In comparison with other large earthquakes around the world, the 2011 Japan quake and tsunami — in which more than 22,000 people were killed or went missing — registered a magnitude of 9.1. That incident left widespread destruction in its wake after ... ( read original story ...)
Buying Property in Japan
There are no legal restrictions on foreigners owning real estate property in Japan. Negotiations and private survey may begin once property has been chosen. It is important to hire the services of a ... ( read original story ...)
Arm Sees Strong Growth As It Makes Plans for 2023 IPO
SoftBank Group 9984 –1.01% acquired ARM for $32 billion in 2016; the Tokyo-based technology holding reached an agreement two years ago to sell the company to Nvidia (ticker: NVDA), but the deal was ...
Budget-Minded Tokyo Visitors Should Book A Stay In These Two Districts
Do you want to have a little "Lost in Translation" moment at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo? It'll cost you. The cheapest rooms in this Shinjuku-area hotel clock in at almost ¥60,000 per night ($600). For most of us, that's pretty unaffordable, especially if we ... ( read original story ...)
Centara partners with Thai Airways
Centara Hotels & Resorts announces a partnership with Thai Airways to offer passengers exclusive benefits ahead of the grand opening of Centara Grand Hotel Osaka, Centara’s first-ever property in ... ( read original story ...)
AXA IM Alts buys 33 multifamily assets in Japan for $460m
All the properties in the portfolio have a strong track record of high occupancy and proven appeals to the respective cities’ thriving professional communities,” said Laurent Jacquemin, head of ... ( read original story ...)
HOT PROPERTIES: Joy of Tokyo renews Laurens Road lease
Recent Hot Properties commercial real estate deals include Sammy DuBose and Pete Brett of Coldwell Banker Commercial Caine, who represented ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tracers in the Dark’ shows how cops go after crypto-criminals
Book review of Andy Greenberg's Tracers in the Dark, a tale of how law enforcement agencies have gone after cybercriminals on the blockchain.
Super Bowl LVII won’t have any crypto ads because firms pulled out of deals following FTX’s bankruptcy
Super Bowl LVI saw Larry David's character doubt the safety of FTX in its own commercial, adding: "I'm never wrong about this stuff, never." ...
North Korean Hackers Stole Up to $1 Billion of Crypto Last Year, Confidential UN Report Says
Last year, the government also released a warning that North Koreans were targeting the crypto industry. According to a confidential report by the United Nations, 2022 was a record-breaking year for ...
Binance Has Some Bad News for Crypto Investors
Investors are also fatigued after the so-called crypto winter, which decimated prices late last year. As a result, investors slowly moving back into the market plus a more accommodating Fed form a ...
EQS-Adhoc: IONOS Group SE: Final offer price for IPO of IONOS Group SE set at EUR 18.50 per share
United Internet AG (United Internet) and WP XII Venture Holdings II SCSp (WP XII), an affiliate of Warburg Pincus (together Warburg Pincus), the shareholders of IONOS Group SE (75.1% and 24.9%, ...
Sage and Biogen’s NDA for Depression Drug Gets Priority Review
The NDA filing was based on results from the LANDSCAPE and NEST clinical development programs, along with a phase II study of zuranolone completed by Osaka-based Shionogi Pharmaceuticals in adults ...
I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 Goes to Hokkaido with Sapporo New Chitose DLC
Japanese Developer Technobrain announced that the Steam version of its ATC simulator I am an Air Traffic Controller 4 will get a new expansion. ( read original story ...)
The Grim Reality About Saving People Trapped by an Earthquake
Many, perhaps most, people survive the building collapses that characterize the worst of them, such as the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning. So far, more than 5,000 people are dead across the two countries and the World Health Organization expects the toll to rise by “thousands. ( read original ...
Japan games maker Nintendo’s profit slips amid chips crunch
The U.S. dollar is now trading at about 130 yen after rising to about 150 Japanese yen a few months ago. Get ready for your week with the week’s top business stories from San Diego and California, in ... ( read original story ...)