AirTM’s data shows that few users chose to withdraw the crypto donations, opting instead to keep it inside the AirTM system. According to an AirTM user survey, only 57% of recipients engaged with ... ( read original story ...)
Akita Michinoku Capital Reports On The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Seeing Busy Day For IPOs, With Seven Companies Debuting
TOKYO--(Business Wire)--Analysts at Tokyo-based wealth management company Akita Michinoku Capital have reported that Hong Kong saw another busy day for IPO listings, with seven stocks debuting and one ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo experts warn of Olympics high health risk
With just over a year to go until the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public and that there was a high chance of a disease ... ( read original story ...)
Baseball is back in Japan, and so are fans in the stadiums
Japan’s professional baseball league opened the delayed season three weeks ago. Now fans are back, too. After playing in empty stadiums to get started, Japan began allowing up to 5,000 fans into the ... ( read original story ...)
US Okays Possible Sale Of F-35 Fighters For Japan, Patriot Missile Upgrade For Taiwan
The deals will bolster Japan and Taiwan's defense capabilities, and send a strong message to China that the U.S. will stand by its allies in the face of Beijing's aggressive actions. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Japan may still build Aegis Ashore despite reports of cancellation, source says
Japan may still build Aegis Ashore missile defense systems to defend against attacks by North Korea and other regional rivals, including China, a source told Reuters just weeks after reports that the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to appoint Okamura as top financial diplomat – sources
Japan is set to appoint international policy veteran Kenji Okamura as its top financial diplomat representing the country at international forums such as G7/G20 meetings, five government sources with ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Display aims to bring some panel production back from China after coronavirus
Japan Display Inc aims to bring some automotive panel production back to Japan after the novel coronavirus outbreak disrupted its supply chain in China, a company executive said on Friday. Under the ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake numbers skewed to prioritize budgets over science
When manipulated figures on the likelihood of a Nankai Trough quake were released, internal disagreements were kept hidden. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games face skeptics, 1-day COVID-19 infection record
The spokesman for the Tokyo Olympics expects the postponed games to go ahead in 2021 despite a recent poll in Japan in which 77% of respondents said they did not believe the games could be held next ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Japan may still build Aegis Ashore despite reports of cancellation – source
Japan may still build Aegis Ashore missile defense systems to defend against attacks by North Korea and other regional rivals, including China, a source told Reuters just weeks after reports that the ... ( read original story ...)
Empty Offices Growing in Tokyo as Virus Gives Tenants Pause
Rising vacancies for offices in central Tokyo are weighing on shares of Japan’s real estate developers and owners as the market digests the damage that the pandemic has done to a seven-year office ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo officials fear coronavirus has spread from nightlife areas
Tokyo metropolitan government officials said increased testing led in part to the 224 new COVID-19 cases confirmed on July 9, but they acknowledged disturbing trends in the latest numbers. Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Muji’s U.S. business seeks bankruptcy protection over coronavirus
Minimalist lifestyle brand Muji's U.S. subsidiary has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, its Japanese owner Ryohin Keikaku Co said on Friday, joining the list of casualties from the ... ( read original story ...)
Empty Offices Growing in Tokyo as Pandemic Gives Tenants Pause
Rising vacancies for offices in central Tokyo are weighing on shares of Japan’s real estate developers and owners as the market digests the damage that the pandemic has done to a seven-year office ... ( read original story ...)
Japan announces plans for new stealth fighter as US approves sale of F-35 jets
Japan has announced plans to build one of the world's most sophisticated stealth jet fighters, likely a twin-engine aircraft designed to take over the country's critical air defense role sometime in ... ( read original story ...)