The animosity between South Korea and Japan has long been a weak link in Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy. President Biden is likely to urge more steps toward a thaw during meetings this week. ( read original story ...)
Will the Bank of Japan Governor, Ueda stick to the plan?
More recent data out of Japan show signs of more continued price pressures. The most recent CPI reads out of Japan put the current rate at 3.2%. Comfortably above the 2.0% target. Ueda has been vocal ...
Gibraltar Court Orders Crypto Wallet Freezes as Investigators Probe Failed Trader Globix: FT
A Gibraltar court has ordered Binance, Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Kraken to freeze wallets or identify owners linked to the collapsed crypto trader.
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends higher as chip stocks gain, earnings eyed
Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index closed fractionally higher Tuesday, as chip-oriented issues gained on hopes for increased production amid some caution ahead of earnings and outlook reports from ...
Nagoya University experts develop a new ultra-high-density sulfonic acid polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells
In a project commissioned by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed poly(styrenesulfonic acid)-based PEMs ... ( read original story ...)
Is the Bitcoin Comeback for Real?
Bitfinex’ed, who says he was a “hardcore, diehard believer in Bitcoin” in its early years, has watched the bad-news price hikes play out repeatedly, starting with the first big scandal surrounding the ...
YouTubers take office: Japan’s newest politicians are young, diverse and online
Japan's by-elections have seen a number of diverse new faces thrust into the national spotlight, including 26-year-old Ryosuke Takashima, the country's youngest-ever mayor. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ispace prepares for world’s first commercial lunar landing
Japanese startup ispace inc is preparing to land its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) spacecraft on the moon early on Wednesday, in what would be the world's first lunar landing by a private company if it ... ( read original story ...)
Moon shot: Japan firm to attempt historic lunar landing
A Japanese space start-up will attempt Tuesday to become the first private company to put a lander on the Moon.However, Japan and the United States announced last year that they would cooperate on a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business services inflation hits 8-year high in fiscal 2022
Japan's business-to-business service inflation hit an eight-year high in the fiscal year that ended March, data showed on Tuesday, a sign inflationary pressure was broadening beyond goods reflecting a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo company aims to be 1st business to put lander on moon
A Japan ese company is about to attempt what no other private business has done: land on the moon. Tokyo’s ispace company put its own spacecraft into orbit around the moon a month ago. On Tuesday, ... ( read original story ...)
‘I’ll kill you’: Machete-wielding man goes on rampage at subway station in Sapporo
A man wielding a suspected machete at a subway station here on the evening of April 24 caused a commotion at the site, before police subdue・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Middle school teacher moonlighting as host bar host arrested in Nagoya
That was the question a host in his 20s asked a woman as she was walking down the street in an entertainment district of Nagoya. Unbeknownst to him, the woman was actually a plainclothes police ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka’s iconic drummer mascot Kuidaore Taro endorsed by Yamaha Music
Kuidaore Taro, an iconic drummer mascot in Osaka's Dotonbori area, and Tokyo-based Yamaha Music Japan Co. have signed an endorsement contract・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase files legal challenge to push SEC to write rules on crypto
Coinbase Global Inc filed a petition on Monday in an effort to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create new rules for digital assets, the company said in a blog post, in the latest escalation of the cryptocurrency exchange’s tensions with the securities regulator.
Coinbase asks federal court to force SEC to respond to its crypto-regulation petition
A new filing on Monday evening shows crypto exchange Coinbase has asked the federal court to take action against the SEC.