...)
Japan Is Releasing Wastewater Into the Pacific: What to Know About Radioactivity and Seafood
Here’s what scientists have to say about the minimal risks to seafood consumers from Fukushima’s treated wastewater. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM eats fish from Fukushima nuclear plant waters
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ate "very delicious" fish sashimi from Fukushima, in a video released by the Japanese government. It follows a row over the discharge into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Tells Fisheries Minister to Apologise for Calling Fukushima Wastewater ‘Contaminated’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered his fisheries minister to apologise on Thursday for referring to treated radioactive water being released from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant as "contaminated" and told him to retract his remark. ( read original story ...)
X (Twitter) adds ‘x coin’ to code as Elon Musk moves toward integrating crypto payments
Description of a digital payments scheme has been added to X’s algorithm, potentially paving the way for crypto integration on the platform.
Not Your Bitcoin: UK Crypto Firms Will Now Be Forced To Seize Some Inbound Payments
Brits who receive money via crypto exchanges may now have their funds seized if they can’t provide evidence about the sender’s identity and the purpose of the payment.
Tornado Cash’s Trouble Puts Crypto Privacy Advocates on Notice
The action against Tornado Cash is also an unnerving reminder for the industry of the shaky ground held by crypto companies in the US. For privacy-focused startups and the VCs who invest in them, ...
Ronaldinho denies crypto scam in Brazil congressional hearing
Retired football great Ronaldinho denied involvement in an alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme bearing his name in testimony Thursday before a Brazilian congressional committee."It is not true I am ...
The Trillion Dollar Crypto Opportunity: Real World Asset Tokenization
At what we hope is the end of a bitter crypto winter, history offers foresight that good times will return. According to the eminent professor ...
Here’s the bitcoin outlook for September as crypto industry turns focus on Washington
Bitcoin is poised to end August on a down beat despite the crypto industry scoring a milestone win on the regulation front. The cryptocurrency could be mired in a range during September, market ...
Grayscale bitcoin ETF ruling ‘remarkable,’ crypto-focused attorney Zack Shapiro says
In a wide-ranging interview with CNBC Crypto World, Zack Shapiro, managing partner at the crypto-focused law firm Rains, weighs on recent court decisions, including the landmark Grayscale ETF ruling ...
Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Inches Closer To Launch Of Hong Kong Subsidiary
The Zug-based crypto bank already operates a regulated subsidiary in Abu Dhabi. Now it's poised to gain a foothold in the Asia Pacific market.
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and the Bull
Before Bitcoin came into existence in 2009, there were a couple of attempts to create digital electronic money secured by cryptography. However, ...