A lone daikon radish recently discovered to be growing at the foot of a busy pedestrian overpass in the heart of the western Japan me ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Film Festival’s Audience Award Goes to Akiko Ohku’s ‘Hold Me Back’
The Tokyo International Film Festival handed out its audience award Monday to Japanese director Akiko Ohku's for her latest feature, Hold Me Back, a socially astute romantic comedy about the life ... ( read original story ...)
RO startup joins Startupbootcamp accelerator in Japan
Romanian startup Questo, which developed a marketplace and travel platform for gamified, self-guided tours, has been selected for the Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka accelerator, Startupcafe.ro ... ( read original story ...)
What’s all this about Europe wanting crypto backdoors?
A press report emerged over the weekend claiming European lawmakers who are worried about terrorism are speeding towards a ban on end-to-end encryption. A report in the Austrian press yesterday appear ... ( read original story ...)
Six Documents Show What Biden’s Cabinet Could Bring To Crypto Policy
Identified together in Barron’s ‘Who’s Who’ in Biden’s Economic World as ‘Obama Moderates’, both Brainard and Gensler are exemplary in their understanding of crypto and blockchain. ( read original story ...)
Mizuho to Become First Japan Bank to Start Selling Consumer Data
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will start selling information on consumers’ spending habits and other aggregated data in a bid to expand beyond the traditional lending business. ( read original story ...)
Japan business conditions show signs of improving
A key gauge of business conditions in Japan has improved for the fourth month in a row, potentially fanning hopes of economic recovery even as the pandemic continues. ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido marks worst day of COVID-19 cases yet with 200
Hokkaido is grappling with its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus infections yet as 200 new cases emerged on Nov. 9 with the bulk of them in Sapporo, the capital, according to prefectural and local ... ( read original story ...)
JGBs dip as Biden win boosts Tokyo shares, dents debt’s appeal
Japanese government bond (JGB) prices fell on Monday as Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election eased political uncertainty, denting safe-haven debt's appeal and propelling Tokyo stocks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ‘Jo Baiden’ becomes overnight internet sensation
Small-town mayor, 73, whose name can be pronounced similarly to president-elect, surprised to find he was trending on social media ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mizuho open to mezzanine financing as virus hits clients’ capital positions, bank head says
The banking arm of Mizuho Financial Group Inc is open to mezzanine financing such as subordinated debt and preferred stocks after the COVID-19 pandemic has eroded clients' capital positions, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank back in the black as investments improve
SoftBank said its quarterly sales rose nearly 5% to 1.35 trillion yen, or $13 billion, from 1.29 trillion yen. SoftBank's Vision Fund also has become profitable recently. SoftBank, which invests in an ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido to report over 200 new coronavirus cases for first time
Infections in the prefecture have been rising, and are spreading mainly in the Susukino nightlife district in Sapporo. ( read original story ...)
Wakayama and Yokohama continue to face IR problems
Wakayama now knows they need a little more time before a casino could open, missing their target, while Yokohama may never get one. ( read original story ...)
Stock markets rally as investors welcome Biden victory – business live
Financial markets around the world have received a marked boost in the wake of Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, with Japanese shares hitting their highest level for nearly three ... ( read original story ...)
Uzabase Agrees to Sell Business News Site Quartz
The co-founder of Quartz and its editor in chief agreed to buy the business news website from Japanese financial data and media company Uzabase, a deal that comes as Quartz has suffered from the ... ( read original story ...)