Torrential rains triggered a landslide but officials wonder if deforestation and development also contributed. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s landslide rescue, with about 80 missing
Rescuers in Japan on Monday searched for 80 people still missing, two days after landslides tore through the Japanese seaside city of Atami.Video footage captured by rescue teams showed an injured ... ( read original story ...)
Care home south of Tokyo where massacre took place in 2016 reopened
A residential care facility for people with disabilities just south of Tokyo, where a stabbing spree left 19 people dead and 26 others inj ... ( read original story ...)
Crackdowns by regulators could pop the crypto bubble and make bitcoin unsuitable for professional investors, says UBS
Growing signs that Western governments, such as those in the US and UK, are cracking down on crypto should worry big investors, UBS said. ( read original story ...)
Softbank fund to invest in Polish online shoe shop eobuwie
Softbank will invest 500 million zlotys (US$130 million) in the Polish online shoe shop eobuwie ahead of its planned initial public offering ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Tumbles as China Blocks Didi App Just Days After IPO
Shares in SoftBank Group Corp. tumbled Monday after Chinese regulators ordered app stores to remove Didi Chuxing, run by the recently U.S.-listed ride-hailing giant in which the Japanese firm is the ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hits 2-week low as virus, political concerns weigh on Japanese shares
Nikkei share average lost 0.64 per cent to 28,598.19, its lowest close in two weeks, while the broader Topix dropped 0.37 per cent to 1,948.99. ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.64%
Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.64%. Falling ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan lowers assessments of 2 regions as recovery from pandemic slows
The Bank of Japan on Monday downgraded its economic assessments of two of the country's nine regions -- Chugoku and Shikoku -- as the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s finance industry awaits clearer picture of digital yen in 2022
Japan will have more clarity on the design of its central bank digital currency no earlier than late 2022, according to a ruling party official. Hideki Murai, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank Pays $1.6 Billion for Yahoo Japan Rights
SoftBank's internet business Z Holdings Corp said on Monday it has agreed to pay Verizon Communications Inc 178.5 billion yen ($1.61 billion) to secure the rights to Yahoo branding and technology in ... ( read original story ...)
Economic Buzz: Japan Services Economy Sees Softer Fall In Business Activity
Japanese services companies continued to report that business conditions were disrupted by the latest wave of COVID-19 infections at the end of the second quarter of 2021. Activity and incoming ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers in Japan search for 80 missing two days after deadly landslide
Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be missing two days after landslides tore through the seaside city of Atami, destroying ... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers in Japan hunt for 80 missing after deadly landslides
Rescuers in Japan searched on Monday for 80 people believed to be missing two days after landslides tore through the seaside city of Atami ... ( read original story ...)
Football: Nagoya make last 16 as Ratchaburi hold Pohang
Nagoya Grampus became the first team to progress to the Asian Champions League's round of 16 from the continent's eastern half after they beat ... ( read original story ...)
80 people feared missing in deadly ‘tsunami’ mudslide in central japan
Japanese rescue workers continued to search for survivors Monday, two days after a devastating "tsunami" of mud swept through a coastal city, killing at least three and leaving more than 80 feared ... ( read original story ...)