Japan decided to raise the coronavirus alert level in the capital’s three neighbouring prefectures and a fourth area in central Japan on Friday to allow tougher measures as a more contagious ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Craze Fuels Dogecoin Rise From Joke Token to $50 Billion
While Coinbase Global Inc. captured the headlines with its market debut, the frenzy around digital tokens is taking its zaniest turn yet in the price of a token created as a joke. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Dogecoin Investor Becomes Millionaire After Putting Life Savings Into Meme Crypto
The cryptocurrency started off as a joke but has soared in value recently. One investor tells Newsweek how he made almost $2million. ( read original story ...)
What the Mainstreaming of Crypto Means for Normies
Is it fair to say that between Coinbase, the surprising durability of bitcoin, and the cropping up of other currencies, crypto is now pretty mainstream? Jen: I think you said that exactly right — if ... ( read original story ...)
SafeMoon Crypto Raises $700,000 for New Exchange With Sights on $1m
The team behind a new cryptocurrency known as SafeMoon claims to have raised over $700,000 from donors to help build a new token exchange. A fundraising page on the project's official website says the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo will rekindle hope like 1920 Games after war, Spanish flu: governor
Aug. 8 Games after they were pushed back a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has killed more than 3.1 million people worldwide. "We are approaching the newest edition of the games at a time when ... ( read original story ...)
Soccer: F Marinos down Consadole, extend unbeaten run to 8 games
Yokohama F Marinos stretched their unbeaten run to eight games on Friday with a late 3-1 comeback win at Consadole Sapporo in the J-League first division. Onaiwu Ado deftly steered a low cross from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Wants U.S. Back in the TPP. It Will Likely Have to Wait.
The Biden administration in no rush to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership as it reviews inherited trade policies and focuses on its domestic agenda. ( read original story ...)
Xinhua Commentary: Japan’s decision to dump nuclear wastewater into sea reveals a selfish nature
The image of Japan is now being questioned at home and abroad after the government announced its decision to discharge radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Prefecture into the sea. For years, the ... ( read original story ...)
Fact Check: Did ex-minister falsely link lack of Japanese flag protections to WWII defeat?
A conservative parliamentary group in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) reportedly aims to have a bill passed in the current Diet ... ( read original story ...)
Nucleation process of the 2011 northern Nagano earthquake from nearby seismic observations
Tohoku-oki earthquake was followed by seismicity activation in inland areas throughout Japan. An outstanding case is the M6.2 Northern Nagano earthquake, central Japan, occurred 13-h after the ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto media company The Block buys out its investors
The Block, a cryptocurrency-focused media startup, tells Axios that it has bought out its non-employee shareholders, including its investors and co-founders (who have left the company). Why it matters ... ( read original story ...)
Brevan Howard’s Crypto Play Shows Hedge Funds Have Their Mojo Back
The firm’s embrace of the volatility inherent in virtual assets is a sign that hedge funds are back in business. ( read original story ...)
Watch Live: Biden welcomes Japan prime minister to White House as he tries to rally allies to counter China
Japan is one of the few industrialized nations not sanctioning China for human rights abuses. The U.S. would like that to change. ( read original story ...)
Biden to host Japan PM Yoshihide Suga at White House in 1st in-person summit
President Joe Biden on Friday will welcome to the White House Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the first foreign leader to visit Washington, D.C., since he took office in January. ( read original story ...)
Head of Tokyo Olympics reiterates games will not be canceled due to Covid
The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months ... ( read original story ...)