Rising singer-songwriter Tani Yuuki performed live on the first episode of Billboard Japan and TikTok’s Next Fire May edition on Friday (May 7). ( read original story ...)
Johnny’s WEST Debuts at No. 1, Kaze Fujii Reaches New Heights at No. 2 on Japan Hot 100
The top 10 roster of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 continues to shift rapidly this month as three new songs break into the top 10 following the four debuts from last week. ( read original story ...)
How the pandemic raised the stake for Japanese retailers
Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani is fond of deals that burnish his reputation as the biggest evangelist for ecommerce in a country that has been slower than many to embrace it. Rakuten, the ... ( read original story ...)
Icon: The Untold Story Of Crypto Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried is a 29-year old, vegan, crypto billionaire with the worldview of a 1750s philosopher and the mission to maximize good globally. ( read original story ...)
Three earthquakes rock Japan in a day
Japan on Sunday experienced a series of earthquakes on Sunday, including three in Chiba Prefecture that borders Tokyo. The biggest earthquake was located in the Pacific Ocean off the northern island ... ( read original story ...)
Rakuten chief describes Tokyo 2020 as a “suicide mission” due to COVID-19 threat
Rakuten chief executive Hiroshi Mikitani has described staging this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo as a "suicide mission" and urged ... ( read original story ...)
5/16 STARDOM NAGOYA DAYS PART 2 RESULTS
STARDOM “Nagoya 2 Days” (Day 2) results from Nagoya, Japan at Congress Center Event Hall on 5/16/21: Momo Watanabe pinned Ruaka after the B Driver in 6:06. Konami won a 3-Way Match over Saya Kamitani ... ( read original story ...)
Justin Gatlin Is at Home at Tokyo’s Test Event
Gatlin was one of nine international athletes invited to participate in a test event in the Olympic Stadium. He came away with a win, and confidence that the Games could go ahead successfully. ( read original story ...)
Crypto and blockchain must accept they have a problem, then lead in sustainability
As the price of bitcoin hits record highs and cryptocurrencies become increasingly mainstream, the industry’s expanding carbon footprint becomes harder to ignore. Just last week, Elon Musk announced ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2021: How the Olympics could happen
Despite protests from the public, skepticism from stakeholders and an ongoing state of emergency in Tokyo and other prefectures, organizers maintain that the Olympics will still go ahead later this ... ( read original story ...)
Bookings for Tokyo and Osaka mass vaccination sites set to begin
Older residents of Tokyo's 23 special wards and the city of Osaka will be eligible for the reservations, which will be accepted through a dedicated website or the Line messaging app. ( read original story ...)
GameStop FOMO inspires a new wave of crypto pump-and-dumps
A hundred and fifty years later, a new generation of amateur investors is equally desperate not to miss the next big thing in the finance world. After watching the great GameStop stock boom play out ... ( read original story ...)
News Olympics team will run rings around Tokyo
The degree of difficulty in covering an Olympics in the COVID-era may be extreme, but it’s a challenge that will be tackled head-on by the largest contingent of News Corp journalists to have been ... ( read original story ...)
Canada earns 3 more spots in Tokyo Olympic rowing at last-chance regatta
A last-chance rowing qualifying event in Switzerland on Sunday has produced three more entries for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics. ( read original story ...)
6.1-magnitude quake strikes Japan’s Hokkaido
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Sunday. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at 12.24 p.m. (local time), ... ( read original story ...)
As Xi offers vaccines to Tokyo Olympics, China hopes to avoid a boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter Games
Olympics, we look at at why China is pledging its support for the Games to go ahead. Given the long history of rivalry between China and Japan, the phone call has raised some eyebrows – not least ... ( read original story ...)