With a lack of tourists during the pandemic, New City has switched to hosting large-scale pellet gun fights instead ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo crowds decision to be part of wider ruling on sport: Coates
Senior Olympic official John Coates says a decision on whether spectators will be allowed at the Tokyo Games will be made at the end of June as part of a more general ruling for all sports events in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says Taiwan ties under ‘1 country, 2 systems’ policy
A top Japanese official says relations with Taiwan are non-governmental and practical, based on the “one country, two systems” policy that recognizes China as the sole legitimate government ... ( read original story ...)
Japan considering downgraded emergency state until Games start -paper
The Japanese government is considering ending a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other prefectures as scheduled on June 20, but keeping a downgraded "quasi-emergency" state until the Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Parallel, Japan’s answer to Discord, secures $11M series B for global expansion
Parallel Tokyo-based Parallel, the Japanese startup behind a voice chat app under the same name, announced today that it has secured 1.2 billion yen (about $11 million US) in a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares edge down as tech stocks weigh
Japanese shares inched down in seesaw trading on Friday as technology stocks pulled back from early gains, with investors remaining cautious about the pace of domestic economic recovery. TOKYO, June ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Finance Ministry Ignores Climate Risk, Ex-Official Says
Japan’s most powerful government ministry doesn’t have one of the world’s biggest problems on its radar screen, according to a former top official at the ministry. ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso says won’t comment on Toshiba report
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso declined to comment on an independent probe concluding that the trade ministry had colluded with Toshiba ... ( read original story ...)
Fainting, pollution, and heat stroke: how the climate crisis threatens the Tokyo Olympics
The upcoming Tokyo Olympics may have avoided the worst one of one crisis by postponing during the height of Covid, but there’s no escaping another existential threat: global heating. The climate ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank’s PayPay surges ahead in Japan’s digital payments race
For six decades, shoppers at Mikawaya, a rice dealer in eastern Tokyo, paid in cash - until sales staff from payments app PayPay swept through the low-lying district, persuading the store to give ... ( read original story ...)
Japan minister says he never asked adviser to contact Toshiba shareholders
Japan trade and industry minister on Friday said he never directed an adviser to contact Toshiba Corp shareholders after a report alleging his ministry colluded with company executives to pressure ... ( read original story ...)
As Japan’s empty homes multiply, its laws are slowly catching up
But if current trends continue, more than 30% of Japan's housing stock -- 22 million units -- will be derelict by 2038, Nomura Research Institute predicts. In other words, Japan has a very large ... ( read original story ...)
Several crypto influencers claim to test positive for Covid-19 following the massive bitcoin conference in Miami
Over 12,000 people went to the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami last weekend. Photos from the event show packed nightclubs and no one wearing masks. ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin and crypto go mainstream with new 401(k) retirement offering
ForUsAll Inc., a 401(k) provider, will let workers in retirement plans it administers to invest up to 5% of their contributions in the leading cryptocurrencies. ( read original story ...)
Didi IPO prospectus sets stage for $65bn-plus listing
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing company, unveiled filings for a public share offering in the US, setting out the financial damage the pandemic did to its business last year and the strength of ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi files for mega IPO in US
Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company, filed Thursday to go public in the U.S. in what is expected to be one of the year's largest initial public offerings in tech. Didi, which filed ... ( read original story ...)