Investors can get a 5%-6% annual yield when investing in the Land of the Rising Sun. Back in February, when borders were still closed, Peter Young and his team invested in real estate assets in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Kraken Is Shutting Down Its Operations in Japan, As The FTX Downfall Continues To Weigh Down On Crypto Firms
Digital currency exchange Kraken will shut down its operations in Japan next month. In a blogpost on Wednesday, Kraken said it would stop crypto trading services through its Japanese subsidiary, ...
Continuously hospitalized in a “special room” costing several hundred thousand yen a month… The last days of a “Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly don” who had enjoyed a …
Mr. Uchida had been hospitalized since the summer due to health problems. He was hospitalized in a special room at the Jikei University Hospital. The hospitalization cost several hundred thousand yen ... ( read original story ...)
Sam Bankman-Fried offered lenders 20% returns in a scramble to rescue his crypto empire from an earlier crisis in 2018, report says
Troubles at FTX and its sister company Alameda Research predated events of 2022 leading to their total collapse, The Wall Street Journal reported.
B.League weekend: Parks aids Nagoya sweep as Ravena bros suffer losses
BOBBY Ray Parks ended 2022 with a bang being instrumental to the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins’ 105-67 beating of Sunrockers Shibuya late Saturday night at the Dolphins Arena. The Filipino import tallied ... ( read original story ...)
Business and gov’t execs, netizens lament New Year air traffic system glitch
A number of air travelers — including elected officials, businessmen and netizens have denounced the technical glitch that hounded the country's air ... ( read original story ...)
Visitors pray for happier new year at Tokyo shrine
STORY: "I want to make this a year of real leaps and bounds," said 51-year-old Naomi Miyaishi."This year is very special, like the world starts opening the borders for foreigners, so (it) feels ... ( read original story ...)
Health ministry confirms 9,186 new COVID-19 cases in Tokyo on Sunday
Japan's health ministry says it confirmed 9,186 new cases of the coronavirus in Tokyo on Sunday, down 6,218 from a week ago. ( read original story ...)
Report: Baby Boomers Are Better than Younger Generations At Buying Crypto
Baby boomers are better at buying and trading crypto than millennials or Gen Z generations, according to a new report from Bybit and market research company Toluna. Specifically, baby boomers are 50% ...
Tokyo Stock Exchange holds year-end ceremony, PM Fumio Kishida participates
The Tokyo Stock Exchange marked its last trading day of 2022 with a ceremony but the celebrations were subdued as the Nikkei Average posted its first year-on-year decline in four years, reported NHK ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto collapses, Mone’s masks and golden goodbyes: the 2022 Observer business awards
The Conservative peer’s peerless public service work, Sam Bankman-Fried’s strange love life and Elon Musk, as usual, feature highly in this year’s prestigious honours list ...
Finnish steam power, Pt. 1: Bringing genuine sauna culture to Japan
In downtown Nagoya's Sakae district, there is a sauna spa known locally as a place as close to Finland as one can get in Japan, made to give ... ( read original story ...)
Interview: Don’t neglect Japan-U.S. friendship ‘garden’
In business, culture and politics, the friendship between Japan and the United States has become unshakeable in recent decades--so much so that both countries may be in danger of taking it for granted ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Metro’s ‘spacecraft’ subway train bound for expo
OSAKA--Osaka Metro Co.’s first new subway train since privatization features a futuristic octagonal front face covered by a large sheet of glass with light-emitting diodes embedded in four corners. ( read original story ...)
Kraken Remains Committed to Accelerating Crypto Adoption, Despite Layoffs, Exiting Japan
Digital asset firm Kraken says it is still committed to accelerating cryptocurrency adoption, despite layoffs, and recent exit from Japan.
Kazuto Ioka, Joshua Franco fight to majority draw in Tokyo
Junior bantamweight beltholders Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco fought to majority draw on New Year's Eve in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)