After each jump during competition, Australian high jumper Nicola McDermott does something unusual. Having returned to her kitbag and retrieved a notepad, McDermott proceeds to rate her performance in ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Investment Bank Seeks to Hire a Dozen for Flurry of Deals
Imperii, an investment bank that focuses on the cryptocurrency industry, is looking to hire at least a dozen people this year to handle a flurry of deal activity that it’s expecting. ( read original story ...)
Climate-Positive Crypto Art: The Next Big Thing Or NFT Overreach?
Beeple, together with digital artists such as Andres Resigner, Refik Anadol, Sara Ludy, and Kyle Gordon, are gearing up for an NFT charity auction. All of the proceeds will go to Open Earth Foundation ... ( read original story ...)
People on the West Coast are largely driving the conversation around crypto art, with Middle America showing the least interest
The states that tweeted the most about the digital assets in the last month include California, Oregon, and Washington. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan carves out more flexibility for longer inflation fight
A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. The BoJ unveiled a set of carefully crafted policy tweaks aimed at giving itself more flexibility to keep up its long quest to revive ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama revamps consumer, commercial websites
Yokohama Tire Corp. has revamped its websites for consumer and commercial audiences — and — to improve the customer experience and make it easier to find tire information. Among the new features on ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama SUV tyre receives ‘world’s most prestigious design award’
Yokohama’s Geolandar CV G058, a grand touring tyre for crossover SUVs, was among the winners at the recent Chicago Athenaeum 2020 Good Design Awards. The award-winning tyre is part of Yokohama’s ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics Official Resigns After Calling Female Japanese Celebrity ‘Olympig’
Hiroshi Sasaki, the Games' creative director, suggested that Japanese celeb Naomi Watanabe could perform dressed as a pig during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Tokyo Olympics likely to ban fans from abroad
TOKYO — Tokyo organizers and the International Olympic Committee are poised to make it official that most fans from abroad will be prohibited from attending the postponed Olympics because of the ... ( read original story ...)
Revolution Populi’s crypto clearing house could potentially super-charge the volume of crypto trading
One of the obstacles to crypto-currencies in the mainstream financial world is the absence of a neutral party to help banks settle trades in crypto by making sure that no counter-party reneges on a ... ( read original story ...)
Rise of Crypto Market’s Quiet Giants Has Big Market Implications
An influential set of cryptocurrencies is under increasing scrutiny, and how it’s regulated will have major implications for digital tokens as a whole. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo organisers expected to discuss foreign spectators on Saturday
Tokyo Olympics organisers will meet with Japanese government officials on Saturday, the local organising committee said, with discussion of whether to allow in foreign spectators expected to be on the ... ( read original story ...)
G7 ministers backed new help for low-income countries, Japan’s Aso says
TOKYO (Reuters) – Financial leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations backed a new allocation of special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help low-income countries, ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba shareholders vote for probe in landmark win for Japan corporate governance
The vote marks only the fourth time an activist shareholder motion has won approval in Japan and the first at a major company that is a household name, albeit one sullied by a string of scandals. ( read original story ...)
It’s almost the ‘Europification’ of Japan at times, says AllianceBernstein portfolio manager
John Taylor, co-head for European fixed income and portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, said it feels like the "Europification" of Japan at times. ( read original story ...)
Japanese food-tech venture Next Meats gets listed on the first plant-based stock Index, VegTech Index
Plant based business expert Elysabeth Alfano and vegan investor Sasha Goodman revealed the VegTech Index earlier this month, listing 21 globally operating environmentally conscious companies which are ... ( read original story ...)