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Is Japan’s Kyushu really ‘sexist’? Local business federation investigates
Society in Japan's Kyushu region is often perceived as sexist, male-dominated and misogynistic. A local business group decided to study and ... ( read original story ...)
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Pay Gap for Working Women Keeps Wages Down for Everyone in Japan
In recent years, Japan has championed its growing number of working women as an answer to the country’s shrinking population and lackluster economy. But rather than feeling empowered, many are ... ( read original story ...)
Salespeople Need to Have Self-Awareness: Episode #227 The Cutting Edge Japan Business Show
Episode #227 (Audio here) (Video here) The Cutting Edge Japan Business Show Listen well enough to the client’s needs. They miss the key cues, misunderstand the problem, can’t override their fixation o ... ( read original story ...)
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A convenience store is, overall, an unusual place to find a craft beer-lover's paradise, but that is exactly what one 7-Eleven in this por ... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft Flight Simulator PMDG Boeing 737 Gets Dev Update; Osaka Kansai Airport Gets Trailer & Tarama Announced; Dubai & More Released
Third-party developers had a lot of updates to showcased today, on top of a couple of releases, about add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator. ( read original story ...)
Donating Crypto to Ukraine: Everything You Need to Know
Crypto investors have since donated more than $59 million to the cause, according to blockchain analytics company Elliptic. Some are calling the Russia-Ukraine conflict the world’s first crypto war, ... ( read original story ...)
Coinbase blocks 25K Russia-linked crypto addresses over ‘illicit activity’
Crypto trading platform Coinbase said Monday it has blocked more than 25,000 digital wallets linked to “Russian entities or individuals” – a move that came as the company aimed to tackle concerns ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka, Iga Świątek: Five players who could win Indian Wells
Indian Wells, often known as the “fifth Grand Slam”, gets underway on Wednesday and will run until March 20th. ( read original story ...)
Can Japan Face Up to Its Legacy of Forced Sterilization?
Japan’s dark era of forced sterilization under the now defunct Eugenics Protection Law is considered the greatest violations of human rights in post-war Japan. Between 1948 and 1996 some 25,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs
Legend has it there is an evil spirit trapped in the Sessho-seki stone, so what happens now that the stone is broken? ( read original story ...)
It’s Complicated: The Relationship Between Crypto and NFTs
Is there any correlation between the NFT and crypto markets? Bybit’s Lead Tech Writer looks at some of the theories. ( read original story ...)
Coinbase Says This Is Why Crypto Is No Good For Sanctions Evasion
Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) on Monday said that the public nature of cryptocurrencies makes them a much better tool for preventing evasion of sanctions than traditional fiat currency. What ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Check: Prices Off as Russian Attack on Ukraine Continues
Cryptocurrency prices were off Monday as Russia stepped up its invasion of Ukraine and the embattled nation continued to raise money for military supplies with crypto. Bitcoin, the largest ... ( read original story ...)
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Looking for the top crypto to buy this week in March? We preview some of the best moving cryptocurrencies available in the market today. ( read original story ...)