Travelers from Japan, Trinidad, the U.S. and beyond traveled to the electric streets of Tokyo and verdant countryside to celebrate Caribbean culture. ( read original story ...)
Japan retailer Bookoff to sell consoles that can play NES, other retro games
Sales will go ahead at some stores in eastern Japan's Kanto region on Dec. 1, and from late December, they will be sold across Japan. Reservations will be accepted until Nov. 27. (Japanese original by Yuka Kato, Business News Department) ( read original story ...)
90-year-old employee at McDonald’s Japan says she plans to work until she turns 100
Tamiko Honda, a 90-year-old female employee at one of McDonald’s branches in Japan, believed that working in a job was a key to her health, and she would like to continue doing it until her centennial years. ( read original story ...)
Video: Foreigner in Japan claims he has to lie to get into local gyms
A foreigner in Japan claimed during a man-on-the-street interview that he must conceal his tattoos and tell lies just to gain access to local gyms. Hiding ink: The unnamed foreigner shared in an interview with YouTuber Takashii from Japan that he finds himself compelled to deceive gym staff about his tattoos just to gain entry ...
Mixin hacked for $200M, Worldcoin eyes greater expansion and Haun Ventures’ execs talk crypto regulation
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UPDATE 1-Japan finmin Suzuki reiterates warning against excessive FX volatility
TOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Japan won't rule out any options to deal with excessive currency volatility, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, reiterating a warning against speculative ...
TIFFCOM Returns as In-Person Market, Adds Tokyo Story Market
TIFFCOM, the rights market that sits alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival, is celebrating its return to an in-person format for the first time since 2019, with a move to another venue and ... ( read original story ...)
Investing in Space: Japan’s ispace opens Denver headquarters as companies chase moon market
Japan and the United States. One company is pushing to tap two of those markets: Tokyo-based lunar lander company ispace is rebooting its U.S. subsidiary, aiming to be a key transportation provider in ... ( read original story ...)
Woman “affiliated with Osaka” restaurant in Memphis indicted for theft, says TN Department of Revenue
The agency did not go into detail about the charge or just how Le is currently affiliated with the restaurant, but she pleaded guilty to a similar charge in 2017. ( read original story ...)
China Moves to Counter US by Winning Over Japan and South Korea
"China will still make unremitting efforts to persuade South Korea and Japan to return to the track of regional cooperation," expert Zhan Debin told Newsweek. ( read original story ...)
Sam Bankman-Fried talked crypto with Jerome Powell the same month that the Fed chair met with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs CEOs
Sam Bankman-Fried and Jerome Powell discussed stablecoins and CBDCs in a meeting last February, the same month Powell met with Wall Street CEOs.
Ex-Japan PM Abe’s shadow seen in gov’t claim it has no records on 1923 Korean massacre
TOKYO -- In recent remarks, a high-ranking official of the Japanese government implied that no records exist of the massacre of Koreans and others in the chaos ensuing the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. ( read original story ...)
Japan to Nepal: 7 Earthquake prone countries
Japan to Nepal are 7 countries that are earthquake-prone, situated along tectonic plate boundaries. They face varying levels of seismic risk, necessitating robust preparedness and infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
The Petri Dish: Ginkgo, Pfizer sign $331M deal; Leqembi OK’d in Japan
Pfizer is partnering up with Boston synthetic biology firm Ginkgo Bioworks, plus other life sciences news you may have missed. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo residents sweat it out in fall heatwave
STORY: Many office workers were still seen wearing short-sleeved shirts, a business fashion that Japan usually adopts during summer, as the temperature in central Tokyo was observed as 32.9 degrees ... ( read original story ...)