TOKYO: Japan's manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace in five months in February as output contracted, underscoring the prolonged impact that global supply chain disruptions are having on ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese government will ease the border restrictions on March 1, maintaining the most severe level among G7 nations
Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida officially announced that the current border restrictions will gradually be eased on March 1, adding that the most severe level among G7 nations will be ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Crimes Report 2022: Criminal whales ‘hodl’ over $25 billion of digital currency
Crypto whales are investors with $1 million or more in their private wallet; and hodlers are those who refuse to sell their huge investments in cryptocurrencies with the hope of future profits. With ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s KB Bank to Offer Crypto Investment Fund
KB Bank formed a Digital Asset Management Preparatory Committee to study and determine the digital asset products and strategies to be offered ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Scammers’ New Target: Dating Apps
The man from the dating app Hinge checked all of Tho Vu’s boxes. He was a boyishly handsome architect from China, staying in Maryland on a long-term assignment. They had never m ... ( read original story ...)
FTX Enters Gaming as Backlash Grows Against Crypto’s Incursion
Crypto exchange FTX is launching its own gaming unit, aimed at encouraging more game publishers to embrace cryptocurrencies, blockchain networks and non-fungible tokens. ( read original story ...)
Snowstorm Stops Train Operations in Hokkaido
All trains from and to JR Sapporo Station in the capital of Hokkaido were canceled Monday as a snowstorm continued to rage in northern Japan. Two multiple-vehicle accidents left about 150 vehicles ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy snow batters northern Japan
Heavy snow hit northern Japan on Monday, disrupting air and railway traffic, with weather authorities warning of more blizzards, as well as high waves for the region and also some eastern parts of the ... ( read original story ...)
Restrictions extended in Osaka and 16 other prefectures
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Japan’s top business lobby calls for border controls to be eased more
The head of Japan's largest business lobby suggested Monday that the country's border controls aimed at preventing the spread of the ... ( read original story ...)
Stunning sea of ‘snow monsters’ take over volcanic mountainside in Japan
At an elevation of more than 6,000 feet near the top of a volcano exists a land of snow monsters, a mountainside that's home to fleeting figures that come each winter and then fade along with the cold ... ( read original story ...)
Blizzard conditions likely in northern Japan until early Tuesday
Strong winds and heavy snows are being observed in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido and the northeastern region of Tohoku. The Meteorological Agency is warning of whiteout conditions with zero ... ( read original story ...)
GLP reveals JPY1.5bn data centre expansion plan in Japan
GLP has unveiled plans to invest more than JPY1.5bn (€11bn) over the next five years to develop data centres in Japan. It plans to deliver 900MW of power capacity focussing on Greater Tokyo and ... ( read original story ...)
GLP plans 900MW data center expansion in Japan
GLP has announced large-scale plans to enter the Japanese data center market. The Chinese logistics real estate firm said this week it aims to invest ~$12 billion over the next five years to deliver ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to buy defense tech to prevent leaks from failing companies
The Japanese government will offer to buy technical documents related to defense technologies from companies that are withdrawing from the business to prevent the leakage of such information, Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Market extends losses
At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 211.20 points, or 0.78%, to 26,910.87. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 13.63 points, or ... ( read original story ...)