London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Singapore once again emerged as the world's most comprehensively attractive cities, in that order, in the Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2020 report. This report is ... ( read original story ...)
ANA, JAL plan to expand their LCC business, eyeing end to pandemic
While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a slew of airlines to slash staff and planes, ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co. are expanding the low-cost carrier (LCC) services under their wings. The ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin, Litecoin And Monero Luminaries Invest In Historic Crypto-Securities Offering
Bitcoin developers at venture-backed Blockstream created a new platform that could make it easier to settle securities in the $350 billion cryptocurrency. ( read original story ...)
IPO Launch: Medirom Healthcare Technologies Pursues $18 Million U.S. IPO
Tokyo, Japan-based Medirom was founded to develop a retail salon network of corporate owned and franchised health salons in Japan. ( read original story ...)
Japan Pulls Back From Cash Handouts in Covid-19 Response
Japan released an economic plan that is heavy on longer-term investments to reshape its economy rather than immediate spending to tide the country through the next months of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Concern over high number of ‘lonely deaths’ in Japan
Dementia linked to many instances of people dying at home among family but remaining undiscovered for days ... ( read original story ...)
Portrait of a park: Yoyogi, Tokyo — a preening, pastoral playground
In the first in a new FT Globetrotter series on parks in our cities, our Asia business editor revels in the magic of the Japanese capital’s most eccentric and accepting green space ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor says city to end sales of gasoline-only cars by 2030: Jiji
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the Japanese capital plans to end the sales of gasoline-only powered cars by 2030, Jiji news agency reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Roger Federer reiterates Tokyo Olympics hope and makes ‘selfish’ admission
Roger Federer says he remains hopeful of competing at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Federer has had an injury-hit 2020 with knee surgery in February followed by another operation in June ... ( read original story ...)
China’s growing naval activity in Japanese waters is a big concern, Japan lawmaker says
Japan's state minister of defense says China's growing maritime activities in the disputed waters surrounding Japan is a threat. ( read original story ...)
Facebook Gets an Upgrade While it Eyes 2021 Crypto Launch
Facebook gets a price-target upgrade from Guggenheim on expected strong digital ad and e-commerce revenue as the social network preps its cryptocurrency launch. ( read original story ...)
How Palantir’s early experience in Japan helped set up its successful IPO
If you get Japan right, you’re going to be a more disciplined, better company for it, write Phil Wickham and Koichiro Nakamura. ( read original story ...)
America forced Tokyo to give up Kuril Islands, yet now it labels its Russian residents as Japanese, ex-diplomat tells RT
The US’ decision to label residents of the disputed Kuril Islands as Japanese is a “very strange and irregular” move, former Australian diplomat Gregory Clark has told RT, adding it shows “rampant ... ( read original story ...)
Oasis Management to tender shares in Tokyo Dome – Mitsui Fudosan
Japan's property developer Mitsui Fudodan Co 8801.T said on Tuesday that Oasis Management is willing to tender shares in Tokyo Dome Corp 9681.T to the company at 1,300 yen ($12.49) per share. Mitsui ... ( read original story ...)
Latin American Crime Cartels Turn to Crypto to Clean up Their Cash
The cryptocurrency is emerging as a new front in Latin America's struggle against gangs battling for control of vast criminal markets for sex, drugs, guns and people, according to law-enforcement ... ( read original story ...)
Ideas behind anti-Korean prejudice unchanged in 100 yrs: Japanese author
Great Kanto Earthquake that hit eastern Japan triggered massacres of Korean people, and it's clearly established that false claims w ... ( read original story ...)