Japan will have a cryptocurrency-backed credit card, after Slash Vision Labs finalized a deal with a Japanese credit card issuer. Slash is also active in putting Japanese intellectual property onto ...
Honda cuts funding to robotaxi venture with Cruise and GM in Japan
Honda Motor Co. will stop funding a joint venture with General Motors and Cruise to launch a robotaxi service in Japan, now that GM has pulled the plug on ...
Japan whisky maker Suntory picks founder’s great-grandson as next president
TOKYO -- Japanese beverage group Suntory Holdings plans to promote Executive Vice President Nobuhiro Torii to president, placing a member of the founding family in the post for the first time in 10 ...
JGBs Mixed; May Be Weighed by Signs of Faster Inflation
JGBs were mixed in the morning Tokyo session, but prices may be weighed by signs of faster inflation in Japan that could boost expectations of a rate increase by the Bank of Japan this month.
Naomi Osaka makes incredible gesture after leaving Jamie Foxx’s birthday party
Naomi Osaka, the tennis superstar and four-time Grand Slam champion, stepped out in style for Jamie Foxx's 56th birthday celebration on Tuesday night. Held at the glamorous Mr. Ch ... ( read original story ...)
Bianca Censori rocks zebra boots and brown trenchcoat on day out with husband Kanye West in Tokyo
KANYE West and his wife Bianca Censori looked glamourous as ever in zebra print boots wile out and about in Tokyo. It comes as Bianca, 29, and her famous rapper husband, 47, continue ( read original story ...)
Tokyo on two wheels: Why you should experience Japan’s busiest city by bike
Why you should experience Japan’s busiest city by bike - Away from Tokyo’s city centre crowds, Annabel Grossman slows down to discover Japan’s quiet backstreets, hipster neighbourhoods and crowd-free ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to waive day care fee for firstborns from Sept. 2025
Gov. Yuriko Koike announced in a Dec. 10 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly meeting a plan to make day care services free of charge for firstborn ch ( read original story ...)
Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear
The aftermath of the presidential election, however, has left me thinking about crypto’s influence differently. Though the white paper that introduced bitcoin’s origins and philosophy—something of an ...
China’s Skyworth in talks to buy Funai Electric’s TV business
TOKYO -- Negotiators for Japanese consumer electronics maker Funai Electric's bankruptcy proceedings have initiated talks to sell its television business to China's Skyworth Group, Nikkei has learned. ( read original story ...)
Why Crypto Bros Are So Obsessed with ‘Debanking’
Remember the crypto thing [where] everyone got excited [about] NFTs and all that stuff, and then it just stopped?” Andreessen asked Rogan. “The reason it stopped is because basically every crypto ...
Kirkland, Debevoise & Nishimura Advise On $8.2B Japanese Acquisition of Resolution Life
The transaction, which sees seven law firms provide counsel, follows Nippon Life’s initial 2019 investment in the business in 2019. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor announces four-day work week to boost birth rates
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government believes that couples are having fewer babies because they are working too much. ( read original story ...)
The Ascott Limited brings The Crest Collection to Japan
The Ascott Limited and Japanese real estate firm Tokyo Tatemono Co Ltd announced their partnership on SEN/KA TOKYO by The Crest Collection. ( read original story ...)
Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck to debut Nasdaq trading
Coincheck Group, the parent firm of the Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck, is set for a public debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
As accusations of ‘debanking’ grip Silicon Valley, the crypto industry is still waiting for a smoking gun
I n November, a conspiracy popular among crypto acolytes burst into the tech mainstream as Marc Andreessen spread the gospel of “Operation Chokepoint 2.0” on Joe Rogan's podca ...