At long last, Japan's Princess Mako and her “commoner” boyfriend, Kei Komuro, will marry on Oct. 26, after a three-year delay. But will they live happily ever after?Yes, probably, if they follow ... ( read original story ...)
This first-year New York lawyer is big news…in Japan
Kei Komuro might be the most headline-grabbing lawyer you’ve never heard of. Komuro on Tuesday is set to marry Japan’s Princess Mako, the niece of Emperor Naruhito and a member of the Imperial Family. ( read original story ...)
Underwater volcanic activity reveals ghost ships from WWII in Japan
Warships from the Battle of Iwo Jima were exposed after a volcanic eruption near Tokyo. The ships were last seen 35 years ago. ( read original story ...)
The US Needs a Dedicated Crypto Regulator
The crypto regulatory situation in the U.S. is sad. Not because the Securities and Exchange Commission or Department of the Treasury keep proposing new, unpopular rules but because there is a lack of ... ( read original story ...)
The Future of Crypto Is Bright, But Governments Must Help Manage the Risks
Bitcoin will hardly topple major central bank-issued currencies, but its technology has the potential to be transformative. ( read original story ...)
8 Potential Contenders to Become the Next Big Crypto King
InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Cryptos are making headlines and the rally in digital assets is showing no ... ( read original story ...)
How Crypto Exchanges Could Stop Flash Crashes If They Wanted To
The biggest cryptocurrency dove to $8,200 within a single minute on Thursday from around $65,000 on Binance’s U.S. exchange after an institutional trader’s algorithm encountered a bug and cratered the ... ( read original story ...)
You Can Now Buy Flights From a Vending Machine in Japan — to Mystery Destinations
A Japanese airline is using a vending machine to sell flights to mystery destinations — and it has become very popular. Peach Aviation first placed a machine in Osaka in mid-August as a marketing ploy ... ( read original story ...)
Factbox: China’s indebted property market and the Evergrande crisis
China Evergrande Group has rapidly become Beijing's biggest corporate headache as it wrestles with debts of more than $300 billion and the fate of the country's second-biggest property developer is ... ( read original story ...)
Robinhood’s crypto wallet waitlist has well over 1 million people, CEO Vlad Tenev says
"A lot of people have been asking for the ability to send and receive cryptocurrencies," Vlad Tenev told CNBC on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Mark Cuban compares the crypto boom to the dot-com bubble, defends Robinhood, and calls for stablecoin regulation in a new interview. Here are the 10 best quotes.
The "Shark Tank" star and billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks celebrated how crypto has encouraged millions of young people to invest. ( read original story ...)
Crypto Boss Laughs All the Way to the Bank
FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried probably cost himself some money by getting the numbers 420 and 69 into his latest fundraising, but Elon Musk’s example shows that juvenile humor can pay off. ( read original story ...)
Simone Biles Says She’s ‘Still Scared to Do Gymnastics’ After the Tokyo Olympics
Simone Biles may be months removed from this summer's Toyko Olympics, where she withdrew from several events to focus on her mental health, but her struggles with the "twisties," however, haven't gone ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Shinsei to beef up Asian alliances in a takeover battle with SBI
Japan's Shinsei Bank plans to beef up its small-scale finance business in Asia Pacific through alliances and acquisitions as it scrambles to map out its own growth strategy to fend off SBI Holdings' ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Tokyo, Osaka plan to lift restrictions on eateries amid COVID-19 pandemic
The local governments in Japan's Tokyo and Osaka have planned to lift COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants and bars next week in light of declining infections across the country. Under the request of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics suffered half a billion attempted cyberattacks
Whilst the Olympic Games were taking place in Tokyo earlier this year, another, huge competition was also taking place behind the curtain - between the organization’s 200-people strong cybersecurity ... ( read original story ...)