The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island country 10 years ago is considered one of the most powerful natural disasters ever recorded. Since then, experts have studied the ... ( read original story ...)
US, India, Australia, Japan agree to send one billion vaccines across Asia by end-2022
Leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan agreed to pool financing, manufacturing and distribution capacity to send 1 billion coronavirus vaccines across Asia by the end of 2022, ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Katie Vincent qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in debuting canoe event
Katie Vincent is headed to Tokyo. The 25-year-old canoe sprint athlete officially qualified for the 2021 Olympics on Friday after winning a race-off in the 200-metre C1 event against fellow Canadian ... ( read original story ...)
The “Amazon” of Japan, Rakuten, Selling $2.2 Billion in New Stock
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is selling $2.2 billion-worth of new stock to aid it in its fight against Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Rakuten announced it was selling shares primarily ... ( read original story ...)
Ethereum Cofounder Reveals How Radical Upgrade Could Challenge Bitcoin For Crypto Price Dominance
A proposed upgrade to the ethereum blockchain that will destroy (or "burn") ether tokens could mean ethereum becomes more "sound" than bitcoin, according to ethereum cofounder Vitalik ... ( read original story ...)
India to make US vaccines with Japan funds, Australia logistics
Quad vaccine experts group, Quad Critical and Emerging Technology Working Group, and Quad Climate Working Group. ( read original story ...)
Earthquake science takes great strides in the 10 years since massive quake hit Japan
Japan, resulting in a massive tsunami, killing nearly 16,000 people. But it also became the best studied large earthquake in history thanks to the number of instruments that captured the event in ... ( read original story ...)
Capcom Security Breach Reportedly Forces Employees Back Into Their Offices
Capcom employees in Osaka are back in their offices despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has claimed nearly 8,500 lives in the region, according to a Business Journal report. As translated by ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka changes her look again: here’s her hair like…
And to think that only a few days ago the Japanese champion had published a photo of her with pink hair, in homage to Sakura Haruno, one of the main characters of the famous manga Naruto ... ( read original story ...)
U.S., India, Japan and Australia counter China with billion-dose vaccine pact
The United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners committed to supplying up to a billion coronavirus vaccine doses across Asia by the end of 2022 on Friday at a meeting carefully ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer
TOKYO (AP) — Japan will not take part in China’s offer — accepted by the International Olympic Committee — to provide vaccines for “participants” in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year’s Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
US, India, Australia, Japan agree to send 1 billion vaccines across Asia by end-2022
Leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan agreed to pool financing, manufacturing and distribution capacity to send 1 billion coronavirus vaccines across Asia by the end of 2022, ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Giant Binance Weighs Registering With CFTC, Baucus Says
Binance Holdings Ltd., the operator of the largest cryptocurrency exchange, is weighing whether to register with the U.S.’s futures regulator, according to Max Baucus, a former Senator and ambassador ... ( read original story ...)
Bitcoin Hoard Fuels One of the World’s Biggest Crypto Fortunes
It’s the latest corporate strategy for companies from Tesla Inc. to Square Inc.: shift a portion of cash reserves into cryptocurrencies as digital assets become more mainstream. ( read original story ...)
Buyer Of $69.3 Million Beeple NFT Revealed To Be Pseudonymous Crypto Investor
A pseudonymous crypto investor known only as Metakovan was the winning bidder of the record-breaking Beeple NFT sold for $69.3 million on Thursday. The sale represented the largest amount ever paid ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto investor ‘Metakovan’ named as buyer of $70 million digital artwork
The buyer of a $70 million digital-only artwork was named on Friday by auction house Christie's as a crypto asset investor who goes by the pseudonym "Metakovan." The auction to buy the work by digital ... ( read original story ...)