Japanese coast guard personnel were searching Wednesday for five crewmembers missing from a Chinese fishing boat that capsized near disputed waters. A patrol plane that ... ( read original story ...)
Fly Me To The Moon: Japan Billionaire Offers Space Seats
It's the sort of chance that comes along just once in a blue Moon: a Japanese billionaire is throwing open a private lunar expedition to eight people from around the world. Yusaku Maezawa, an online ... ( read original story ...)
A home built for Japanese American seniors become California’s deadliest nursing facility
LOS ANGELES >> Tracy and her family agonized over moving her grandmother from the nursing facility in Boyle Heights where she had lived comfortably for four years, especially in the middle of a ... ( read original story ...)
Musician 3LAU sells the world’s first-ever crypto-albums, making $11.6 million in under 24 hours
One song from 3LAU's album sold for over $3.6 million. The EDM artist said NFTs could help musicians subsidize concert revenue losses from 2020. ( read original story ...)
Twin sisters score Japan’s hottest IPO by making games that speak to female fans
Co-founders Anna and Mizuki Nakajima — they’re twins — took their seven-year-old mobile games studio public Friday, and the stock doubled, Japan’s strongest market debut of 2021. As of Tuesday’s close ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo to Seek an Extension of Virus Emergency, Nikkei Says
Tokyo plans to ask the Japanese government to extend the Covid-19 state of emergency that is due to expire this weekend, the Nikkei reported, citing multiple unidentified people. ( read original story ...)
Gain Capital Japan Announces Name Change
Gain Capital Japan announced today that the company has decided to change its name after the recent acquisition by StoneX. ( read original story ...)
The couples accused of destroying Japan’s families
It's not the pandemic that is preventing them, but an archaic Japanese law that requires married couples to adopt the same surname. Theoretically either partner could give up their family name. In ... ( read original story ...)
Most in Japan ‘interested in Olympics’ but don’t want them to happen: Yomiuri poll
An overwhelming majority of Japanese said they were "interested in the Olympics", although 58% said they did not want them to be held because of fears over COVID-19, a Yomiuri daily poll showed on ... ( read original story ...)
Association between the prevalence of hypertension and dairy consumption by housing type among survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake | Journal of Human Hypertension
Survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 had higher risks of cardiovascular diseases and hypertension, particularly residents of heavy flooding areas and evacuees. Thus far, the ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.5 just reported 98 km south of Kushiro, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan, was reported only 18 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one o ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto hedge funds see big returns as bitcoin boom gains steam: CNBC After Hours
On today’s show, CNBC’s Ylan Mui reports that several Democrats are pitching proposals for the next big stimulus bill, even as the current $1.9 trillion package moves through Congress. Plus, CNBC’s ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto hedge funds see huge gains as Wall Street gets serious on bitcoin
CNBC's Leslie Picker explains why traditional hedge funds have been slower to enter the cryptocurrency space, as crypto-focused firms see huge profits amid the bitcoin boom. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Seeks Longer Emergency; Brazil’s New Record: Virus Update
Tokyo plans to ask the Japanese government to extend the Covid-19 state of emergency that is due to expire this weekend, the Nikkei reported, citing multiple unidentified people. Australia’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service sector shrinks for 13th month as emergency weighs – PMI
Japan's services sector extended declines in February for a 13th straight month, as business activity was hit by curbs put in place to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to weak ... ( read original story ...)
Japan embarks on random and targeted COVID-19 testing, but some experts call for more
Last week, about 600 people were tested for the coronavirus in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo - the Japanese government's first stab at systematic random and targeted testing that it hopes ... ( read original story ...)