The Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) and Binance have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore plans to create a global crypto hub. ( read original story ...)
Takata Ch. 11 Trustee Must Take $53M Insurer Claim To Japan
A bankruptcy trustee for the $250 million Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund must take a $53 million claim coverage dispute with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Ltd. to a court in Japan, a ... ( read original story ...)
Ortoma Signs Agreement for Exclusive Distribution Rights in Japan
Ortoma signs agreement with Johnson & Johnson K.K. for exclusive distribution rights in Japan of the Ortoma Treatment Solution for hip surgery. It is the first agreement that the company executes with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM Kishida open to change law to prevent earthquake casualties
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that the country legislation can be changed if necessary to ensure public safety after disaster experts ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Anna From Frozen Dead At 35 After Hotel Fall
Japanese actress and singer Sayaka Kanda has died at the age of 35 after falling from a high-rise hotel in northern Japan. As reported by Kyodo News, per Kanda's office, Kanda -- who voiced the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida open to change law to prevent earthquake casualties
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that the country's legislation can be changed if necessary to ensure public safety, after disaster experts warned of a massive death toll in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Fukushima nuclear power plant plans seabed tunnel to release contaminated water into ocean
Discharge of water 1km out at sea, at depth of 12 metres, worries neighbours China and South Korea as well as farmers and fisherfolk. ( read original story ...)
What’s next for bitcoin and the rest of the crypto world?
BItcoin prices have been on a wild ride this year, and they are set to finish 2021 sharply higher than where they began it. ( read original story ...)
A former U.S. Treasurer on crypto investing in 2022: ‘The train has already left the station’
If you're just now thinking about investing in cryptocurrencies or blockchain technology, former U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios says you're probably already too late. Here's why. ( read original story ...)
BDO ties up with Japan’s 4th largest bank
Sy-led BDO Unibank Inc. has partnered with Osaka-based Resona Bank Group to support Japanese companies intending to establish or expand their presence in the Philippines. ( read original story ...)
Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer, dies at 35
Sayaka Kanda, the actress and singer who notably voiced Anna in the Japanese-dubbed version of Disney's Frozen, died after an apparent fall at a hotel in Japan on Saturday. She was 35. Local news ... ( read original story ...)
7-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel inks deal with athletic training company following record-breaking Tokyo Games
Caeleb Dressel signed a deal with GMX7 as an official ambassador. GMX7 plans to promote the X1-PRO which Dressel has trained on. ( read original story ...)
Japan hangs 3 inmates in first executions since 2019
Japan carried out its first set of executions under Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Tuesday as three death row prisoners were executed, CNN reported. The execution was the first in Japan since ... ( read original story ...)
Three death row inmates hanged in Japan in first executions since 2019
Three death row inmates were executed by hanging Tuesday in Japan, marking the first executions since 2019 and the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The inmates executed were Yasutaka ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., Japan Reach Deal on Payments for Hosting American Troops
The U.S. and Japan reached an agreement on costs Tokyo will bear to continue hosting tens of thousands of American troops, a bulwark against China and a key part of the Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
City council in Tokyo votes on proposal to give foreign residents partial voting rights
Even still, the members of the city council of Musashino City, a section of Tokyo west of the downtown area, found time to come together and vote on, well, voting. Though the proposal didn’t go so far ... ( read original story ...)